Alliance to End Plastic Waste: Looking to eliminate plastic waste, but how?
The beginning of this year saw the launch of a new organisation to develop solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the oceans. The new global alliance, Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), will commit over $1 billion to help
Viacom18: Educating through entertainment
Starting from 2 February 2019, a new Hindi general entertainment fiction series called Navrangi Re! has been televised on the Rishtey channel. The drama series hopes to change behaviours on sanitation by building that message into its plot. The series is a partnership
Global warming and India’s parched rivers
Earlier this month, it was reported that increasing global temperatures will melt at least one-third of the Himalayan glaciers by the end of this century. This is forecasted to happen even if the world meets its climate change targets as per the Paris
APM Terminals: Hazardous no more
Earlier in January, the first-ever Environmental Clearance (EC) certificate to an inland container depot (ICD) was awarded by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change to APM Terminals Inland Services’ integrated ICD and supply-chain solutions facility at Chakan, Pune. This recently inaugurated
The IKEA solution to air pollution?
Last year, a project to turn rice straw into a new renewable material source was announced by IKEA. Part of its Better Air Now initiative to address global environmental issues, the company’s aim is to create a model for air pollution reduction that
Less plastic: The right choice for Pepsi
In December 2018, the completion of the target for collection and recycling of used PET bottles equivalent to 100 per cent of its products sold in Delhi was announced by PepsiCo India. Part of its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programme, the initiative was
Action on air pollution: Too little too late?
Earlier this year, the government finally released the much-delayed National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), a five-year national-level strategy to tackle air pollution. Starting this year and with 2017 as the base year for measurements, the programme will be funded to the tune of
Warming oceans and a warming planet
In climate-change news, scientists have found that the world’s oceans are heating up to 40 per cent faster on average than the estimates of a 2014 United Nations panel report. This research from four different studies was published in the journal Science. The
Royal Dutch Shell: Putting money where the mouth is
Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies, has announced that executive pay will be linked to carbon-emissions target. This unprecedented move comes after sustained pressure from investors, led by asset manager Robeco and the Church of England Pensions
Tetra Pak: Trying to make 100 per cent recycling a reality
Tetra Pak has partnered with resource-management company Veolia for an initiative that will enable all components of used beverage cartons collected within the European Union to be recycled by 2025. This initiative will start in the EU and expand to more markets around