Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
This report aims at providing an overview of the challenge that chemicals of concern pose in the context of products relevant for the building and construction sector. It outlines the relevance and linkages of chemicals of concern with regards to a building life cycle and highlights existing gaps, challenges and …
The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) on May 04, 2021 issued the draft Industrial Relations (Central) Recognition of Negotiating Union or Negotiating Council and Adjudication of Disputes of Trade Unions Rules, 2021 for inviting comments and suggestions. The following provisions have been made: Matters in an industrial establishment having …
Recent growth accelerations in Africa are characterized by increasing productivity in agriculture, a declining share of the labor force employed in agriculture and declining productivity in modern sectors such as manufacturing. To shed light on this puzzle, disaggregate firms in the manufacturing sector by size using two newly created panels …
New analysis by the Global Wind Energy Council (“GWEC”) shows that 3.3 million new wind power jobs can be created globally over the next five years thanks to major industry expansion. This figure includes direct jobs in both onshore and offshore wind, and covers the entire value chain of the …
Cancer-causing benzene from oil refineries escaping into mostly minority and lower income neighborhoods exceeded the federal action level for 13 refineries across the U.S. in 2020, according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More than 530,000 people live within three miles of the 13 refineries in 2020, with …
In 2015, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) introduced a notification asking coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs) to comply with stringent emission norms. The TPPs were given a fixed deadline of December 2017 to mandatorily comply with the norms. Once the 2017 deadline approached, however, the Union …
Drawing on a representative survey of firms in 38 countries, eight of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper documents the impact of COVID-19 and firms’ coping strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa, benchmarking with other regions. The paper shows that the impact of the pandemic is more pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa …
A new report that can help the fashion industry transition towards sustainable, low carbon production by detailing how cotton and polyester can be sustainably sourced. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the international community has agreed to limit global average temperature rise to as close as possible to 1.5°C above pre-industrial …
This study had two objectives: to develop a framework which will guide the design and implementation of a petroleum sector local content policy approach in Ethiopia and to conduct a high-level capacity survey of Ethiopia’s petroleum and allied sectors to identify those industries that can produce inputs as well as …
Accelerating action: an SDG Roadmap for the oil and gas sector is an initiative led by IPIECA, the global oil and gas industry association for advancing environmental and social performance, in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The Roadmap identifies how IPIECA, as an industry association, …
With a mantra of government being facilitator rather than regulator and to give impetus to the industrial sector, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has accorded sanction to the implementation of new Industrial Policy 2021-30 and its procedural guidelines with effect from April 1, 2021. As per the policy document released …
The members of the Collaborative Innovation for Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies initiative (LCET) identified key policy priorities to enable the development and upscaling of low-carbon technologies in the chemical sector and related value chains. The five overarching policy areas identified aim to translate technological needs into enabling policy frameworks for industry …
Clean power is a must in today’s climate stressed world. Therefore, there is a clear need to strengthen the policy mechanisms to incentivize cleaner power and bring in deterrence mechanisms to check non-implementation. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), after a thorough research of concepts, proposes a strategy called …
The circular economy is now at the forefront of the competitiveness agenda for various industrial sectors, industrial parks, and firms. This report intends to provide practical recommendations on how industrial parks can promote the circularity of resources and strengthen competitiveness through innovative technologies and business models, and what governments can …
The Madhya Pradesh Government on March 09, 2021 has issued the Draft Occupational Safety, Health and Working conditions (Madhya Pradesh) Rules, 2021 in suppression of the following Rules: Madhya Pradesh Factories Rules, 1962; Madhya Pradesh Building and other construction workers (regulation of employment and condition of service) rules, 2002; The …
Joint inspection report of the CPCB and UPPCB in compliance to the NGT order, December 2, 2020 in matter of Original Application No. 69/2020 (Sushil Bhatt Vs Moon Beverages Limited & Others). As per the last joint inspection team recommendations, Moon Beverages has complied with all the recommendations except obtaining …
This report provides an update on corporate use of internal carbon pricing globally and developments in carbon pricing regulation, informed by over 5,900 corporate disclosures to CDP in 2020. This incorporates relevant information derived from recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), with which the annual CDP …
Many large Indian businesses have committed to ambitious climate initiatives. However, there exists little understanding of the aggregate impact of these initiatives and how they relate to emissions at the national level. This working paper estimates the collective impact of voluntary climate actions by Indian companies. As climate commitments and …
NITI Aayog released a report outlining the range of investment opportunities in various segments of India’s healthcare sector, including hospitals, medical devices and equipment, health insurance, telemedicine, home healthcare and medical value travel. India’s healthcare industry has been growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of around 22% since 2016. …
To assess the impact of COVID-19 on firms, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation conducted Business Pulse Surveys in several countries, including six in the South Asia region. Analysis focusing on the South Asia region suggests that, first, firms in the South Asia region have suffered disproportionately more …
