Companies covered: Amrita University | Blue Dart | Canon India | HDFC Bank | Ramky Enviro | VAHDAM ® India Note: The statements, claims and numbers are as per the press releases shared with CauseBecause. Amrita University’s Coimbatore campus now has 1.75 lakh trees of more than 200 species The carbon-positive Coimbatore campus of Amrita…
Companies covered: IHCL | Wipro | Norwegian Cruise Line | Sony | ASA | Tetra Pak | Okinawa IHCL announces EarthCheck Platinum certification for 47 hotels The certification signifies 11 continuous years of social and environmental impact by implementing sustainable tourism management practices. Overall, a total of 78 EarthCheck-certified IHCL hotels have generated substantial…
An estimated 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 – that is, 17% of all food – went into the waste bins of households, restaurants and shops, according to a new UN research conducted to support global efforts to halve food waste by 2030. Some food is also lost on farms and in supply…
Cipla has announced that it has set up a 30MW solar group-captive project in Tuljapur, Maharashtra. Spread across 115 acres, the project has been commissioned in partnership with AMP Energy India, and is one of the largest solar open-access projects in the state set up by a corporation. The press release, shared with CauseBecause, mentions…
Tetra Pak India, Coca-Cola India and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH continue their partnership through the second phase of Alag Karo – Har Din Teen Bin, an initiative focused on source segregation of waste. Being implemented by non-profit organisation SAAHAS, the initiative has the support of Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG). While Alag…
Indian electric two-wheeler manufacturing company Okinawa organised an event in Gurugram to promote tree planting and spread awareness on air pollution, called OXI Drive. This initiative is part of the company’s efforts to create awareness around solutions to reduce pollution. So far the company has planted over 100 trees in government senior secondary schools, the…
India will exceed the global warming target of 1.5 degrees Celsius if it does not limit carbon emissions, according to a new report by the G20. The Climate Transparency Report is an annual review of G20 countries’ climate action and their transition to a net-zero emissions economy. According to the report, India has to significantly…
A new 10-year sustainability action plan has been launched by Diageo, the beverage alcohol company and maker of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness. The plan – called ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ – includes a range of 25 ambitious goals designed to make a positive impact on the world by 2030, in the ‘Decade of…
On December 1, a new global initiative to build market demand for net-zero emissions steel, called SteelZero, was launched in Copenhagen, Denmark. This initiative has support from major steel-using organisations, including Ørsted. The current list of members can be found here. Run in partnership with ResponsibleSteel, the new initiative comes from The Climate Group, an…
On December 2, New Zealand declared a climate-change emergency and committed to a carbon-neutral government by 2025. A motion tabled in the country’s Parliament recognised ‘the devastating impact that volatile and extreme weather will have on New Zealand and the wellbeing of New Zealanders, on our primary industries, water availability, and public health through flooding,…
