Sustainability

In a recent marketing campaign #TogetherWeRise by the Mahindra Group, children highlight the changes needed in the businesses of today to make a better and more equal tomorrow.

Amritha and Harshit's home in Chennai is constructed using minimal cement and concrete, yet stands proud and tall and a proof that sustainable architecture can look royal.

Janak Palta McGilligan (74) transformed her home in Sanawadia near Indore into a fully sustainable home, powered by windmills. She teaches solar cooking to the youth and rural people, along with tips on living a zero-waste lifestyle.

Motivated by the urge to start a sustainable business, Rashi Agarwal started making planners with cotton waste. Today she runs a stationery business and employs over 150 rural artisans.

Bengaluru resident and design consultant Gracy Elezebeth has been turning old, used wood left behind from pulled down buildings into beautiful and sustainable furniture. She shares how she has carried on this work for almost two decades.

Samir Lakhani started Eco Soap Bank in 2014 to ensure that the poor get access to clean bathing soap by recycling partially used bars from hotels.

Pune-based BiofuelCircle, founded by Suhas Baxi and Ashwin Save, is an online marketplace that connects the rural farming community with credible biomass consumers.

Neha Goenka Shroff and Swarna Daga Mimani started ‘Yobler’ — a platform to sell pre-loved baby products after realising how many products, in perfectly good condition, go to waste as kids outgrow them.

Chennai entrepreneur B L Bengali launched the NFC Board, a sustainable alternative to plywood that involves no wood in its making, and is water-proof, malleable, and fully recyclable.

Bengaluru-based GPS Renewables was started by IIM graduates — Mainak Chakraborty and Sreekrishna Sankar. It uses wet waste from nearby establishments to convert biogas into electricity at its charging stations.