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03 Sep 2021 Did you know that the Shore Nuisance (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 1853 and the Bengal Smoke Nuisance Act, 1905 were meant to protect the environment? Before Independence, the environment-related laws in India were mostly associated with various types of pollution. To give some perspective, the Shore Nuisance…

30 Aug 2021   The plastics problem The benefits of plastic as a material are well recognized and indisputable. Their use has increased manifold over the last sixty years and is expected to double over the next 20 years. However, their presence and persistence in the oceans, terrestrial ecosystems and…

02 Aug 2021 On 22 July, the G20 Environment Ministers’ meeting in Italy ended with the ministers pledging to adopt new climate targets within the next three months with focus on three broad areas: biodiversity and protection of oceans; promoting circular economies, particularly in the fashion and textile sectors and…

27 Jul 2021 Over the last decade, the logistics sector in the country has witnessed a rapid rise in demand for freight-forwarding, warehousing and supply chain infrastructure. While the upsurge in demand for logistics and warehousing certainly augurs well for the country, it is imperative for these developments to adopt…

19 Jul 2021 The Indian Government has set ambitious environmental targets for the next few decade and CII has been contributing to this movement by creating new benchmarks and services that facilitate seamless adoption of green concepts. IGBC is spearheading the 21st century green building movement in India. As on…

07 Jul 2021 Mitigating the adverse effects of Climate Change has become a matter of priority globally and ‘clean energy’ will play a huge role in curbing this threat to the world. India, too, is robustly committed to this agenda and has set a mission to scale up clean, affordable,…

24 Jun 2021 Globally companies are getting into corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with renewable energy producers.  This trend of corporate PPAs was popularized by tech giants such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, AT&T who have altogether around 10 GW of PPA, but it is becoming more and more…

22 Jun 2021 As COVID-19 continues to rattle the world, discussion around zoonotic diseases has gained prominence. Zoonotic diseases or ‘zoonoses’ are diseases that are transmitted between animals and humans due to viruses, bacteria, parasites, or fungi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L33a9fnxTiw The novel coronavirus has been widely presumed to be transferred from the…

05 Jun 2021 Ecosystems are the web of life on Earth and provide us with priceless benefits. People and planet are only as healthy as the ecosystems we all depend on. Our planet’s ecosystems are today threatened by climate change, nature loss, overexploitation and deadly pollution. Unless we take transformative…

11 May 2021 Home to 21 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities, India faces a serious air pollution crisis. As the world’s fifth most polluted country, the Government’s remedial steps focus mostly on the public health implications. However, air pollution is impacting Indian businesses also. A recent report, ‘Air…