Ignition Grants: To support tech-based clean energy solutions
The United States-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF), in partnership with Social Alpha, has announced the Ignition Grants – titled ‘Technology-based Energy Solutions: Innovations for Net Zero’ – to select and support new technologies that address climate change and clean energy challenges.
UNEP and GoI sign Host Country Agreement: Will enhance collaborative environmental action
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and India have signed a Host Country Agreement on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. India was represented by Bhupender Yadav, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, while Inger
LANXESS: Creating new sustainable plastics for the circular economy
The specialty chemicals company is increasingly using bio-based or recycled raw materials in its plastics production. A new variant of the composite Tepex is 100 per cent based on the biological raw materials flax and polylactic acid. ‘We have combined fabrics made from
Godrej & Boyce: These are their ESG goals for next decade
-Double energy productivity by 2030 -Generate over one-third of overall revenues from Good & Green products by FY22 -Reduce carbon intensity by 60% by 2030 -All manufacturing activities across locations will continue to be water-positive and nearly zero waste to landfill -Introduce recycled
INOX, Pune: First cinema in India to install fast charging points for electric vehicles
Multiplex chain INOX Leisure Ltd has installed Ather Energy’s fast charging points, Ather Grid, in the parking lot of INOX Bund Garden, Pune. Ather owners can fast-charge their vehicle at a speed of 1.5 km/min, while Ather Grid also provides normal speed-charge options
Tata Steel: Will start capturing CO2 and use it too
The company has commissioned a 5 tonnes per day (TPD) carbon capture plant at its Jamshedpur Works, making it the country’s first steel company to adopt the carbon-capture technology that extracts CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas. The captured CO2 will be
Tata Steel: Will recycle steel
The company has commissioned its new 0.5 MnTPA steel-recycling plant at Rohtak, Haryana. In a press release, it claims that the plant is the first such facility in India, equipped with mechanised equipment such as shredder, baler, and material handler. The scrap will
CEAT: Trying to talk ‘responsible travel’, but with a fleet of 9 vehicles
The fleet – comprising 9 vehicles (including the Thar, Fortuner and Gypsy”none in the ‘environmentally friendly’ category) and 25 participants – will cover various territories in Ladakh, with the first one planned from August 1 to 14, and the second from August 21
Tetra Pak: It’s time to manage those used carton packs
Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak has tied up with Finish Society, a solid-waste management NGO, to increase collection of used carton packages in Udaipur. The NGO will be working closely with the Municipal Corporation of Udaipur to recover used packs
Mondelez India: Trying to make multilayered plastic useful
The company has announced a grant to the NGO Hasiru Dala, who will recycle multilayered plastic (MLP) waste to create sustainable furniture boards for creating tables and benches as well as for other uses. The pilot project aims to convert ~600 tonnes of