Green hydrogen and battery storage can help India speedup the energy transition

Grants to USA institutions and organizations in western states and Pacific territories for professional training and educational opportunities on increasing sustainability…

USD Students, San Diego community members, and supply chain professionals are invited to join educators and industry professionals from diverse organizations at the 11th annual Supply Chain Management Institute’s Spring Symposium. This year, the one-day virtual conference will focus on sustainability and its relationship to the triple bottom line including common financial, social and environmental issues in supply chain management as well as tools, processes and metrics that can be used to address the needs of ‘people, planet and profits.’  Sustainability is a rapidly evolving issue that supply chain professionals are facing in organizations of all sectors. Global challenges within increasingly extended supply chains mean that it is now impossible for an organization to ignore regulatory, economic, environmental and reputational pressures to address the sustainability agenda of ‘people, planet and profits.’

By a conservative estimate, there are 200 Mn two-wheelers, 35 Mn cars & utility vehicles, six Mn commercial vehicles and another six Mn tractors in India. It is a common understanding today that when these vehicles reach the end of their life, they become an environmental hazard. The recently announced Vehicle Scrappage Policy is the right step towards regulating and mitigating the environmental risks they pose. Of course, the impact of the policy goes well beyond that. Once it fully kicks in, its knock-on impact will also help the domestic auto industry reduce its input costs. But even the best-formulated policy cannot address all aspects of a challenge.