World Environment Day 2025: True sustainability goes beyond token gestures, embedding thoughtful choices into architecture, supply chains, local sourcing, and low-waste operations, making water, energy, and waste core pillars of responsible hospitality and design.
With fewer than 40 days left until COP 29, the international climate community is growing excited. As we anticipate the forthcoming gathering in Baku, Azerbaijan, it is essential to consider the accomplishments of COP 28 in Dubai and establish our goals for COP 29.
IWD 2025: Corporate leaders can implement gender-neutral policies, bring in diversity quotas, and promote women to leadership roles, but if the deep-seated biases are not challenged at home, the vicious cycle of inequality will continue.
IWD 2025: True progress requires ensuring women are heard, valued, and empowered through equal pay, flexible work policies, and inclusive leadership programmes that nurture talent without gender-based limitations.
Rewind 2024:Automation helps not only to optimise consumption of resources, to impact negatively on waste but also to provide uniformity in the manufacturing process.
Rewind 2024: Globally, cities are leveraging private sector expertise to scale public transport operations, where public agencies handle planning and management while private operators manage operations and maintenance.
In her communication on COP29 or Flop29, Katharine Hayhoe, a renowned climate scientist, says that COP29 providing for $300 billion a year to help poorer nations for climate change instead of the required $1 trillion highlights a fundamental issue: “While these Conferences of the Parties are necessary for global climate negotiations, they fall far short of the urgent and transformative action we need.” What do others have to say? Read on.
COP29 has convened in Baku, Azerbaijan, gathering world leaders, policymakers, and industry frontrunners with a unified goal: accelerating the global transition toward a climate-positive future. With temperatures edging perilously close to the 1.5°C threshold, this year’s conference places an urgent emphasis on moving beyond commitments to tangible, impactful climate action. Governments and businesses alike are being called upon not only to reduce emissions but to adopt a transformative Climate Positive Action—an approach centered on reversing environmental damage and fostering ecological renewal. From Net Zero to Climate Positive: A Strategic Shift for Business For businesses, offsetting emissions is no longer sufficient.
Despite petrostates overshadowing vulnerable communities, commitments from hundreds of businesses offer hope for a sustained low-carbon shift, even as the pace of progress remains troubling.
Sridhar Sarathy, Chief Sustainability Officer at Tata Capital, underscores the role of leadership in driving sustainable practices. He emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive sustainability roadmap that includes reducing carbon footprints, enhancing resource efficiency, and regulatory compliance. He calls for continued positive advocacy and supportive policies from authorities for a better planet.
Sanyam Jain, Director of Thermowaste Solutions, urges the government to support the green credit program and invest in climate-resilient recycling infrastructure in the upcoming budget.
Union Budget 2025: Prioritise clean mobility, including electric buses, metro expansions, and enhanced public transport networks for Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
Union Budget 2025: With the recent surge in interest in carbon markets, stakeholders from various sectors are eagerly waiting for clarity on regulatory frameworks and standards for carbon offset and its utilisation in regulatory CCTS system.
Raj Mariwala advocates for handing over land management and restoration to indigenous, Adivasi, tribal, and local communities, highlighting the importance of their involvement on the occasion of World Environment Day 2024.
World Environment Day 2025: Plastic pollution and climate change stem from unsustainable consumption, and tackling them together through integrated, synergistic policies offers a more efficient, impactful path toward environmental and climate resilience.
World Environment Day: Sustainable packaging in the evolving incense industry safeguards the product and planet alike, embodying purity and mindfulness through biodegradable materials, minimalist design, and conscious choices that make every ritual environmentally meaningful.
World Water Day 2025: With increasing environmental concerns and the growing need for sustainability, the Indian paper industry made serious efforts to operate with water footprint levels at par with the global standards.
World Water Day 2025: The agricultural sector is witnessing a technological revolution in water management with precision irrigation systems, coupled with artificial intelligence and IoT sensors, transforming how we utilise water resources.
