Insights

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The water case for renewable energy

The renewable energy mission of India is amongst the most ambitious in the world. Most discussions on the shift from thermal generation

Planning to reuse the last drop

The end of Nov 2018 saw the National Green Tribunal (NGT) impose fines on the Chief Secretary of Delhi and Delhi Jal

A vision for waste management in India

The first half of 2016 saw significant changes in waste management rules, after a gap of almost 16 years.

A unified water ministry is a good idea

An interesting common point made in both the BJP and Congress manifestoes of 2019 has been the creation of a separate water ministry.

The future is in plastics, again

A day ahead of the expected nationwide singe-use plastic ban, I might sound silly saying this. In the 1967 movie, The Graduate, the career advice to the young man was clear, “One word. Plastics.”