{"id":111205,"date":"2021-06-08T17:15:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=111205"},"modified":"2021-06-08T17:15:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:45:03","slug":"ntpc-joins-uns-ceo-water-mandate-to-work-on-water-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ntpc-joins-uns-ceo-water-mandate-to-work-on-water-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"NTPC joins &#8220;UN\u2019s CEO Water Mandate&#8221; to work on water conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India\u2019s largest power utility, NTPC Ltd has become a signatory of UN\u2019s CEO Water Mandate.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About UN\u2019s CEO Water Mandate:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UN\u2019s CEO Water Mandate <\/strong>is a UN Global Compact initiative to demonstrate the commitment and efforts of companies towards better water and sanitation agendas as part of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>The mandate is designed to assist companies in the development, implementation, and disclosure of comprehensive water strategies and policies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It also provides a platform<\/strong> for companies to partner with like-minded businesses, UN agencies, public authorities, civil society organizations and other key stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Companies: <\/strong>The mandate is now endorsed by over 180 companies from a range of industry sectors and regions around the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read Also :-<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/united-nations-organisations-in-news-prelims-capsules-2021\/\">United Nations Organisations in News<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>About United Nations Global Compact Initiative:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>United Nations Global Compact <\/strong>is a non-binding United Nations Initiative.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>It aims to encourage companies worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies. For that, the UN categorised 10 principles range from human rights, anti-corruption, environment, labour, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launched in:<\/strong> The initiative was announced by the then UN Secretary-General in 1999. It was officially launched at UN Headquarters in New York City in 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/national\/ntpc-joins-un%E2%80%99s-ceo-water-mandate-step-work-water-conservation-reduce-reuse-and-recycle\"><strong>DDNews<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? India\u2019s largest power utility, NTPC Ltd has become a signatory of UN\u2019s CEO Water Mandate. About UN\u2019s CEO Water Mandate: UN\u2019s CEO Water Mandate is a UN Global Compact initiative to demonstrate the commitment and efforts of companies towards better water and sanitation agendas as part of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ntpc-joins-uns-ceo-water-mandate-to-work-on-water-conservation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NTPC joins &#8220;UN\u2019s CEO Water Mandate&#8221; to work on water conservation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1351,1310,164,9],"tags":[1420],"class_list":["post-111205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-ir_3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700439195},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}