After creating a nationwide stir in 2018, the conversation on eliminating single – use plastics is back on! PM Narendra Modi initiated serious conversations to release guidelines in order to phase out the use of single-use plastics and pushed the Environment and Forest Ministry (moEFCC) on their lack of progress. MoEFCC may release the final draft of the definition of Single-use plastics and timeline to eliminate SUPs as early as next week! What do you think will be a part of
Source: https://inshorts.com/en/read Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries has sourced the world’s first consignment of carbon-neutral oil from Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV), a division of US oil firm Occidental. “This is the energy industry’s first major petroleum shipment for which greenhouse gas emissions associated with the entire crude lifecycle, well head through the combustion of end products, have been offset,” OLCV said. Share About Us
NEW DELHI: With a committee comprising Central Pollution Control Board, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and IIT-Delhi members assessing Rs 450 crore as cost of damage to the environment due to dump sites in Delhi, National Green Tribunal said CPCB is at liberty to recover the amount with a further penalty for continuing damage. Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/cpcb-may-collect-landfill-impact-fine/articleshow/80638617.cms The panel was tasked by NGT to ascertain the environmental damage caused by the waste dumps and based their calculations on factors such as legacy
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India was first introduced in April 2014 following an amendment in Companies Act, 2013. Since the applicability of this mandatory law, CSR spending in India has significantly increased since 2014-15. PRO India Solutions has been actively involved in various social programs of their own like awareness programs for waste-pickers and school children. The primary aims of this project study and explore corporate partnerships for the
With the unprecedented crisis created by the COVID – 19 pandemic, corporates today are forced to rethink about their sustainable initiatives. These involve a commitment of significant resource to reduce the environmental impact that the companies create in the areas of carbon intensity, water scarcity, resource utilization & circularity. There are chances that these multiyear, multimillion-dollar initiatives can be put on the back-burner for the time being when there is liquidity crunch and the cash flows are shrinking. We
Plastic as a packaging material has become most convenient and economical for the industry in general and FMCG in particular. It is known that ‘plastic circular economy’ can be created to profitably bring back used plastic to the mainstream economy. Please Register Here https://proindia.net/services/franchising/ to become a Franchisee of Pro India. We are doing a VC Meeting to explain the Franchise Opportunity with Pro India- tomorrow with our partners Franchise India. We would answer all your
As Lockdown is getting lifted, companies are realizing that consumer preference is rapidly changing and moving away from the products & services offered. If you are in B2B business, you may be away from direct consumer yet getting affected by low & uncertain Customer demand for your OEM products. In such a situation, you may want to find new customers for your business. How do you start prospecting Customers during this post lockdown times where
How could the Municipality implement Plastic Waste Rules ? Does the Corporation not have a score of priorities to meet first – electricity, water, cleanliness , land use, public health to name a few. Yes and also solid waste management. Deeply honored to conduct a session with Municipal Commissioners and PCB Heads of multiple states as they learn about Plastics Waste and struggle to implement the same. While some of us wonder why the corporation is not aggressively supporting the PWM
NEW DELHI: GMR-led Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) said on Monday that Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has become free of single-use plastic usage. The Confederation of Indian Industry-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CII-ITC CESD) that supports the business community towards achieving sustainability has certified DIAL for its successful voluntary implementation of single-use plastic-free airport measures within IGI Airport’s operations. “Our objective to make Delhi Airport free from single-use plastic is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision to
When Hindustan Unilever (HUL) decided to put a curve on its best-selling Pond’s talc pack some time back, its patrons may have assumed the move was aimed at breaking the monotony of the cylindrical shape used for decades. While breaking the boredom was one of the reasons, the slight curve at the belly of Pond’s talc packs allowed the consumer goods giant to save one-third of the plastic that goes into each pack.
More recently, its distributors found that
