Tata Power: Supporting women-led enterprises
Towards the end of 2019, Maharashtra’s first all-women dairy enterprise was launched in Maval, Pune, with support from Tata Power. The Maval Dairy Farmer Services Producer Company Ltd has membership of 1,200 women farmers who run and manage the project and have assumed
Cargill India: End of plastic packaging?
Towards the end of last year, Cargill India seems to have adopted packaging made of recyclable material across most of its products. In association with Dow Chemical, the company claims to have converted 90 per cent of its plastic packaging for its edible
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
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
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
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
Nagarro: Electric fleet for the ecofriendly
IT consulting and services company Nagarro has launched an electric vehicle (EV) fleet for employee commute in partnership with Lithium Urban Technologies, the country’s first EV cab services company. The EV fleet was inaugurated by TC Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Transport, Haryana. Starting
Legrand India: Funding the (student’s) dream of France
The second batch of 25 students under the UGAM Legrand scholarship programme for higher education in France were recently felicitated at an event. The scholarship programme was started in 2018 to support Indian students to pursue higher education in France. The programme, the