World Environment Day: How Experts Going To Celebrate

World Environment Day is celebrated every year in all thr countries around the world on 5th June. This year also environment is being celebrated in many countries including India to make the awareness of the environment.

The day was started by the United Nations for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Here is what experts advice on protecting Earth and how their organisations to celebrate the day.

Gaurav Burman, VP & APAC President, 75F:

The UNEP conference, themed 'Only One Earth' from 50 years back, still holds true even today. This planet is our only home, and we must protect its finite resources. But despite years of deliberations, issues like global warming, climate change, wastage of energy and resources, and pollution continue to be major threats to our planet. Be it green gas emissions in the atmosphere or constant climate change, every little human activity is adding to the growing environmental stress. Unfortunately, we trivialise these issues simply because we fail to see its lasting impact directly, but it won’t be long till we realise the tragic repercussions.

We, at 75F, believe that it is our responsibility, as individuals and as a business, to start taking action against these factors that exploit our planet. We feel that the technological advancement of humans might be a big factor towards this crisis - keeping this in mind, we have ensured that our solutions in building automation are designed to minimise energy wastage and leverage an eco-friendly approach. We are not trying to change the world. We are building a better one.

We should consider this year’s World Environment Day as an opportunity for people to come together and become representatives of the environment. It is time for us to shift our focus towards creating a nurturing environment that protects nature. 

Sandeep Mukherjee, Director, Fluent Commerce:

It is vital to acknowledge and understand the effects human interactions with the environment have had on the world we live in. Issues such as global warming, the depletion of ozone layer, CO2 emissions and other climatic changes are threatening our future way of life. It is truly imperative that while striving towards meeting our development goals we also consider how we can achieve those goals without damaging the environment unnecessarily.

Fluent Commerce believes in striking a healthy balance between development and environmental contribution by focussing on sustainable growth. For us as a business, and as a vision for our customers. Running sustainable businesses today is the only way to secure our tomorrow. Individuals all need to contribute. But it is businesses who can make the biggest difference.

Sooraj Balakrishnan, Head of Marketing, Acer:

We live in a fast-paced world where technology plays a major role in connecting our everyday lives. With the increased use of technology, we also witness the rise in e-wastage that is a cause of pollution in the current times. Earthion is Acer’s initiative for us all to engineer a better tomorrow.

As a responsible company, we have launched Acer Vero, which is a sustainable and high-performing computing solution. Vero products are made from recycled materials and use PCR plastic to manufacture laptops and accessories. We have made nearly 8.8+ million products using PCR plastic and have Applied PCR plastic in 300+ models over the last few years. 24 per cent of our PCs and monitors comply with EPEAT/TCO and Green Mark environmental labels and 95 per cent of our products comply with IEC.

For Acer, sustainability does not end with just the laptop, we also extend this effort in our logistics and packaging, and recycling. Our operations use clean and renewable energy to keep fossils underground and generate renewable energy in-house and have adopted guaranteed renewable energy sources in countries across the world.

This World Environment Day, Acer would like to encourage brands in the technology industry to join us in this initiative and manufacture products that are safe for the Earth. More than a trend, this is a necessity to tackle our generation’s environmental challenges through innovative and integrated solutions.

Sandeep Mukherjee, Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder, BLive:

In India, every year, more than 20 million 2 wheelers are sold. The rising temperatures and vehicular pollution, in addition to the increasing fuel costs, have necessitated the faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). While the government is making efforts both in terms of policy push and infrastructure, we need to wake up to the reality of climate change and embrace sustainable mobility.

The theme of this year’s environment day is 'Only One Earth' and we must come together to take efforts to make our planet clean and green for generations to come.

At BLive we are driving awareness and encouraging people to shift to sustainable mobility.

Gaurav Jalan, Founder, Packman Packaging:

Since I belong to the Packaging fraternity it gives me immense pleasure that my industry i.e., Packaging plays an integral part when one talks about the sustainability of a product in today’s world. 

And I would like to state that sustainability in the packaging industry is not just restricted to recycling only. There are other aspects too.

Some of the objectives that the packaging industry is following to keep sustainability in mind are:

∙  Decreasing weight and quantity of packaging

∙  Eradicating or minimizing toxic additives

∙  Lower consumption of energy

∙  Developing sustainable business structures

“I would like to share about some of the most steady, enhancing and yet finest sustainable product innovations that the packaging industry has already rolled out or is about to roll out not just in India but globally.”

∙ Plantable Packaging: This is one of the finest creative forms of sustainable packaging out there since it lets the consumers feel like they are part of a bigger environmental initiative. Plantable packaging is a sort of packaging that has seeds embedded into it. Post it is used, users can plant the packaging and see it growing.

∙ Corn starch Packaging: One more option in organic, sustainable packaging material, is corn starch packaging. This is quickly becoming a popular alternative for those seeking sustainable box material or sustainable food packaging. Made from maize plants, corn starch packaging is almost like plastic, making it a top alternative when added protection is warranted to safeguard products inside the packaging.

∙ Plant-based Packaging: There are several plant-based sustainable packaging materials coming up that bode well for the future of sustainable packaging. Although a little bit new to the market, plant-based packaging is beginning to make its mark on the packaging industry.

∙ Mushroom Packaging: This is still an undergoing alternative in the sustainable packaging material, so we will see more research and development go into this kind of packaging. 

Tuhina Goyal, Founder, House of Tuhina:

We, at the House of Tuhina, have been empathetic towards nature and strive to do our bit for conserving the environment. This has driven us to launch a range of sustainable, handmade jewellery with elaborate yet green designs that will only soar the style quotient rather than adversely impacting the world. We look forward to continuing with our sustainable endeavours and encourage responsible living and buying through our brand while growing with every opportunity we get.

Hina and Nikhat, Founders, Fine Threads:

The apparel and clothing industry is growing by the day and addressing the fatal concerns through its operations and vision. One of such concerns is to preserve the environment and minimise the risk of any further damage to nature. This requires the sector to step up and thus, more and more brands are now turning eco-friendly and sustainable. They are establishing a responsible way of living; one of those names is FineThreads. A Delhi-NCR based label that is ushering in a revolution by championing responsible consumption through sustainable fashion, Finethreads, envisions to lead that path by setting an example through its vast portfolio of products and articles.

The brand does not only resonate with all things contemporary but also aligns itself with the new-day solutions to the environmental concerns by being the green torch-bearer.

We recycle our products and reuse them because we believe that fashion is not something that is disposed of as the trend dies but something that is here to stay, be treasured and enjoyed. To make the most out of what the domain has, the brand works on creating sustainable articles that are healthily here to stay. The entire apparel and clothing sector is making its way to establishing a new benchmark and retaining the "organic" factor to support sustainability and initiate a newer, greener culture in the industry as well as the country.