13 Jan 2021 CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD), nurtures companies with a view to enabling them to compete, expand opportunity and excel in the current dynamic business environments. With this objective, the Centre continues to campaign for the adoption of sustainable business practices by Indian companies. Instituted…
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The budget must tackle India’s prevailing economic uncertainty
14 Jan 2021 The numerous prompt and decisive relief and reform measures announced by the government in the recent past to manage the impact of the covid pandemic on Indian industry and the overall economy have led to a distinct turnaround in India’s growth trajectory. Improved trends in agricultural production,…
Select New Horizons: AIEI to CEI New Horizons: AIEI to CEI
25 Sep 2020 Having established itself in Delhi, AIEI embarked on a journey of bringing about impactful changes. Although primarily an engineering association, AIEI was driven by a macro vision, and therefore, made macro-level, rather radical-for-its time suggestions to the Government. It suggested combining the Ministries of industry and commerce,…
AIEI: The First Few Years in Delhi
16 Sep 2020 The Association of Indian Engineering Industry (AIEI) had to literally hit the ground running in Delhi. Its initial hunt for office space took it through a rather circuitous route to the what would become a distinguishing feature and pride for the Association: Trade Fairs. Having called off…
Collaborative Action to Tackle Air Pollution
11 Sep 2020 Air quality in the Delhi-NCR region worsens dramatically during the post monsoon season every year. Its sources include vehicular and industrial emissions, dust and emissions from burning of garbage dumps. Seasonal pollution abetting activities such as farm stubble burning in adjoining states is also a major contributor.…
Brainstorming on the Next Frontiers for Health Systems
12 Aug 2020 The healthcare sector in India has found itself at the epicentre of the daunting challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The private sector and local manufacturers have risen to the occasion by providing support in testing, preparing isolation beds for COVID-19 patients, building Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)…
The paradigm of the future: Sustainable Renewable Energy Sources
11 Aug 2020 The use of fossil fuel, such as coal, oil and natural gas, as an energy source to propel rapid industrialisation, is well known and documented. It was only after the world community awoke to the ill-effects of carbon emissions from fossil fuel that attention was riveted on…
CESD: Spearheading Corporate Engagement in Sustainable Development
17 Jul 2020 Sustainability as a concept and practice is gaining wider acceptance today, both amongst people as well as enterprises. In 2005, Mr Y C Deveshwar, Chairman and Managing Director, ITC Ltd., who was the President of CII at the time, put forth the idea of a Centre of…
Green Supply Chain Management
25 Jun 2020 Logistics and supply chain management is an integral part of any business. India, which has steadily adopted ‘smart’ technologically empowered operations has seen a major transformation in logistics and supply chain management as well, which reflects a growing concern for environmentally responsible economic activity even as the…
Sustaining India’s Power and Renewable Energy Sector in the Wake of COVID-19
23 Jun 2020 The nation-wide lockdown, necessitated by the Coronavirus outbreak, has had repercussions on the already-slowing Indian economy, including the power and renewable energy (RE) sector, which has witnessed a sharp drop in demand due to the lockdown. According to a CII White Paper on Sustaining India’s Power and…