Suresh Shinde

Sustainability Initiatives was empanelled as a regional curator for the South Asia Region along with BNCA and MIT for a global conference co hosted by the UN-Habitat and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GcoM). 

Pune City had participated in the Global Mayors’ Challenge by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ in 2021 with its proposal to create an Electric Vehicle (EV) readiness plan and City EV fund. The proposal was drafted in support of the adoption of electric vehicles in Pune.

Conference was Organised by Sustainability Initiatives, GRIHA Council and PWD of Maharashtra

Art of Living Foundation and Social Responsibility, in association with, Sustainability Initiatives, organized A National CSR Conference for NGOs and Corporates on 15th August 2017 at Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Kalamandir, Aundh in Pune. The conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. Girish Bapat, Guardian Minister of Pune.

Sustainability Initiatives in association with Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon organised the 7th GRIHA regional conference on the topic Smart cities and Smart Building- Traditional Wisdom and Technology for Sustainability. This 2 day conference on 4-5 December 2015 was a successful event with participants more than 150 from in and out of Jalgaon. It took place at Jain hills at Jalgaon.

The seminar received a good response from over 60 participants from the field of engineering, architecture, urban planning, real estate and academicians.

It was an immense joy for Sustainability Initiatives to have successfully organized the two-day 5th GRIHA Regional Conference in Nashik Engineering Cluster, Nashik on 7-8 Nov, 2014.

Sustainability Initiatives team analysed the existing toilet conditions and designed and facilitated the renovation of toilet block structure. As per the availability of the space, four toilets for girls (including staff) and three toilets for boys (including staff) were constructed with a separate trough-type hand wash basin.

The objective of the project is to produce a compendium that includes guidelines for designing streets of Pune that are safe, comfortable and environmentally viable.

Sustainability Initiatives has developed graphical maps of some of the PMPML bus routes to start with and co-ordinating with the authority for putting these maps on the bus stops for some routes on pilot basis.