Dabur: In pursuit of plastic-free communities
Dabur India Limited has launched a plastic waste-collection drive, called ‘My 10 Kg Plastic,’ in collaboration with East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA). This ongoing initiative is running a series of programmes to build awareness about plastic waste
Mahila Housing Trust: Leading women towards the battle against climate change
Gujarat-based Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) is one of the recipients of the 2019 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards for its project ‘Women’s Action towards Climate Resilience for Urban Poor in South Asia’. MHT was selected for the award in the category ‘Women
Coca-Cola: Waste much, PR more
A global audit of plastic trash found that Coca-Cola was the most polluting brand for the second year in a row. The report, ‘BRANDED Volume II: Identifying the World’s Top Corporate Plastic Polluters’, was conducted by the Break Free From Plastic global movement.
Grundfos India: Joining forces to save water and energy
Siemens and Grundfos have entered a digital partnership to tackle global water challenges. This partnership is a strategic collaboration to save energy by focusing on water and wastewater applications, industrial automation, and building technology. According to the companies, this initiative is based on
Warming oceans help no one
A new report by the United Nations warns that global warming is heating up the oceans to an unprecedented degree, so much so that their chemistry is being altered with profound implications for global food supply and millions of people living in coastal
Google: Big tech to help small tech
Google and Social Alpha have announced a partnership to support social-impact startups. It is aimed at helping startups gain access to mentors, tools and methodologies for building businesses that can impact the technology ecosystem. Social Alpha is backed by Tata Trusts and as
Why climate apartheid will be catastrophic and why you should care
Recently, the term ‘climate apartheid’ made the rounds of both traditional mass media and social media. A new report by Philip Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, was presented to the UN Human Rights Council in end June.
A circle of whys
None of us can ever be sure to see the next morning, or the next hour even. So why this compulsion to be adamant? Why so smug about humiliating others, so righteous about one’s own religion and dismissive about another’s, so careless about
Tata Steel BSL: Parks, recreation, and saving water
Tata Steel BSL recently launched a six-month campaign called ‘Save Water’ at its Sahibabad plant in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, so as to sensitise the local community and school children. As part of the campaign, volunteers are interacting with the community and
Castrol: Helping dealers help themselves to some green practices
Castrol India Limited, one of the leading automotive and industrial lubricant manufacturing companies in the country, has launched a carbon-neutral sustainability solutions programme to help automotive dealerships reduce their carbon footprint. Castrol will support automotive dealerships offset emissions and become carbon-neutral. As part