Ongoing Projects

Facilitating Green Economic Recovery: Improving the uptake of cleaner technologies among MSMEs in Eastern India

January 1, 2021

| Energy Efficiency

In Eastern India, the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand have a large number of energy intensive metallurgical and engineering clusters and industrial parks. Industries like foundry, forging, steel rolling, wire drawing, galvanizing and other mixed engineering units are concentrated in this region. In addition, with high growth expected for engineering goods over the next 10 years, large capital expenditure is being planned by new industries being set-up in up-coming industrial parks, like the Foundry Park in Howrah.

European Union Resource Efficiency Initiative Phase II

January 1, 2021

| Waste

The objective of this programme is to support the Global Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)

agenda driven by the UN by supporting India in the implementation of this agenda and to promote EU

standards and business best practices on resource efficiency in this process.

The Specific Objective of the action is to make resource consumption more efficient in India, so as to

contribute to the global agenda on sustainable consumption and production, to promote green economy

Towards more sustainable and regenerative rainfed agriculture in India and Ethiopia

January 1, 2021

| Resources & Sustainable Development

FOLU India Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture Programme (FISRAP) is part of the FOLU Coalition and World Resources Institute programme – “Towards More Sustainable and Regenerative Rainfed Agriculture in India and Ethiopia - An effective approach to sustainably transform agricultural practices and deliver social and economic co-benefits”, a project supported by IKEA Foundation.

Capacity development trainings/ workshops related to plastic waste management through in the cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh

December 24, 2020

| Waste

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) has joined hands with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to support the reduction of plastic waste entering the environment of the two Ganga cities Haridwar and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, India. The project Aviral aims at reducing plastic waste entering the city environment by strengthening an integrative and improved plastic waste management system.  

Hybrid microbial and chemical catalysis to develop high-volume, high-value biopolymers from lignin-rich bio-residue generated in rice straw bio-refinery' under Start-up

December 17, 2020

| Sustainable Agriculture

A novel bioprocess development for lignin-rich bio-residue valorization to produce high-value/high-volume biochemicals and bioproducts. The model developed here will improve the sustainability of the 2G ethanol technology and offer an alternative solution to mitigate environmental pollution from rice straw burning in the fields. The detailed LCA and TEA of the optimized bench-scale bioprocess will evaluate the carbon footprint and economic viability of the technology.

Scoping and needs assessment related to environmental technologies for reduction of air pollution in three selected cities

December 16, 2020

| Air

The overall objective of the consultancy services is to facilitate GIZ and the project partners to take a decision on the scope of application of environmental technologies for reduction of air pollution.

Specific objectives of the consultancy services are to:

(a) collect information on the state of affairs concerning various relevant Work Packages of the project in the three selected cities;

India-EU Track II Dialogue

December 15, 2020

| Climate Change

The India-EU Track-II dialogue aims to explore options for strengthening both parties’ cooperation in the reduction of greenhouse gases and enhancing resilience to climate change.

Live with Water

December 14, 2020

| Water

The project aims to design a school education programme for students of grades 6-8 to generate awareness on treated wastewater use and it potential for water sustainability.

Sustainability 4.0 Awards 2021 & 2022 edition

December 14, 2020

| Environment

Frost & Sullivan and TERI present the Sustainability 4.0 Awards that aims to highlight the need for linkages between an organization's strategy, governance & financial performance and the social, environmental & economic context within which it operates. This program enables businesses to take more logical & sustainable decisions that ensure long-term stakeholder value.

Strategies to Increase Railway's Share in Freight Transportation

December 1, 2020

| Transport

Historically, IR has been the main mode of moving freight traffic in India, almost 85% of freight traffic was transported by rail in 1950. However, this trend has seen a major reversal in recent years with the growth of the trucking industry. Although the freight turnaround has been on a rise, the share of Railways in total land freight transport has come down from 39% in 2000-01 to 26% in 2017-18 and is likely to decline in near future.