612 results found

While many may consider COP26 as yet another international summit on climate crisis, it holds much higher significance in the global community, as a pivotal moment focused on climate change.

At the COP26 meet held at Glasgow, UK, the pithy term LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) was introduced as a ‘one-word' movement for combatting climate change.

With growing environmental awareness and increasing health concerns, consumers are actively seeking eco-friendly products.

The Bill and accession to the Convention was introduced in Lok Sabha on November 25, 2019.

When you’re building green tech and need people to buy into your sustainability story, you need proof. Real or not for just marketing hype. Now, proof recorded to prove reality. Enter green patents. They're also a scoreboard for your environmental innovation – and a signal to investors, customers and regulators that you're serious about change. This shows how innovative companies are leveraging their patent portfolios to build on their ESG stories and show impact in practice.

The MNRE vide notification dated March 15, 2024, issued the ‘Scheme Guidelines for the implementation of R&D Scheme under the Mission' ("R&D Scheme").

Sustainable development can be interpreted as "development that lasts" i.e., "a path along which the maximisation of human well-being for today's generations does not lead to decline in future well-being".

India has set ambitious national climate commitments at COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021, of: (a) reaching 500 GW non-fossil energy capacity by 2030; (b) fulfilling 50% (fifty percent)...

A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India (SC) vide its judgment dated 03 June 2022 in the case of In re: T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v Union of India & Ors., I.A. No.1000 of 2003 in W.P. (C)...

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ("MNRE"), vide notification dated March 15, 2024, issued the 'Scheme Guidelines for the implementation of R&D Scheme under the National Green Hydrogen Mission' ("Scheme").

Sustainable economic growth involves a balance between environmental security and developmental progress.

On 16 May 2025, the Supreme Court in Vanashakti v Union of India 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1139 struck down the notification dated 14 March 2017 and Office Memorandum dated 7 July 2021 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) holding that ex-post facto Environmental Clearances (ECs) violate the constitutional right to a pollution-free environment under Article 21.

Sustainable finance integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions to foster long-term growth.

Between early 2025 and mid-July 2026, the Supreme Court settled a question that had kept real estate developers across India on edge: can a project that broke ground without environmental clearance (‘EC’) ever be regularised after the fact? Across a series of rulings culminating in Vanashakti II, the Court clarified the legal status of ex post facto EC’s and spelt out what they mean for projects already built, those still under construction and those yet to leave the drawing board.

The Constitution of India places an obligation on the State and citizens of India amongst other things, to protect the environment.

In India's fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, sustainability has shifted from being a buzzword to becoming a business priority.

NGT has registered a suo-motu original application in response to a news article titled 'People Are Breathing In CancerCausing Chemicals in their cars study find' appearing in NDTV.com dated May 8, 2024.