March Specials
The Race for Deep-Sea Resources: Who Owns the Ocean?
Highlights
Deep-sea mining is intertwined with geopolitics, economics, and environmental ethics.
The focus should be on improving metal recycling and developing alternative materials.
The slow pace of...
GREEN LEADERS' CHATROOM
What India Can Learn from EU on Green-finance for MSMEs
To emulate the EU’s success, India needs a multi-pronged approach that entails diversification of financial instruments beyond traditional lending, strengthening regulatory frameworks with a phased carbon pricing implementation and incentivizing technological innovation with committed grants.
ProcMart Replaces Coal with Pellets
Indirect procurement (things other than the raw materials for production) can be a big hassle for manufactures. A handful of aggregators help them manage this part of the supply chain. ProcMart has gone a step ahead. It is helping companies reduce their carbon footprint.
Trees and Communities
Pradip Shah, Co-Founder at Grow-Trees.com, discusses how communities across the world are planting and maintaining trees and are benefitting immensely. India can learn a lot from them. He shows how gifting trees is the best one can do to mitigate clime crisis.
Welcome to Free AI Teacher-Assistants
Can all the students access a free AI teacher assistant, a free tuition teacher assistant and a free sports coach? Can AI remove drudgery and make learning fun? Can parents use AI to help their children learn better? Can an AI assistant improve writing and drawing ability significantly? Can AI assistants improve students’ mental health? The answer to all these questions is an overwhelming yes.
Climate-smart Agriculture is The Only Way
In today’s context, where climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource scarcity are pressing challenges, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) represents a transformative opportunity to address the dual crises of climate change and food security. CSA is a vital strategy to empower farming communities, enhance productivity, and protect the environment. The success of CSA depends on collective action. Investments in farmer education, widespread adoption of climate-resilient technologies, and the implementation of supportive policies are crucial.
GREEN ENTREPRENEUR STORIES / CASE STUDIES / GREEN PRODUCTS / INNOVATION
Creating Magic at the Intersections
Climate anxiety is real. It is rising because people cannot see the results of measures taken to solve everyday problems. A key reason for this scenario is that people and organizations are working in silos. This is resulting in massive inefficiency and loss of time and resources. The high opportunity cost is telling.
How Sapna Nijhawan is Revolutionizing India’s Carbon Markets
Highlights
Sustainiam is a tech platform that digitizes the entire carbon project documentation process, making the registry more accessible and tech-savvy.
Ensures a fair valuation of...
SN BOOK SHELF
How to Feed the World by Vaclav Smil
In this ambitious, myth-busting book, leading scientist and internationally bestselling author Vaclav Smil asks:
Why are some of the world’s biggest food producers also the...
The Climate Dictionary
The Climate Dictionary is UNDP’s initiative aimed at providing an everyday guide to understanding climate change. It seeks to bridge the gap between complex...
SN BOOK REVIEW
A Green Transition Blueprint
‘Net Zero’ and ‘Green Transition’ are used quite loosely today by those who understand little of what it entails. It is not their fault....
A Glimpse at India’s Green Heroes
History is often written through important events that shaped societies or through the lives of leaders who led them. The 40-year journey of the...
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The Race for Deep-Sea Resources: Who Owns the Ocean?
Highlights
Deep-sea mining is intertwined with geopolitics, economics, and environmental ethics.
The focus should be on improving metal recycling and developing alternative materials.
The slow pace of...
Welcome to Free AI Teacher-Assistants
Can all the students access a free AI teacher assistant, a free tuition teacher assistant and a free sports coach? Can AI remove drudgery and make learning fun? Can parents use AI to help their children learn better? Can an AI assistant improve writing and drawing ability significantly? Can AI assistants improve students’ mental health? The answer to all these questions is an overwhelming yes.
Two Biggies Join Hands to Expand Plastic Recycling
Re Sustainability and Recycling Private Limited (ReSRL), A Re Sustainability Company (ReSL), and Aarti Circularity Limited (ACL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aarti Industries...
Periwinkle Technologies Wins 2025 Zayed Sustainability Prize for Smart Scope
The Pune-based company has revolutionized cervical cancer screening by using the latest technology to predict cancer. Using an easy-to-use patented screening device Smart Scope®...
Indian Companies Excel in S&P’s 2024 Global Sustainability Ranking
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Three Indian companies in the top 1% ranking
A few Indian companies are global industry movers
Only one-fifth of financial institutions have identified specific business opportunities...