Projects

Ongoing Projects

Carbon Footprint Assessment of Dairy Value Chain

February 1, 2025
| Climate Change
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

In a significant collaboration, TERI and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) are launching a comprehensive Carbon Footprint Evaluation of India’s dairy supply chain. As the world's leading dairy producer, India's sector accounts for about 25% of global milk output and is vital for providing nutrition, supporting rural employment, and driving economic progress. Yet, like all food production systems, dairy farming generates significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily from enteric fermentation, manure handling, and energy consumption in processing and distribution.

Comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment of Sugar-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel for India

January 14, 2025
| Resources & Sustainable Development
| Environment
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

This study aims to conduct a detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of sugar-derived Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), with the specific objective of establishing India-specific emission values in line with ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). This initiative leverages India’s unique position as the world’s second-largest sugar producer and its substantial sugar industry infrastructure, which comprises over 350 mills, 5 million hectares under cultivation, and approximately 4.5 million tonnes of molasses produced annually.

Knowledge Support for Critical Minerals

November 1, 2024
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

TERI has played a central role in advancing India’s critical minerals agenda through its extensive policy, research, and stakeholder engagement contributions. Under the National Critical Mineral Mission, TERI drafted, validated, and finalized the Mission document that was approved by the Cabinet in January 2025.

Skill Development and Awareness Programmes

January 8, 2024
| Sustainable Agriculture
| Climate Change
| Energy
| Transport
| Energy Efficiency
| Waste
| Resource Efficiency & Governance
| Environment

TERI Knowledge Resource Centre (TERI KRC), is committed to fostering sustainable development and empowering individuals through innovative skill development and entrepreneurship programs. Over the years, we have conducted several residential skill development and online entrepreneurship development training programs, focusing on solar energy and waste management.

Impactful Training Programs:

Residential Skill Development Programs

E-Learning Platform

October 3, 2023
| Sustainable Agriculture
| Climate Change
| Microbes
| Transport
| Cities
| Energy Efficiency
| Resources & Sustainable Development
| Water
| Buildings
| Energy Access
| Land
| Forest & Biodiversity
| Waste
| Air
| Resource Efficiency & Governance
| Health & Nutrition
| Sustainable Habitat
| Environment
| Energy

TERI is committed to offering expert training across various research fields to enhance the skills of both professionals and students. These courses aim to provide individuals eager to expand their knowledge and competencies in the sector with access to cutting-edge information.

Stocktaking Study on Green Public Procurement in India

August 3, 2023
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

Green public procurement (GPP) is a component of sustainable public procurement that uses public sector purchasing to achieve environmental policy objectives and for green growth. GPP is a process which involves consciously and systematically factoring environmental goals during the procurement of goods, services and works by public agencies. This conscious and systematic factoring involves the use of technical specifications, evaluation of bids and proposals, standards, certifications, and labelling.

A-Z of Sustainability

April 2, 2018
| Climate Change
| Energy
| Forest & Biodiversity
| Resource Efficiency & Governance
| Environment

"A-Z of Sustainability" is our endeavour to provide a repository of words and phrases - comprising a range of environmental, social and economic topics - that could be useful and contemporary and useful for sustainability professionals. For accurate and transparent accounting of sustainability plans and performance and to enhance stakeholder confidence; businesses have chosen sustainability reporting as an established communication tool. Terms like sustainability strategy, management commitment, materiality, neutrality etc. are commonly being used within the sustainability domain.

Mapping Policies and Stakeholders on Climate Adaptation for Crop-Based Systems in the Global South

December 27, 2017
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

Climate change posed a serious challenge to the agriculture systems not only given its implications for food security and livelihoods but also given the current agrarian distress characterized by declining growth rates in yield, depleting soil fertility, and receding groundwater resources, rising cultivation costs, and inflation.