Sustainability Karma Desk

From solar cold storage to biomass-powered systems and silk reeling machines, Powering Livelihoods boosts incomes and reduces manual labour by promoting the use of decentralised renewable energy technologies in rural and peri-urban areas.

Addressing the climate crisis demands innovations across various domains, including finance, philanthropy, institutional design, partnerships, and international cooperation, amongst others.

For countries like India, this means aligning our strengths in the sun, the soil and the small farmer with the needs of energy security and climate action. Policy must enable this shift, and industry must deliver it at scale. That is how we create world that remains liveable and sustainable.

Our efforts around mangrove restoration are rooted in partnerships, which include on-ground restoration projects, enhancing coastal resilience and building awareness about biodiversity, says Dr Anjali Acharya, Managing Director, Nature Conservancy India Solutions.

Welspun Living secures the global top rank in S&P Global’s ESG assessment, setting new sustainability benchmarks for the textile industry in 2025

Non-fossil sources form about half of total installed electricity generation capacity and solar is leading this transition. In fact, this thrust is showing no signs of slowing with initiatives like PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY), making every consumer a prosumer, which in turn is...

Five interconnected pillars drive Tetra Pak’s global sustainability framework: creating resilient food systems, enabling circularity, decarbonising its value chain, preserving nature and biodiversity, and embedding social sustainability across operations, says Juhi Gupta, Sustainability Director,...

Reliable electricity is a fundamental requirement for all citizens, but meeting growing demand through conventional coal-based generation raises environmental concerns, necessitating electricity conservation, greater energy efficiency and a transition to clean energy sources such as solar power.

India aims to double its wind energy capacity to 100 GW by 2030 through expanded manufacturing, innovation, and workforce development, positioning the sector as a key driver of clean energy goals and major job growth, according to IWTMA.

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