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Climate Change

Corporate climate responsibility monitor 2023

The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor assesses the transparency and integrity of 24 major companies’ climate pledges and strategies.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2023
NewClimate Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Industry, Emission Targets, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), India, Global
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding filling up of Kurdabahali Nalla by JSPL, district Angul, Odisha, 26/11/2021

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Alekha Chandra Tripathy Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 26/11/2021.

Judgement Date: 
26/11/2021
Tags:
Water Resources, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Angul (D), Orissa (Odisha), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Land Encroachments, Power Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Environment
Health

Order of the Bombay High Court regarding CSR funds for strengthening health care system in Vidarbha, 19/05/2021

Order of the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) dated 19/05/2021. The matter related to availability of CSR funds with private sector companies in Vidarbha region with the aim to strengthen the health care system, especially in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Judgement Date: 
19/05/2021
Tags:
Coronavirus, Health Care, Industry, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Private Sector, Public Sector, Finance, Maharashtra
Climate Change

Searching for carbon leaks in multinational companies

Does unilateral climate change policy cause companies to shift the location of production, thereby creating carbon leakage? In this paper, analyse the effect of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on the geographical distribution of carbon emissions by multinational companies.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2021
Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Caterina Gennaioli, Ralf Martin, Mirabelle Muûls, Thomas Stoerk
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Tags:
EU-ETS, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Carbon Intensity, Energy Intensity
Climate Change

Options for multilateral initiatives to close the global 2030 climate ambition and action gap: policy field synthetic e-fuels

Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement requires increased global climate action, especially towards the production and use of synthetic e-fuels.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2021
Umweltbundesamt
Tags:
Climate Change, Hydrogen, Fuel Cell, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), India, Global
Industry

Report on LG Polymer styrene gas leak, R. R. Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 28/05/2020

Report dated May 28, 2020 of the Joint Monitoring Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 73/2020 regarding gas leak of styrene at LG Polymers Chemical Plant in R. R. Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh in compliance of NGT order of May 8, 2020.

The committee appointed to look into the matter visited the gas leakage site along with Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board officials and interacted with the industry officials.

Judgement Date: 
28/05/2020
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Chemical Leakages, Vishakhapatnam (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Andhra Pradesh, India, Health Effects, Chemical Industry
Industry

Order of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh regarding leakage of poisonous gas from LG Polymers factory at Visakhapatnam, 22/05/2020

Order of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi in the matter of WP (PIL) No 112 of 2020 and WP (PIL) No 117 of 2020 dated 22/05/2020. The matter related to leakage of poisonous gas from LG Polymers factory at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
22/05/2020
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Chemical Leakages, Vishakhapatnam (D), High Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Andhra Pradesh, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Hazardous Industry
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal on gas leak at LG Polymers chemical plant in RR Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 08/05/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: Gas Leak at LG Polymers Chemical Plant in RR Venkatapuram Village Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh dated 08/05/2020 regarding leakage of hazardous gas, Styrene from a chemical factory owned by the South Korean company LG Polymers India Pvt., Limited in R.R. Venkatpuram village, Pendurthy Mandal, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh resulting in deaths and hospitalization of people. There is also damage to environment and habitat.

Judgement Date: 
08/05/2020
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Chemical Leakages, Chemical Industry, Vishakhapatnam (D), Andhra Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Health Effects, Compensation, Multinational Corporations (MNCs)
Climate Change

Searching for carbon leaks in multinational companies

Does unilateral climate change policy cause companies to shift the location of production, thereby creating carbon leakage? In this paper, the authors analyse the effect of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on the geographical distribution of carbon emissions of multinational companies.

Publication Date: 
17/01/2019
Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Caterina Gennaioli, Ralf Martin, Mirabelle Muûls, Thomas Stoerk
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Tags:
EU-ETS, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Climate Change, Energy Intensity, Carbon Dioxide
Industry

Order of the Madras High Court regarding environmental clearance granted to Sterlite Industries Limited, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, 23/05/2018

Order of the Madras High Court regarding environmental clearance granted to Sterlite Industries Limited and which is carrying on construction activities on the site for the proposed Copper Smelter Unit II at SIPCOT, Tuticorin. The clearance has, according to the petitioner, been obtained by Vedanta, without the conduct of a public hearing and the requirement for such hearing had been waived on the incorrect representation of Vedanta that Unit II was to be located in Phase II of SIPCOT Industrial Park that had itself been granted approval.

Judgement Date: 
23/05/2018
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd., High Court, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, Public Hearing, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution, Multinational Corporations (MNCs)

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