Forest Ecosystem Restoration
In the last article on #Enviki, we spoke about the importance of the marine ecosystem. It outlined the causes of degradation and the essential restoration measures. On a similar note, this week we will be discussing the importance of Forest Ecosystem restoration, which has the widest range of ecological and
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Marine Ecosystem Restoration
Around 71% of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5% of all Earth's water. Oceans feed us, regulate our climate, and generate at least 50% of the oxygen we breathe. Yet the marine ecosystem is some of the most heavily exploited and subject to extreme stress from pollution throughout
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Ecosystem restoration
Conversations around environment protection in recent times have mainly revolved around climate change and the need to control emissions to prevent further global warming. With rise in human population, increasing consumption and improvement in lifestyles, natural resources have been under immense stress. Natural resources are part of delicately balanced ecosystems
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Infosys and ESG – A journey that started with G
On my first site visit to Infosys Mysore campus back in 2011 for a sales call, I was pleasantly surprised that I didn’t realize that I was right next to a sewage treatment plant (STP). Most sewage treatment plants in campuses and industrial effluent treatment plants are usually relegated to 'no man's
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Move towards standardization of sustainability reporting
Forrest Gump made a fortune with his investment in Apple, thinking that it was ‘some kind of fruit company’. Gump was blessed to be in the right place at the right time, and he didn’t bother about the right information needed for investment decision-making. The last decade has seen an explosion of
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Let the birds keep singing
There are numerous newspapers reports nowadays on how the Ganga is cleaner, on how air pollution is at two-decade lows and how many of us are waking up to hear more birds chirping. We have seen that a few days of industrial and vehicular inactivity have started to reverse damage
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Policy actions for clean water post COVID
An unexpected COVID storm in the midst of the redrafting of the National Water Policy is an opportunity to recognize clean water as being integral to public health A welcome step taken by the Ministry of Jal Shakti in November 2019 was to undertake the revision of the National Water
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Climate SDGs: More needed beyond the Union Budget’s sprinkling of schemes
India is committed to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The national action on SDGs in India is currently led by the policy thinktank – NITI Aayog. Envint takes a look at the Union Budget 2020 from the lens of climate SDGs and how the progress on
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Sewage and its hidden value
Pre-monsoon showers have just started in Mumbai bringing cheer and the kind of freshness that can be experienced only once a year. Naturally, it is also a time of the year when discussions on water scarcity and water conservation take a backseat. So, we decided not to talk about water
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NITI Aayog CWRM and the missing Industrial link
The recently published NITI Aayog Composite Water Resource Management (CWRM) index is a comprehensive overview of States on practices of water resources management. The index is aimed as a useful tool for States to assess and improve the performance in efficient management of water resources. Unsurprisingly, the report highlights data
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