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India Among the Most Unequal Countries of the World: Report
According to the recently released World Inequality Report 2022, India is now among the most unequal countries in the world. The report released by the World Inequality Lab, aims to promote research on global inequality dynamics. It report presents the most up-to-date synthesis of international research efforts to track global inequalities.
Distribution of Wealth in India
According to the report, the poorest half of...
Dow Jones Sustainability Index ranks Havells as 7th most sustainable company globally in its industry group
Havells India Limited commitment to Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) and responsible growth has again been recognised by DJSI. The company ranked 7th among the top electrical equipment companies globally by Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the current year 2021.
Despite the trying times of pandemic and stricter ESG rating methodology, Havells has jumped 12...
Ericsson pledges to empower 1 million children and young people by 2025 with digital skills through its Connect To Learn CSR programme
Ericsson today announces a major new commitment to empower 1 million children and young people by 2025 through access to digital learning, tools, content and development programs.
This commitment forms part of the World Economic Forum-aligned EDISON Alliance 1 Billion Lives Challenge - a global movement of forty-five champions from the public and private sectors....
Epson Earns Platinum Rating for Sustainability from EcoVadis
Epson, a world leader in digital imaging and printing solutions recently became the first(1) company in the Japanese manufacturing industry to convert to 100% renewable electricity for all its domestic sites(2). As a result, Epson will reduce its annual carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 250,000 tonnes.
Epson has established and is pursuing a new long-term...
Replacing Fossil Fuel with Wood-based products can help Combat Climate Change: FAO
Renewable wood-based products can help combat climate change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
The report Forest Products in the global bioeconomy: Enabling substitution by wood-based products and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals has compiled the most recent...
Saaf Water from India is winner of 4th Call for Code Global Challenge
Call for Code founding partner IBM and its creator, David Clark Cause, announced the winner of the fourth annual Call for Code Global Challenge. The top prize this year went to Saaf Water, an accessible water quality sensor and analytics platform created, in particular, for people living in rural localities.
In Bihar, nine members of...
UKIBC’s second Socio Economic Impact conference discusses critical SDG issues for India
UKIBC Executive Chair, Richard Heald, and British High Commissioner, Alex Ellis, were joined by Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, Nadia Rasheed, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP India, and Yashika Singh, Vice-President – Corporate Affairs, Pernod Ricard, for a panel discussion moderated by Mr Heald at the event. The group discussed the role that business can and...
India is Seventh Best at Climate Change Performance: Report
India has retained its spot at the 10th rank in the best-performing countries in the global Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) for the third year in a row. The report released by Germanwatch on the side-lines of the COP26 has noted that no country performed well enough in all index categories to achieve an...
Home Credit releases its first ESG report
Home Credit has released its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report. The report sets out the programmes and measures that Home Credit has been delivering to support communities and customers, and how the company has focused on delivering responsible, sustainable financial services.
The report – set to be released on an annual basis -...
COP26: “Air Bubble” installation harnesses the power of nature to clean the polluted air children breathe
Air pollution is considered the world's largest environmental health threat2, with, according to the WHO, 93% of children breathing polluted air every day.
In a bid to raise awareness of the devastating health impact of this ‘invisible crisis’ and show what is possible, nasal health expert Otrivin has launched the Otrivin Air Bubble, a unique educational architecture, using biotechnology to...
India Pledges to go Net Zero by 2070 at COP26 in Glasgow
India has promised to cut its emissions to net-zero by 2070. While delivering the national address at the CoP26 climate summit at Glasgow, as a ‘representative’ of developing nations, PM Modi outlined a five-point plan or ‘Panchamrit’ to fight the devastating effects of global warming and climate change.
What is Net Zero?
‘Net zero’ emissions means...
COP26: Tata Sons, HDFC Bank among founding members of Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI) India
Today UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Solutions Michael R. Bloomberg announced the nine founding members of CFLI India. CFLI India’s members are leaders in climate and infrastructure finance and bring the same global scale and influence of the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI) to concentrate action on accelerating private climate finance flows...