Tag: SDG
India Accelerator launches Impact Labs, with $2.5 million invested in 20+ SDG-focused startups in India
In a bold initiative, India Accelerator has made a significant announcement to launch a new vertical - Impact Labs in association with UNTILs (United...
SDG Lab: An App to Track Individual Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals
It's hard to deny that we live in a world where there seems to be an app for everything, from ordering food to connecting...
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...
The road to Zero Hunger
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Agriculture continues...
Project Mumbai bags United Nations SDG Action Solidarity Award 2020
Project Mumbai, a model of Public-People-Private participation, has been selected by the UN SDG Action Campaign as one of the global recipients for the...
Social Sustainability in India
The new and improved Sustainable Development Goals brought about a transformative change to the older Millennium Development goals, by including the human rights issues,...
CSR: CAG’s Concerns on India Meeting SDG Targets
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has highlighted several concerns regarding the country’s preparedness to achieve the United Nations-mandated Sustainable Development Goals...
CSR: Need for a Sustainable Purpose for Businesses
Companies are under great pressure to make sustainability a part of their core purpose because of climate change. According to the UN IPCC report, decisive...
Road safety must be a priority
In March 2010, the UN General Assembly proclaimed the decade between 2011-2020 as the Decade of Road Safety. As a part of the Sustainable...
CSR: Fight to Eliminate Child Labour
June 12 has been recognised as the World Day Against Child Labour across the world. Child labour is a cruel yet highly prevalent practice...
CSR: P&G Invented New Technology for Recycling
Plastic bottles are among the biggest cause of pollution in the oceans. The plastic bottles, commonly known as PETs, have caused a lot of...
India Falls Under ‘Very Poor’ Category in SDG Gender Index
India has secured 95th rank in the first-ever SDG Gender Index, which measures strides made in achieving gender commitments against internationally set targets. The...
