UNEP and GoI sign Host Country Agreement: Will enhance collaborative environmental action
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and India have signed a Host Country Agreement on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. India was represented by Bhupender Yadav, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, while Inger
Bridgestone: Making Pune railway station disability-friendly
The company has installed station information signage in Braille, provided scannable sign language videos, and put up ramps for easy access by wheelchair-bound passengers about to board their trains. The Braille maps in metal describe the entire railway station and all the facilities
LANXESS: Creating new sustainable plastics for the circular economy
The specialty chemicals company is increasingly using bio-based or recycled raw materials in its plastics production. A new variant of the composite Tepex is 100 per cent based on the biological raw materials flax and polylactic acid. ‘We have combined fabrics made from
Beneficiaries ‘Telling the Tale’
Hero MotoCorp
Telling the tale: So as to document the ‘change’ in the lives of communities – the beneficiaries of social projects of companies and non-profits In Focus: Project Shiksha and Project Jeevika by Hero MotoCorp Project Shiksha Shivam, 5 years old Shivam is a
Godrej & Boyce: These are their ESG goals for next decade
-Double energy productivity by 2030 -Generate over one-third of overall revenues from Good & Green products by FY22 -Reduce carbon intensity by 60% by 2030 -All manufacturing activities across locations will continue to be water-positive and nearly zero waste to landfill -Introduce recycled
INOX, Pune: First cinema in India to install fast charging points for electric vehicles
Multiplex chain INOX Leisure Ltd has installed Ather Energy’s fast charging points, Ather Grid, in the parking lot of INOX Bund Garden, Pune. Ather owners can fast-charge their vehicle at a speed of 1.5 km/min, while Ather Grid also provides normal speed-charge options
Carpets Inter: Recycling and reducing waste
The company’s new collection Reuso is a high-performance modular carpet tile and environmentally friendly, as per their official press release. It is designed to ‘make use of every square inch of available product in order to decrease waste.’ The brand’s eco-friendly carpets, which
Bajaj Finserv: An employability programme with a new name and some new goals
Primarily aimed at making graduates employable for a wide range of industries, Bajaj Finserv’s employability programme is now called BEYOND. Under this, the company will be introducing new certificate programmes and building a placement division that will help beneficiaries find relevant career opportunities.
Tata Steel: Will start capturing CO2 and use it too
The company has commissioned a 5 tonnes per day (TPD) carbon capture plant at its Jamshedpur Works, making it the country’s first steel company to adopt the carbon-capture technology that extracts CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas. The captured CO2 will be
Myntra: Will do its cotton sourcing better
The fashion and lifestyle e-commerce company has partnered with Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), a global non-profit organisation heading the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world, to source cotton for its in-house brands. To begin with, Myntra will focus on sourcing 10% of