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Lab Diamonds Are Good For The Pocket And The Planet

The diamond industry has a significant adverse impact on the environment, but lab-grown diamonds have a far smaller carbon footprint

By Disha Shah 25/03/2023

Private Sector’s Role Critical In Achieving SDGs  

Incentives like tax breaks, subsidies and low-interest loans, as well as regulatory frameworks that encourage the adoption of green technologies, foster innovation and promote sustainable business practices can be advantageous for both companies and the...

By Pradip Shah 23/03/2023

BPCL Launches Waste Management Initiative

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is working towards achieving zero waste to landfill certification at all operating refineries and marketing locations by 2025

By Outlook Planet Desk 21/03/2023

Poshan Pakhwada To Focus On Millets

With the declaration of 2023 as the International Year of Millets, this year the focus of Poshan Pakhwada will be to popularise ‘Shree Anna’ -- the mother of all grains -- as a valuable asset to address malnutrition

By Outlook Planet Desk 21/03/2023

Green Bonds To Help Fuel Climate Action

RBI has come up with the India Sovereign Green Bond Framework, which is based on the Panchamrit concept announced by India at COP26, Glasgow

By Naina Gautam 20/03/2023

World Will Fail On Climate If It Fails On Water: Experts

The unprecedented floods, droughts, and other extreme water events of the last year are not freak episodes but evidence of a systemic crisis that results from decades-long human mismanagement of water

By Outlook Planet Desk 19/03/2023

Bottled Water Can Slow Progress To Achieve SDGs: UN

The report argues that while progress toward universal access to safe drinking water for all is significantly off-track, the expansion of bottled water markets slows this progress down, distracting attention and resources from accelerated public water supply...

By Outlook Planet Desk 19/03/2023

Impact Investing In India Offers Promising Prospects

A recent study emphasises the lack of growth stage impact funding targeted at India that are necessary to scale solutions to the point where they can have a global impact and advance the SDGs

By Outlook Planet Desk 17/03/2023

Sustainable Financial Instruments Are Critical To Fund Transition: Katie McGinty

Johnson Controls is not just bringing innovations to India, but many cutting-edge innovations are also arising from its Centre of Excellence in India, says the vice president and chief sustainability and external relation officer at Johnson Controls

By Naina Gautam 13/03/2023

India To Miss Half Of Health SDG Indicators At Current Pace: The Lancet

Three-fourths of districts are off target for crucial SDG indicators like access to basic services, poverty, stunting and wasting of children, anaemia, child marriage, partner violence, tobacco use, and modern contraceptive use

By PTI 27/02/2023
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