Is Indian Industry Doing Enough to Combat Climate Change?
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed”, were the immortal words of the Mahatma. The unsustainable consumption patterns across the globe since industrialization are responsible for the predicament that we face today. Although India is one of the fastest growing nations and considering that a sixth of the world’s population lives here, an Indian citizen emits only 10% as compared to his counterpart in the United States. The policies India has undertaken so far can help contain the threat of climate change, but the truth of the matter is that Indian Industry has to take far greater steps if we have to combat the dangers of climate change. “An overwhelming 83 per cent of the respondents from the industry claimed to have a fair understanding of climate change issues. However, just under half of these respondents said they had a clear strategy in place to tackle these issues. Almost 60 per cent responded to climate change issues for the need of complyi
