The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol), launched in 1998, is a multi-stakeholder partnership of businesses, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), governments, and other regulatory bodies.
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Riya Jain and Priya Chetty on December 4, 2019 No Comments
To improve economic growth condition, the second five-year plan under Nehru (1956-61) was formulated to focus on industrialization. This made no mention of the environmental protection.
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Riya Jain and Abhinash Jena on December 2, 2019 No Comments
Until the 1960s, environmental protection was not a matter of grave concern for the world. However, after the great smog of 1952, the legislative action was taken by London i.e. setting up of Clean Air Act, 1956.
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Riya Jain and Priya Chetty on October 24, 2019 No Comments
Faecal coliform is as an important indicator of water pollution. It represents the microorganisms present in the water due to the presence of faecal material of human and animals.
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Saptarshi Basu Roy Choudhury on January 17, 2019 No Comments
The CSR mandate caters to the strategies needed for building a cleaner environment. The importance of environment stems from its inclusion in the concept of sustainability as put forward by the Brundtland Commission in its report in 1987.
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Apara Bhattacharya and Saptarshi Basu Roy Choudhury on November 25, 2018 No Comments
There is a rising consensus for environmental protection across the world. Climate change is a concerning issue all over the world due to its manifold detrimental aftereffects.
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Chandrika Kapagunta on December 25, 2017 1 Comment
Phytoremediation is a method which involves growing plants in a contaminated matrix to remove environmental contaminants.It is the direct use of living green plants for the removal and degradation of contaminants in the soil as well as water bodies (Hassani et al. 2014).