Traditionally, industries were practicing Take Make Disposal Model, but in a digitized
system enterprises have embedded circular model the version to reduce carbon foot print to
achieve sustainability. Green industrialization visualizes widespread adoption of circular
economy principles, encouraging resource efficiency and minimising environmental impact.
Green industrialization visualizes widespread adoption of circular economy principles,
encouraging resource efficiency and minimising environmental impact. This change requires
a planned shift from old-style brown assets, which heavily rely on fossil fuels, to innovate
green industrial assets. The importance of this idea is the combination of renewable energy
sources, such as solar and wind, into industrial processes, to reduce carbon footprints and
support on non-renewable resources. While reviewing various regions, on the Emissions in
million metric tons India stands in the third position. The reason is due to heavy reliance on
coal, coal fired power stations, coal mining and blast furnaces producing iron and steel. Other
causes for rise due to increased population, advanced industrial development, urbanization
and enormous power expansion and electronics product manufacturing. Sequence of five
years’ data reveals, there are mitigation measures adopted in waste, while that of fugitive
emission is mostly from factory operations due to gases and vapours that affects the
environment in climate changes as well pollution. Manufacturing and construction are also on
a rise, due to increase in urbanisation and city development with high rise buildings.
Industrial processes cause anthropogenic activities, where human involvement affects the
environment, like energy combustion of fuels in electric utility and transportation sectors, as
well as treatment plants with land use change activities. Sector wise global emissions, while
power, industrial combustion have been higher in 2000-05, subsequently mitigation measures
have been taken. Active initiatives have been adopted at global level organizations, with
standardisation and adoption. Social needs are growing in day-to-day demands and
framework of Take-Resource-Process-Produce-Provide, explains highest emissions are
caused due to oil, biomass, next is ores and minerals. India's carbon emissions need actions
and policy initiatives is the need of the hour. Numerical metric emissions have thickened the
surface. During pre-expansion CO2 was 155%, while post open system, carbon emissions
have further risen to 170%. Prior to strategy and policy frame, it is essential to know the past
emissions due GHG. Baseline emissions in India occurred in the past, as of 2021-22
percentage of rise is almost 8%, and planned to reduce to zero-0, CO2. Effective strategies
become essential to combat the environment problem. Appropriate mitigation measures
would make a difference from committed organization initiatives. Realistic initiatives
undertaken by, Dalmia Bharat has boarded on an innovative decarbonisation growth curve.
The firm has applied a circular economy model as a pedal to solve their product value.
Delmia Bharat has already planned and is able to avoid 8.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
(CO2) emissions annually and desires to bring down CO2 emissions further to 15 million
tonnes per annum by the financial year 2027. Their commitment goes beyond the
conservative “Take, Make, Dispose” approach. It has instead included a Sustainable Model
that comprises Recycling and Reusing materials and energy resources within its production
cycle. Substitutes to raw materials and fuels and waste heat are the three prongs of the
company’s circular economy model. Another realistic decision made by Mahindra Arise
action against carbon foot print, has committed to be carbon neutral by 2040, through energy
efficiency and technology solutions. Mahindra Group continues to move towards a low
carbon economy and is poised to deliver on its goals and targets that will help in achieving
the landmark to Paris agreement. India is its revolutionary step in solar power, and the
country has initiated the International Solar Alliance. This is a sensitive and vital initiative to
save crores of lives. During COP26 Summit in 2021, India’s PM proposed One Word
Movement, which is the need of the hour, all citizens to come together, with collective
participation, to take Lifestyle for Environment (LIFE) forward as a campaign. This
campaign to become a mass movement in the country, to be mindful and deliberate
mobilization, instead of mindless and destructive consumption. A significant image of
Government of India’s strong commitment towards sustainable development is no single
ministry is responsible for moving India towards net zero, the Environment, Forest and
Climate Change (MoEFCC), Ministry of New and Renewable energy (MNRE), and Ministry
of Heavy Industries (which implements the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid &
Electric Vehicles in India (FAME INDIA) scheme to promote electric vehicles), have largely
been the driving force behind India's effort in this direction. India’s commitment by 2030 are
channelled and execution is on alignment, in focus with global brainstorming on climate
change, on behalf of India, the Prime Minister presented action plans on the five nectar
elements, Panchamrit strategy to deal with this challenge. One of them is India to reach its
non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030. Secondly, India will meet 50 percent of its
energy requirements from renewable energy by 2030. Thirdly, India will reduce the total
projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now on till 2030. Fourthly, by 2030,
India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by less than 45 percent. Lastly, by the
year 2070, India will achieve the target of Net Zero. These Panchamrit strategy will be an
unprecedented contribution of India to climate action. He also added that the Indian railway
system has set itself a target of making itself 'Net Zero' by 2030.This initiative alone will lead
to a reduction of 60 million tonnes of emissions annually. The massive LED bulb campaign is
reducing emissions by 40 million tonnes annually.
– Dr. Hemalatha Ramakrishnan