India’s climate finance moment: SBI Ventures, investors and policymakers outline a road map at IVCA GreenReturns Summit 2025
At the IVCA GreenReturns Summit in New Delhi, asset managers, climate-tech founders and policymakers outlined how India can finance climate resilience and scale home-grown green technologies. SBI Ventures’ MD and CEO Prem Prabhakar called for a shift toward blended finance and announced plans
63 Tonnes of Waste Processed, Ensuring Clean and Sustainable Women’s Cricket World Cup
Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd. (AWHCL) has completed a major waste management project for the women’s Cricket World Cup held at DY Patil Stadium over the course of five matches, totaling an impressive 63 metric tons of waste collected and processed. The project
No #MeToo for informal workers
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found that women employed in India’s informal jobs sector are routinely sexually harassed and abused at work despite the existence of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act (or POSH Act). Poor enforcement
No carbon emissions (with a caveat)
A landmark bill that would set a target of zero carbon emissions for New Zealand by 2050 was tabled in the country’s parliament last month. The bill requires the government to reduce biological methane by at least 10 per cent by 2030 and
Ericsson: Building tech for an improved public distribution system
A two-year project to help the Odisha government ensure food security has been announced by Ericsson. The company will be supporting the World Food Programme (WFP) Trust for India in their work on developing customised information and communication technology (ICT) solutions that will
No takers for holy rivers?
[dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]ecently, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved a number of projects worth nearly Rs 4,000 crore, for various cities and towns of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. NMCG is the central decision-making body that is responsible for the implementation
Employee engagement: Sounds good. Does good as well?
[dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]ecently there has been a spate of employee engagement initiatives across corporate India. Here’s a brief roundup: Jet Airways recently concluded its annual employee volunteering programme called Joy of Giving. This is the the internal, organisation-wide initiative that leverages the airline’s pan-India
Suggestions, observations and ideas for National CSR Awards
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]his year, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, instituted National Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards to recognise companies that have made a positive impact on society through their innovative and sustainable CSR initiatives. The corporate world, being the foremost stakeholders
Five Delhi hospitals asked to pay Rs 600 crore for refusing free treatment to the poor
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he Delhi government has asked five private hospitals in the city – Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Max Super Specialty Hospital (Saket), Shanti Mukand Hospital, Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute – to deposit ‘unwarranted profits’ of over Rs 600 crore
NGOs may stay out of Lokpal ambit: Team Hazare
Keeping the pressure on to bring the prime minister and the higher judiciary within the ambit of the proposed Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare’s team says that it wants non-government organizations (NGOs) to be kept out of its purview – or at least those that