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    Engaging with the true potential of waste

    2020-03-18T11:29:04+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Year|

    Pronita Saxena is Founder & CEO of Citizengage, a start-up aimed at building technology for residential and commercial communities to self-manage their waste by connecting with waste collectors, processors, and recyclers. Here she explains what makes this Bengaluru-headquartered initiative work, how India has a better understanding of waste management than the West and why technology is the key. What is the ethos behind your start-up idea? We want to prevent any waste that can produce energy, compost, or recycled products [...]

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    Swachh Bharat interventions to avert a ticking time bomb

    2018-12-04T11:50:43+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Year|

    The chief of Max India’s CSR initiatives explains why the Clean India mission is the perfect avenue for corporates to make a difference. Prime Minister Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission is a timely call for action which is urgently required. India seems to be sitting on a time bomb of garbage, which could explode into serious health hazards with far reaching repercussions. The ticking has started. Basics like clean drinking water, toilet facilities and proper solid waste disposal are not in [...]

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      The underlying business case for CSR

      2018-12-04T11:57:34+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Year|

      In the Indian scenario, CSR continues to present a massive opportunity for Indian organisations... by firmly integrating CSR into business strategy, Yes Bank's sustainability chief tells India Inc. The year 2016 has been a phenomenal year for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as there continues to be an increase in the integrated adoption of the CSR by organisations, big and small, across the globe. Even as CSR grows more complex by the day, things have been looking up as businesses are taking on [...]

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        Short Takes

        2018-12-04T12:10:36+00:00July 7th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Year|

        Germany to help rejuvenate river Ganga Under the ‘Namani Gange’ programme of the Narendra Modi government, India solicited support from various countries to rejuvenate the river Ganga and Germany has come forward to support the flagship programme. The government of Germany, with its vast experience in cleaning and rejuvenating European rivers such as Rhine, Elbe and Danube, was keen to collaborate with the government of India. Under the agreement signed between India and Germany, the latter will support India in adopting and [...]

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