Environment section of ASK-EHS blog hosts wide ranging topics from environment, sustainability, climate change, emissions and associated thread of ideas that straddle industries and organizations as well as our lives.
A conscientious effort needs to made and put into practice by all of us to ensure that in this time of emergency, we do not make the lives of others more difficult.
Environmental CSR initiatives are now bringing more to the table – with climate change, sustainable energy usages and recycling being many of the heated topics, they aim to motivate competitive landscapes.
Global heating and manmade climate change is only going to accentuate these issues further. We are going to see more and more such human error led instances that trigger catastrophes.
Growth in population, industrialization and urbanization severely impacts the water resources. Many processes in industries make more use of water than their counterparts; eg. power generation, textiles and garments, beverages, car-wash businesses, construction, refueling areas etc.
The age of automation, AI technologies and other avenues are offering new job opportunities. The term ‘disruption’ has evolved in every field; and to weather such disruptions, it is implicit that men and women would need targeted support to be skilled, mobile and tech-savvy.
World Bank statistics state that between 1990 and 2016, the world lost 502,000 square miles of forest- an area larger than South Africa. Scientific journal, Nature says that since humans have begun the cutting of forests, 46% of the forests have depleted.