Conserve India Competitors

Goonj is turning discarded & underutilized material of cities into a tool to bring ignored issues to light & convert it into resource for rural development.

At Chintan, we look at waste in a whole new way - As a resource that supports livelihoods and fights poverty and as a tool that empowers women and children. Established in 1999, we are internationally awarded non-profit that enables proactive participation of informal recycling sector in waste management at Delhi NCR. We convert waste into social wealth by creating and facilitating green jobs in the waste sector, research and advocacy for better urban policies, organizing the informal sector for self-representation and eliminating child labour in the sector. Chintan’s programs for waste pickers employ over 1000 wastepickers collecting waste from over 24,000 households in the NCR. It incubates an association of wastepickers, small traders, itinerant buyers and recyclers called Safai Sena, which has membership of 12,000 wastepickers. We deliver professional level waste and e-waste management across residential areas and with over 12 bulk waste generators. For over a decade now, we have aimed to beget recognition and legality to informal sector waste handlers by providing them training and capacity building for services like doorstep and on-site collection, segregation, first stage processing and composting. Chintan runs education programs to phase out child labour from wastepicking, and mainstream children, particularly girls, into schools and help them stay in school. The program has benefited over 5,000 children across Delhi to formal schools. We also undertake cutting-edge research and actively participate in policy advocacy and monitoring. Our efforts have resulted in the passing of 5 new policies and rules that are inclusive of the informal waste handling and recycling sector. Chintan endeavours to secure the right to a life with dignity for informal recyclers and to access environmentally and socially responsible waste recycling. We look forward to partnering with more organizations to bring sustainable waste management practices to the forefront.

Earth5R is a UNESCO-recognized global environmental organization driving the shift towards a green economy. Our Google award-winning app and advanced learning management system help individuals and organizations develop essential green skills and make impactful, sustainable choices. With a dynamic network of 6.3 million citizens across 65 countries, Earth5R is among the largest environmental networks actively working on climate action. By using smart technology and big data, we aim to engage two billion people in the climate economy by 2030. We are solving one of the world’s toughest and seemingly unsolvable problems: the lack of incentives for climate action. Earth5R addresses the following challenges with our globally acclaimed citizen science app: lack of incentives for climate action, the absence of a comprehensive sustainability ecosystem, the green skill gap, and challenges in shifting consumer behavior towards sustainability. Imagine leveraging a mobile phone as a powerful tool to carve out your role in the $26 trillion USD green economy by 2030. What if this mobile phone could help you take concrete steps towards climate action and create pollution-free neighborhoods with improved air quality? This is where Earth5R comes into the picture. We have created an innovative ecosystem where individuals and corporations collaborate on learning about sustainability and taking climate action. Earth5R works with a systemic approach: individuals enhance their careers by preparing for the new climate economy, corporations enhance their ESG scores by engaging employees in ESG programs and volunteering, and cities set an example by driving sustainable practices and public participation. Collaborate with us to unlock powerful partnerships and achieve scalable impact.