AirAsia India flight I5-767 departed from Pune to New Delhi using a blend of indigenous sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) in partnership with Praj Industries Ltd (Praj). Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, received this special flight at the airport. The SAF sourced for this…
In this first-of-its-kind initiative in India, UltraTech Cement, the cement flagship company of Aditya Birla Group (ABG), transported a phosphogypsum consignment of 57,000 metric tons (MT) via inland and coastal waterways. The bulk cargo carrier journeyed from Paradeep port in Odisha to the jetty of UltraTech Cement’s integrated cement unit, Gujarat Cement Works (GCW), located…
As part of its commitment to reaching net zero in its financed emissions by 2050, DBS has announced sectoral targets that are aligned with science-based decarbonisation glidepaths (carbon-emission pathway to the desired target set), documented in its report titled Our Path to Net Zero – Supporting Asia’s Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy. Nine industry sectors…
Feminine hygiene brand Sirona collaborated with University of Petroleum And Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, to educate their faculty and staff about the benefits of switching to a menstrual cup for period management and eventually make the varsity India’s first pad-free university. The programme was led by Sirona Hygiene Foundation, which works on such initiatives that…
Applications can be sent in by organisations and individuals doing seminal work towards protecting and conserving India’s threatened wildlife and natural habitats. The Habitats Trust Grants, with a total prize purse of Rs 3.20 crore (three crores and twenty lakhs), will be given in three categories with the aim of securing India’s rich biodiversity. The…
In this, people will be given ecofriendly products (cloth bags, bamboo straw kits, etc.) in exchange of single-use plastic items including PET bottles and polythene bags. The plastic collected through this drive will be channelised to the Indian Pollution Control Association, a certified recycler for safe disposal. The initiative was launched on July 1 by…
The boat for this first Indian participation in the Energy Boat Race Challenge is designed by Team Sea Sakthi, comprising 14 students from Kumaraguru College of Technology Coimbatore, Tamil NÄdu. The boat is assembled keeping in mind sustainability with zero emissions rate. The team is being supported by Legrand India, a global player in electrical…
One of India’s leading digital commerce entities, Flipkart Group is looking to decarbonise its own operations by 2030 and the larger value chain by 2040. This is in line with the global Science-based Targets initiative (SBTi) of keeping the global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius per the Paris Climate Agreement. With this, the…
The company has stated that its flagship water stewardship programme, Project Jalodari, recently achieved key milestones in helping create sustainable water sources and raising awareness on water conservation and sanitation in rural communities in Himachal Pradesh and Assam. The project is part of Tata Trusts’ WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) initiative, aimed at supporting 4,000…
Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL, better known as Taj hotels) has introduced its newly penned sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy called Paathya. The goals of this plan include elimination of single-use plastics, achieving water neutrality, and getting all its hotels the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) certification by 2030. ‘Today, it has…
