Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD), Bangalore is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to improving the quality of human life in India.
The Centre’s Mission is to promote initiatives that lead to sustainability by integrating the economic, social and environmental factors in the development process.
FOCUS AREAS
- Environmental Planning & Management
- Sustainable Urban Development: Bridging Rural – Urban Gap
- Cleaner Production / Technologies
- Good Governance
ACTIVITIES
- Research and policy advice
- Professional planning & implementation of projects
- Dissemination of information on sustainability issues
- Capacity Building & Training
SERVICES
Environmental Planning & Management
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) and Benchmarking
- Energy efficiency and renewable energy projects
- Solid, hazardous and bio-medical waste management plan
- Water conservation including design & implementation of Rain Water Harvesting systems (RWH)
- Design, Erection and Commissioning of water treatment plants, effluent treatment plants (ETP) and air pollution control systems
- Design & Implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) as per ISO 14001 standard
- Environmental Risk Management (ERM) and Disaster Management Plans (DMP)
- Climate change and Clean Development Mechanism projects
Sustainable Urban Development: Bridging Rural – Urban Gap
- Integrated Development Plans and Urban Renewal Plans
- Financial and Resource mobilization plans for local bodies
- Cluster Development Programmes
Cleaner Production/Technologies
- Cleaner Production (CP) assessment and implementation in all industrial sectors
- Cleaner Technology (CT) assessment and implementation
- Techno-economic evaluation of Cleaner Technologies
Good Governance
- Governance Reforms
- Public – Private – People Partnership
Principles of a Sustainable Society
- Respect and care for the community of life
- Improve the quality of human life
- Conserve the earth's vitality and diversity
- Minimise the depletion of non-renewable resources
- Keep within the earth's carrying capacity
- Change attitude and practices
- Enable communities to care for their own environments
- Provide a national framework for integrating development and conservations
- Create a global alliance.
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