03 Jun 2022 The first global conference on environment, held in Stockholm in 1972, was an initiative to place environmental issues at the forefront of the international community. It was also the start of a dialogue between industrialized and developing countries. The conference slogan ‘Only One Earth’ became the catchphrase…
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Achieving an Orderly Energy Transition
19 May 2022 The world is changing rapidly and climate change and digitization are strongly influencing this change. Energy plays a key role amid this, and people, corporates, cities and countries are at different points in terms of their transformation. If the world is to transition to limit the impact…
Accelerating Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement in India
22 Apr 2022 The global journey towards decarbonisation continues to gather pace, and India has set its own ambitious targets for clean energy transition. India has taken significant strides forward and can further inculcate valuable lessons from global leaders. Last year’s COP 26 conference in Glasgow was indicative of India’s…
Managing India’s Groundwater Resources
21 Mar 2022 Presently, 2.3 billion people around the world live in water-stressed areas, of which 733 million live in high and critically water-stressed areas, according to data presented by UN-Water 2021, and the same will be true for more than half the world’s population by 2050, if current trends continue. …
Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) – Need for Responsible Businesses
01 Mar 2022 We are at a key moment in the evolution of sustainability. Transparency is fast becoming the new paradigm for responsible reporting and social responsibility. At the recent global event Glasglow Climate Change Conference COP26, nations took several decisions as a part of the collective effort to limit…
Climate Change Initiatives Undertaken by the North East Oil Industry
16 Dec 2021 In the history book of the oil & gas sector in India, the North-east region shall always occupy the first chapter. It started with the discovery of oil in Digboi, Assam in an era when fossil fuels and climate change were as far apart as chalk and…
Climate Change Resilience: Reducing Air Pollution Through Crop Residue Management
05 Nov 2021 On 26 October, CII’s work on crop residue management to curb air pollution received the ‘Global Development Award 2021’ under the Most Innovative Development Programme category (Theme 2: Community-driven Climate-related Disaster Risk Reduction in Rural Areas). The award recognised CII’s work for “a promising approach to impact…
Promoting Water Management Tools and Techniques Across India
03 Nov 2021 The 26th United Nations climate change conference, COP26, will see discussions on the Paris Agreement as well as on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It will also highlight the impact of climate change on water resources, as the issue of water stress and security has…
Moving Towards a More Sustainable Business Environment
02 Nov 2021 Sustainable business practices are essential for bringing a balance between development and growth on the one hand and the imperatives of Nature on the other. Climate change is a huge concern for governments across the world. The COP26 summit is one such initiative driven at the global…
Contributing to the National Agenda with Green Buildings
28 Oct 2021 On the last day of this month, over 190 leaders from various countries will gather in Glasgow to discuss and finalize climate action at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26). The goal is to minimize the damages of climate change by limiting global warming to 2 degree Celsius…