SINET aims to incorporate the cyclical patterns of ecosystems into designs for industrial production processes that will work in unison with natural systems.

The aim of sustainable industrial network and its application on micro regional environmental planning is to interpret and adapt an understanding of the natural system and apply it to the design of the man-made system, in order to achieve a pattern of industrialization that is not only more efficient, but which is intrinsically adjusted to the tolerances and characteristics of the natural system.

Several industrial networks have evolved around a specific industry activity. This industry activity greatly influences the environmental and socio-economic dimensions in the surroundings of its industrial units, which is considered as a key economic activity of the micro-region. Sugar Industry is the second largest agro-based industry, based on the micro-region activities with its allied sectors next to textile industry in India. A sugar complex is a multi-product complex revolving around the sugarcane. The Sugarcane is one of those agricultural commodities, which fixes maximum of solar energy per acre, releasing the same for human benefits in many forms. Therefore the potential of a sugar industrial network should be harnessed fully.

Through this newsletter, the SINET secretariat shall attempt to appraise the readers of the various issues facing the Indian sugar industry with sustainability as the bottom-line. It is explained with the help of case study. The readers shall also be informed of the various events taking place in India in the field of sustainability and industrial networking, so that they can also become a part of the relevant network thus ensuring greater outreach of this initiative.