Chennai: Lately, more and more organisations are joining the mission to protect the environment. In this story, <I>NT<P> tracks three such latest developments.
FMC Corporation said it has strengthened its commitment to reduce environmental footprint and announced expanding its renewable energy strategy in India.
While 20 percent of its site’s power requirements are met through solar energy, greenhouse gas emissions get reduced by 2,000 tons.
‘FMC’s Panoli operations is now sourcing 20 percent of its total power requirements from a 50 MW solar power plant, under an agreement between KPI Global Infrastructure Limited, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation
Ltd, (GETCO), and the Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA).’
L’Oréal Paris has announced its sustainability program, ‘L’Oréal For the Future, Because our Planet is Worth it’, initiating the brand’s latest set of ambitions for 2030.
The organisation said it will now embrace the ambitious mission of reducing its carbon footprint by 50 per cent per finished product. It will also contribute 10 million Euros to environmental projects whose beneficiaries are communities of women around the world.
‘Now is the time to accelerate sustainable innovation, to make the shift to a circular economy and to reduce the impact of our products,’ said Delphine Viguier-Hovasse, global brand president, L’Oréal Paris.
Levi’s is launching a new campaign — ‘Buy Better, Wear Longer’ — that raises awareness and speaks to shared responsibility on the environmental impacts of apparel production and consumption.
The campaign encapsulates Levi’s ongoing efforts to drive more sustainable production practices: by driving ambitious climate and water action and by investing in materials and technologies.