Among the many effects of rapid climate change, women are finding it harder to manage their domestic responsibilities—like cleaning, cooking, and gathering resources—and caring for the elderly as well as their children.
In a bid to promote sustainable economy, the European Union has adopted the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for all companies subject to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The standards cover the full range of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues including climate change, biodiversity and human rights. They provide information for investors to
Depending on how one wants to view it, the rift between those who support and oppose climate change action, alleviating poverty and hunger, DEI, and promoting world peace and unity is growing or shrinking. As more data and statistics have become available, our understanding of the problem has expanded and more stakeholders have become involved.
Cloud bursts, torrential rains, floods, landslides, and soaring temperatures experienced during heat waves—I dare to believe that these events are nature’s way of curbing the man-made disasters we have inflicted upon Mother Nature.
Over the past few years, I have noticed a considerable jump in my electricity usage. Can somebody explain the reason for this noticeable increase in my electricity consumption?
The uptake of sustainable aviation fuel aka SAF is on the rise in India.
Global market advisory firm PwC has a series of initiatives aimed at boosting its global nature and biodiversity capabilities. The New Equation: The new initiative follows PwC’s launch in 2021 of its global strategy—The New Equation. This includes: • Plans to invest $12 billion over five years, • ESG as one of the key focus
Energy and automation solutions provider Schneider Electric has launched a new software suite to enable small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to accelerate climate change. Zeigo Activate, the new software suite is aimed at enabling SMEs to track and reduce their climate impact. The tools can help SMEs to measure their emissions baseline, set reduction goals,
Entry barriers! I am sure the sentence resonates with my friends in sales and marketing organizations. Does it not? Folks, each one of us—across business categories, across designations including the C-Suite has faced entry barriers. These do not come just from nay-sayers who oppose any new idea or innovation, but a new breed of defensive
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has constituted a committee of seven members to address the rise in air pollution and the declining AQI in Mumbai. The financial capital of India is feeling the impact of climate change with increased heatwaves, dust storms, unseasonal rains, declining AQI, and air pollution in the last few months. According
As the world works to reverse/restrict the harmful impact of deforestation, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) has signed a new collaboration partnership. The Green Climate Fund (GCF), one of the world’s largest providers of forest finance, has joined the CPF in a bid to end deforestation and ensure the sustainable management of forests and
Three dust storms in a span of 30 days Unseasonal rains Destruction of seasonal crops Dust particles in the air Rising cases of viral fever Blatant tree felling Unplanned urban infrastructure Unprecedented heat in February Readers, you can add to the list. The impact of climate change has just raised its ugly fang in the
