CII GreenPro Type 1 EcoLabel

🎉We are proud to announce that GreenPro, India’s only Type-1 Ecolabel, has surpassed a remarkable milestone of 10,000+ products certified across diverse categories!🎉 Each ecolabelled product contributes to reducing environmental impact, promoting resource efficiency, and building a better, greener future. Thanks to IGBC green building consultants, developers, corporates who are promoting #greenprocurement This achievement reflects the movement of the industry towards sustainable practices. We congratulate and thank the manufacturers for being a part of this journey and inspiring others to embrace sustainability. Start your sustainable journey now! Together, we can create a greener, more sustainable tomorrow. 💚 Unnikrishnan AR venkatagiri kramadhati Global Ecolabelling Network Confederation of Indian Industry CII Godrej Green Business Centre CII - GreenCo Rating ( Green Company Rating Sytem) #cii #Sustainability #GreenPro #Ecolabel #NetZero #CircularEconomy #GreenBuildings #SustainableManufacturing #Milestone #manufacturing #netzeo #linkedin #architects #engineers #greenjobs #greenproducts CREDAI National Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) Council of Architecture - India #realesate #credai #iiid #architects S Karthikeyan |💎Ar.Praveen Soma 🧿 | Anish Koushik | Thiyagarajan GM | Nethra Ballal | Neha Saggam | Priyanka K Raman | Sheshikumar Bheemreddy | Alagappan S.P | Elesh Vidul T. | Tanyala Swetha 🌱 CII - Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) | Confederation of Indian Industry | World Green Building Council | Global Ecolabelling Network | #consultants #mep #engineers #industry #lca #lifecycle World Green Building Council #igbcap #leedap #greenbuildingcouncil #procurement #education #bee

🎉ClimateNama Pvt. Ltd. is officially certified as GreenPro Accredited Assessor! GreenPro is a Type – 1 Ecolabel which enables the end users in the building sector and manufacturing industries to choose right products, materials and technologies for reducing the environment impacts during the construction, operation and maintenance of their buildings and factories. GreenPro Ecolabel is accredited by Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN) through GENICES – GEN’s Internationally Coordinated Ecolabelling System. Please check the details of GreenPro certified 10,000+ Ecolabelled products at https://lnkd.in/dnp5hAFS. At ClimateNama, we are excited to extend our services to facilitate the Ecolabel certifications and partner for Net Zero journey! We also thank the entire team of CII GreenPro Type 1 EcoLabel for the profoundly effective training program organised at Goa, aimed at advancing knowledge and expertise in GreenPro Certification. Unnikrishnan AR, S Karthikeyan, 💎Ar.Praveen Soma 🧿, Anish Koushik, Sheshikumar Bheemreddy, Thiyagarajan GM, Nethra Ballal, Priyanka K Raman, Alagappan S.P and team 👏👏 #Green, #NetZero, #GreenBuilding, #CII, #GreenProducts, #EcoLabel

Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, presented the document titled 'Bengal means Business - Vision for Economic Growth and Inclusivity' to the Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, at the inaugural session of the Bengal Global Business Summit held today. #BengalGlobalSummit2025 #BengalMeansBusiness CII Eastern Region Bengal Global Summit

Let's talk trash - literally. Most of us are used to the weekly routine: lugging garbage bins to the curb and listening to a garbage truck at dawn. This traditional waste collection method relies on fleets of trucks making house-to-house pickups. It gets the job done, but it comes with challenges like noisy early-morning pickups, traffic delays, and air pollution from diesel engines. Now, imagine a city where garbage trucks no longer roam the streets each morning. Instead, trash disappears underground through a network of pipes, like a giant vacuum system. It's happening now with systems like the MetroTaifun Automatic Waste Collection System. The challenges of the traditional collection methods have city planners looking for smarter solutions to manage waste more efficiently and sustainably: - Vacuum Tubes for Trash: The system uses a series of sturdy pipes running under the streets. Residents and businesses throw their garbage into special inlets or chutes (which look similar to regular trash bins, but are connected to the network). When the system activates, a powerful vacuum whisks the trash through the pipes at high speed - up to 60 miles per hour - to a central collection station. - Central Collection Station: All the waste converges at this station located on the outskirts of the area. Here, the trash is separated into large containers or compactors. - Multiple Waste Streams: Advanced systems like MetroTaifun can handle different types of waste simultaneously. In London, the Wembley Park area installed a similar system in 2008; it cost about $16 million upfront, but it now saves the local council over $600,000 annually in operating costs compared to old-school collection. What’s the Catch? Obstacles to Adoption If vacuum waste systems are so great, why don’t we see them everywhere yet? Like any major infrastructure project, there are challenges and factors to consider: - High Upfront Costs: Laying down miles of underground pipes and building a central collection station requires significant investment. - Infrastructure Disruption: Installing the pipe network means construction under city streets, which can be disruptive. - Public Adoption and Awareness: It’s a change in behavior for residents. Despite these obstacles, interest in systems like MetroTaifun is growing. In fact, many city planners view such automated waste collection as an investment in sustainable urban infrastructure - one that can pay off in cleaner, greener city life. The hurdles are surmountable, especially as technology improves and more case studies show positive results. Would you like to see an underground trash vacuum in your city? What do you think are the biggest barriers (or advantages) to adopting a system like MetroTaifun where you live? Do the long-term benefits outweigh the challenges in your view? #innovation #technology #future #management #startups

We have been using Zerodor (Ekam Eco Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) for the men’s urinals at our offices for the last six months or so. Our water bills are down 50%—we did not expect it to be this much. It seems like a no-brainer for offices, restaurants, etc., where we have managed washrooms. They were on Shark Tank India around a year back. Here is how it works. We liked the product because they are doing whatever is necessary to preserve water, which has become supercritical. We are supporting them through Rainmatter by Zerodha. Check out the blog in the comments for more details.

CII Naoroji Godrej Centre of Manufacturing Excellence announces the VLFM Batch 18 | 2025-26 Transform from an Effective Manager to a Visionary Leader! Join India’s most innovative leadership transformation mission and take your organization to the next level of growth. VLFM (Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing) empowers senior managers with breakthrough thinking, skill-building, and leadership capabilities. ✅ 17 Years of Impact – 1300+ visionary leaders, 450+ success stories, 200+ organizations transformed ✅ Holistic Growth – Go beyond incremental improvements and create 10x breakthroughs ✅ Global Learning Exposure – Experience Industry 4.0 & Society 5.0 with a unique international perspective ✅ Exclusive Faculty Network – Learn from & collaborate with India’s top industry leaders & experts 📅 Program Duration: March 2025 – Feb 2026 (Detailed Schedule in Brochure) Fees 💰 Rs. 5,50,000 (excl. taxes) per participant (non-residential) 🎯 5% discount for 3 & more nominations from the same organization 📍 Locations: Module viz locations are Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chandigarh 🌏 Includes Global Learning Visit to Japan 💡 Don’t miss this “Once in a Life” Opportunity to lead transformation in Indian manufacturing & services. 📢 Limited Seats! Nominate your senior managers today. 📩 For details & nominations, contact: 📞 Nitin Sharma: +91 9871159797 | ✉️ nitin.sharma@cii.in 📞 Avinash Kumar Lohia: +91 9873764694 | ✉️ avinash.lohia@cii.in 📞 Amit Vishnoi: +91 8447730367 | ✉️ amit.vishnoi@cii.in 📞 Nishigandha Avinash Rasal: +91 9967248381 | ✉️ nishigandha.rasal@cii.in 🔗 Learn more: www.cii.in | www.vlfm.org #Leadership #VLFM #BreakthroughThinking #VisionaryLeadership #ManufacturingInnovation #Transformation

KDS achieving another milestone for being accredited as CII Certified GreenPro Assessors in the recent event held at Goa & also achieving the prestigious CII Certified Facilitator status on the GreenCo Rating System held in Hyderabad! Our expertise will further strengthen our commitment to sustainability and green excellence. #SustainabilityLeadership #GreenCo #GreenPro #KDS

GreenPro: Your Gateway to Sustainable Products and now Facility Management Services too. As a sustainability professional, I'm always on the lookout for resources that make it easier to organisations to come up with thier products thats Green, while here is an opportunity for Facility Management to offer services thats labelled Green. That's why I'm excited to share about GreenPro, a leading eco-labeling program in India. GreenPro is a Type-1 eco-label that provides third-party verification of the environmental performance products and now services. It uses a life cycle approach, considering factors like resource efficiency, energy efficiency, water conservation, circularity etc... Here's why I think GreenPro is a valuable resource: Credibility: It's based on a rigorous scientific methodology and is accredited by the Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN). Transparency: The certification process is transparent, and product information is publicly available. Certified products carbon foot print is dispalyed as a label on CII's website. Wide Range of Products: GreenPro has certified more than 10,000 products already in the country. Now with Facility Management as a service being added its first of its kind where 🏢 Tenant (Single tenant / Multitenant & Owner Occupied) 🛒 Shopping Complex (Mall, Stand-alone Retail, Super Markets) 🏨 Hospitality (Hotels and Resorts) 🎞️ Assembly (Multiplex, Theatre, Building used for Transport Services) 🏥 Healthcare (In-patient and out-patient facility) 🏫 Educational (College, University, Institution, School ) If you're looking to make more sustainable choices in your products, I encourage you to check out GreenPro. You can find more information on their website: CII GreenPro Type 1 EcoLabel In our experience we have seen how application of LCA with interventions can reduce the footprint of not only carbon but 1. #Climate Change but 2.#ResourceDepletion 3.#Acidification 4. #Eutrophication 5.#OzoneDepletion 6.#HumanToxicity 7.#Ecotoxicity 8.#LandUse 9.#WaterUse etc..are also studied #GreenPro #EcoLabel #SustainableBuilding #GreenBuildingMaterials #India CII - Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) CII - GreenCo Rating ( Green Company Rating Sytem) CAHO - Consortium of Accredited Health care Organisation Association of Healthcare Providers - AHPI (India) Health Care Without Harm Mr. S Karthikeyan 💎Ar.Praveen Soma 🧿 Dr. Lallu Joseph Dr.Vijay Agarwal, Schevaran Laboratories Pvt.Ltd. Sam Cherian Cleanfix India, Mr. Prashant Pedanekar, Mr.Ravi Uppin Sadaf Anwari Would love to hear from others who have used GreenPro certification.

We proudly announce that Incube Sustainability Pvt Ltd is now a certified GreenPro Assessor. Shailendra Kasera attended the GreenPro Training Program for Assessors on Jan 23-24, 2025 at Goa and achieved the milestone of being certified GreenPro Assessor. Incube guides and supports the product owners in obtaining GreenPro certification. We also provide consultancy for CII GreenCo Certification, Net Zero Energy, Water & Waste and Green Certification of Building. Join the journey of sustainability with Incube.  CII GreenPro Type 1 EcoLabel || CII - Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) || CII Godrej Green Business Centre || CII-ITC CESD || CII - GreenCo Rating ( Green Company Rating Sytem) || 💎Ar.Praveen Soma 🧿 ||Confederation of Indian Industry #greenbuilding #sustainability #netzero