UNEP and partners: Will train rural women on clean-energy livelihoods
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), clean-energy company ReNew Power, and Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) have launched a partnership in the Indian state of Gujarat to teach women from the informal sector skills that will allow them to work in the clean-energy industry.
Studying the Ganga: There may be a new way to arrest aquatic pollution
The findings of a newly published study on India’s Ganga River describe an approach that can be used to help tackle pollution in large bodies of water and protect precious water resources around the world. As pointed out in the study, water
Plix: Creating plant-based products, will plant a tree every time you buy one
The ‘Plant a Tree’ initiative by the plant-based nutrition brand begins in January 2022 and will be an ongoing programme. Plix has pledged to plant a tree (seed) for every single purchase made by its customers. The company has earmarked a land parcel
Beneficiaries ‘Telling the Tale’
Jindal Stainless Foundation
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: Jindal Stainless Foundation Enabling entrepreneurs Kshanaprava Nayak Kshanaprava Nayak – daughter of Pramod Kumar Nayak from a
How well do companies know their sustainability practices?
We take the back-packet route to, well, find out
There’s this little important detail on every product that we buy – the manufacturer’s contact coordinates (address, phone number, email ID), wherein we can send in feedback and/or complaints. Easy to miss, and we actually do. Unless maybe we are saddled with a
Talk Straight, Talk Sustainability
Brig. Rajiv Williams, Jindal Stainless Ltd
The growing number of consumers in India who are conscious about various environmental and social issues reflects a trend and a way of thinking that is picking up globally. These consumers prefer associating with – buying, consuming, propagating about, endorsing – products, brands
Let us talk about failing, about things that may have been, and things that aren’t how they seem to be
I will tell you what phony is? A soft drinks-and-instant-snacks major sending out a press release on its campaign for promoting whole grains in our daily diets. The manufacturer of fuel-guzzling SUVs planting saplings to offset its carbon emissions. Any company, NGO or
Why animal testing for cosmetics must stop: A perspective
Most commercially available cosmetics contain lard, gelatine and various forms of pig fat, lanolin (from sheep), carmine (that beautiful red stain, obtained by crushing cochineal beetles), beeswax, and other animal-derived substances. These typically help in easy transfer of product to the skin, lend
PNB MetLife: Will plant 40,000 trees
This will be done over the next three years under the company’s Glow Green initiative. As per the press release shared with CauseBecause, 12,000 trees will be planted in Uttarakhand, 1,000 trees in Gurgaon (Aravalli), and 500 trees each in Bengaluru and Pune
ETO Motors: Helping make an electric-vehicle city
The electric mobility solutions and services company has commenced operations of over 50 e-rickshaws at Kevadia in Gujarat, in partnership with The Statue of Unity Area Development and Tourism Governance Authority (SOUADTGA). The operations will cover all of Kevadia, making it India’s first