SCOPE reaffirms its Green Pledge, hosts programme on ‘Climate Action Initiatives by Public Sector Enterprises in India’

SCOPE reaffirms its Green Pledge, hosts programme on ‘Climate Action Initiatives by Public Sector Enterprises in India’

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, May 27, 2023, 01:54 AM IST
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Pursuant to its endeavours of mitigating climate crisis, Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) in collaboration with GIZ, Germany, organised a programme on ‘Climate Action initiatives by Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in India', showcasing role of PSEs in reducing carbon footprint, despite operating in hard to abate sectors. Dr. Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India; Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC; Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Chairman, SCOPE and CMD, GAIL; Pawan Kumar, Principal Adviser, DPE; Dr. Julie Reviere, Country Director, GIZ India; Atul Sobti, DG, SCOPE, addressed the event in presence of senior officials from DPE, GIZ, and various PSEs. During the programme, a first-of-its-kind Compendium on ‘Initiatives towards Building Low-Carbon Economy’ and a short film on ‘Climate Action and Green Initiatives by PSEs’ highlighting endeavours of PSEs in hard-to-abate sector were launched. This was followed by signing of a new MoU between SCOPE & GIZ-Germany to develop solutions to achieve sustainable and economic urban and industrial development.

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