Today(17/11/21) on behalf of RBE, gave essential groceries and toiletries, to a family as the male member, a covid recovered, is unable to work, due to covid related complications, even after treatment. These items were donated by Ms Preethi Bhongir. RBE wishes to thank her, for her generosity.  ..read more

It will be great, if School children could send articles on what  could be done with household construction debris. I am certain, they can think  out of the box and not fear whether it could be executed or not.Engineering students and senior school children can send their opinion on what is that one could do regarding factory waste Do Post These images are examples when a household goes through renovation. Can we use them  at all? Any Idea ..read more

Program was conducted on 25th May in Bangalore and Principal, Professors and Rotractors participated when they sensitized publice and various stake holders with regards to Noise Pollution.A write up from google search is for academic interest. The public received the effort well and appreciated. Thanks to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_pollution   "Noise pollution, also known as environmental noise or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise with harmful impact on the activity of human or animal life. The source of outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused by machines, transport ..read more

A quick look at as to how Sustainability could be deployed when one takes a quick glance of  empty pages of  note books at the end of the year left as waste by students in Schools and Colleges. If the empty sheets could be collected and recycled to be bound and used as note books and writing pads, sure one would do their bit towards  the path to Sustainability. Photo Acknowledgement and thanks to Lukas https://www.pexels.com/photo/blank-book-bindings-business-communication-627530 ..read more

I strongly feel MSMEs are the pillars and SDGs can only be achieved if SMEs are in sync with the initiatives, well trained, motivated and incentivized. MSMEs worry whether their cost will go up and they become non competitive and their returns go for a toss. The Social, Environmental challenges which threaten have long term impact and need to bring in awareness and MSMEs should prioritize the Goals and choose focused areas out of 17 SDG Goals. MSMEs need tools to continuously monitor their progress in this area and the large Industries should recognize the same and practice, document and rev ..read more

When I began my journey evangelizing organization’s internal and external ecosystem towards adapting sustainability as a focus, many asked me if they would loose out to those who weren’t practicing sustainability. They argued that organizations, which do not follow sustainability, will have lower costs and hence will have an advantage on pricing. This question, for me, was extremely thought provoking. Trusting a business is not just about the price. It is a combination of an organization’s intent and top management’s motivation to positively have their sustainability policies in place. Cos ..read more

Acknowledgement  : UNDP http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/post-2015/sdg-overview/goal-1.html Education & Training for Jobs.. This Will play a great Role in Eradicating Poverty   Credit : QUAZ AMIR https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photo-of-human-lying-on-ground-covered-of-cardboard-box-1060365/ Credit : HARSH KUSHWAHA https://www.pexels.com/search/no%20poverty/ Education, Jobs, Vocational Training will develop skills and move towards ending Poverty.  Credit : https://unsplash.com/photos/jEEYZsaxbH4 Doug Linstedt Credit : https://www.pexels.com/photo/2-m ..read more

Afternoon visited a friend and in their kitchen garden this was made out of thrown plastic cups and broken plastic small buckets.. Sure Schools are training kids to use waste to get creative outputs .. Educational Institutions, offices and apartment complexes should encourage these kind of art from waste ..read more

MSME’s a very large number and real contributors towards the Make In India initiative. We could see outsourcing by large industries increasing. That will be the in thing henceforth and logically MSME’s are on a growth path. It is time to put in systems, tools, gadgets to measure GHG emissions by MSME’s and various parameters which can quickly be stressed viz., zero-defect production, packaging, input fuel measurement, etc., Large industries when they choose their vendors should start guiding the MSME’s towards the Green initiatives and support them. In fact, they should subsidize certain cost ..read more

Sustainability related questions can be very guiding when one selects and reviews vendors while enhancing Supply Chain partners esp with MSME vendorsIn addition to the data collected by most of the organizations depending on the type of organization, do have guiding pointers. If the organization requires do participate in putting together training programs etc., Pointers are : Occupational Safety and Health StandardsWorking hours as per Govt Regulations Adherence to Laws on Minimum Wages & Pay Right Equal Opportunities Employment Observe all steps to ensure all are free from harassment Us ..read more