Projects – Greenstep

Our Projects

We are dedicated to promoting and practicing sustainability.

Greenstep Foundation has taken a number of initiatives in collaboration with government sector and private sector organizations to meet its sustainability goals. The dedicated and committed team of the foundation has been actively engaged in these projects in order to make significant positive impact on community. In this regard, Greenstep governing body has identified and prioritized some core areas depending upon the available human resources and expertise of its management. Through its dedicated work on these specific areas, Greenstep foundation is playing its part and actively contributing towards the sustainable development.

Community Mobilization and Awareness Project

A number of activities are regularly planned and conducted in educational and commercial institutes, industries and local communities in order to aware them about environmental and social issues and to mobilize the youth to work together for their solutions. Some activities of this project are briefed here:

• Tree Plantation Drives

• Earth Day and Environment Day Seminars

Social Integration and Outreach Project

Workshop Series on Environmental Management

Carbon Markets

Community Mobilization regarding solid waste Management

First Aid and CPR

Fire Safety Awareness

Disaster Risk Reduction

Green Schools Project

Greenstep Foundation started Green Schools Project in collaboration with local partners to enhance the awareness and knowledge among the youth about environmental conservation and sustainable natural resources management.

As part of this project, Foundation conducted successful tree plantations, Do-it-Yourself recycling and composting workshops, and clean campus drives at various public and private sector schools in Lahore.

Training and Capacity Building

Greenstep has been very active in the knowledge sharing with its partners. Following trainings are being offered by Greenstep team:

• Occupational Health & Safety
• Risk Assessment
• Carbon Credits and Climate Change
• Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001: 2015)
• Solid & Hazardous Waste Management
• Life Cycle Thinking and Analysis
• Life Cycle Assessment and its applications in Industrial Manufacturing for Environmental Sustainability

• GRI Sustainability Standards and Reporting Guidelines

• Carbon and Water Footprint Assessment
• Composting and Vermi-composting

Sustainability Management in Industrial Sector

• Environmental Performance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices

• Environmental Performance of Dairy Milk Production

• Preparation of GHG Inventory of Industrial Units

Advocacy on Carbon Credits and ESG Investing

Research and Development

Greenstep Foundation had supported its partner organizations and collaborators by conducting purpose-oriented research projects, baseline studies, qualitative & quantitative analyses, surveys, assessments and evaluations.

Greenstep also facilitates corporate organizations and institutions in preparing and developing the sustainability reports. Foundations also supports the non-profits and other NGOs in developing their strengths for legal compliance, child protection and gender mainstreaming policies and environmental friendly and sustainable practices.

Sustainable and Climate Resilient Agriculture

• Pakistan is an agriculture-based country where intensive agriculture is practiced in order to meet the needs of rapidly growing population. The aim of this project is to promote sustainable use of organic amendments (Incorporated crop residues of harvest, Manures, Organic wastes and Composts etc.) and to create a balanced environment where humans live in harmony with nature.

• The 4‰ ‘(4 per 1000 – Soils for Food Security and Climate') Initiative was launched at COP21 in Paris with the prime objective to promotes a 4/1000 annual growth rate of the soil carbon stock to improve soil fertility and agricultural production and to mitigate the temperature increase. The Initiative was established with an understanding that agricultural soils can play a crucial role in solving climate change and food security problems. Based on scientific evidence, this Initiative tends to implement practical programs for carbon sequestration in soil and the types of farming methods used to promote it such as agroecology, agroforestry and conservation agriculture. This project has been started with an objective to promote sustainable agricultural practices among farming community aimed at increasing carbon stocks in soils of Punjab.

Services

• Awareness and Capacity building
• Consulting
• CSR Interventions and ESG Advisory