NOVEMBER 20238SWITCH TO SUSTAINABILITY & REFURBISH THE WHOLE INDUSTRIAL SCENARIOhe word `sustainability' is a buzzword these days. But we often don't understand the intensity of the word. It is embracing how we conserve quality of our life as well as earth's ecosystem without humiliating any creature on the world. Days are gone, that we used to affirm that sustainability is about to balance the current resources for future generation. Today the context is changed upside down. Sustainability is at supreme consequence in each and every sector, to meet our current needs without compromising the future. Here, the core objective is to achieve environmental, economical & social sustainability. Today, sustainability has become key focus across all the sectors, in order to stabilize the environmental concerns. In particular, construction, cosmetics, energy, automobile and packaging industries are heading to extreme examination and observation in adopting eco-friendly practices. They are undergoing profound transformation to uphold the access of natural resources. This article explores how these industries are focusing on sustainability to ensure safe, secure and greener future.Construction Industry:It is a major producer of negative impacts on environment, as they use high amount of raw materials & natural resources for construction. To reduce the impact, many startups in this industry started to adopt and follow eco-friendly alternatives. They are using bio-materials for construction applications. For concrete work, they are using sustainable materials such as bamboo, adobe & pollution-absorbing bricks and cork to reduce the carbon footprints of building projects, as they absorb maximum amount of carbon dioxide. Also they use technologies like BIM (Building information modeling), 3D models, which helps the engineers and construction professionals to pre-evaluate the estimation of materials and energy consumption. Here, it reduces the occurrence of unnecessary raw material and energy wastes at on-site work. Moreover, the concept of circular economy greatly helps in stabilizing the sustainability in construction. Recycled glass, steel and tires can be used for building frame works & support grids for entire construction. As unmoving, this industry is still under the commitment of discovering innovative ways to enhance the sustainable building applications.Cosmetics Industry:Sustainability in cosmetic industry refers to eliminating the environmentally-volatile chemicals and including the eco-friendly solutions in beauty ingredients. The combination of public interests and growing demands led the industry shift to sustainable cosmetic practices. In this modern era, the phrases like `green', `organic' and `natural' have become indispensible and this industry is promoting traditional and natural ingredients and methodologies. This is how the modern consumers are attracted on benefits of sustainable beauty products. Mamaearth, Plum, Kama Ayurveda and many other brands are succeeding in market, because of inoculation of organic products in their catalogue. They use essential TSC COLUMNSustainability is the final way left out in the world to make sure better nature & future
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