The Hidden Threat of Asbestos: A Call for Sustainable Solutions
From Marvel to Menace
Once hailed as a cornerstone of modern India’s infrastructure, asbestos was prized for its strength, affordability, and fire-resistant properties. Chrysotile asbestos, the most common form, found its way into roofing sheets, insulation panels, pipe lagging, and brake linings across public buildings, factories, and homes. However, this once-celebrated material has become one of the world’s most dangerous environmental threats, lurking in aging structures and posing severe health risks.
A Silent Killer in Plain Sight
Despite a 1993 ban on asbestos mining in India, Chrysotile imports persist, and legacy asbestos remains embedded in deteriorating buildings and disused factories. When disturbed, asbestos releases microscopic, indestructible fibres that linger in the air. Inhaled, these fibres lodge in lung tissues, causing deadly diseases like asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, and pleural disorders. The World Health Organization confirms all asbestos forms are carcinogenic, with no safe exposure level. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration sets a strict Permissible Exposure Limit of 0.1 fibres per cubic centimeter over eight hours, yet unregulated environments often exceed this, especially in informal sectors.
The Challenge of Long Latency
Asbestos-related diseases have latency periods of 20 to 40 years, making it a silent killer that demands urgent, expert intervention. Unfortunately, remediation efforts in India remain fragmented and under-resourced, leaving communities and workers vulnerable to this hidden hazard in aging infrastructure.
Re Sustainability’s Game-Changing Approach
Enter Re Sustainability’s Integrated Sustainability Solutions (ISS), a transformative approach to asbestos management. By leveraging best-in-class techniques, ISS ensures safe assessment, containment, and removal of asbestos, turning high-risk sites into clean, certifiable spaces. Our expertise aligns with global standards, delivering outcome-driven solutions that protect lives and enable safe redevelopment. With ISS, Re Sustainability is redefining asbestos remediation, paving the way for a safer, sustainable future in India.
Re Sustainability’s ISS: Transforming Asbestos Risks into Renewal
A Rigorous Approach to Asbestos Management
Re Sustainability’s Integrated Sustainability Solutions (ISS) sets a global benchmark for asbestos risk management in India. Every project begins with a meticulous site assessment, mapping Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACMs), classifying their friability, and analyzing exposure risks. Using specialized equipment and trained professionals, ISS employs advanced techniques like wet spray methods, HEPA-filtered vacuuming, chemical fibre locking, and soil stabilization to eliminate airborne and soil contamination risks, ensuringsafe dismantling and handling.
ACMs are double-bagged, labelled, and transported to authorized Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) in full compliance with national and state regulations. Beyond containment, ISS implements thorough remediation strategies to safely remove or neutralize asbestos, transforming hazardous sites into safe, certifiable spaces for redevelopment. Every step adheres to a robust Health & Safety Plan (H&SP), incorporating Task Hazard Analysis, Personal Protective Equipment standards, and decontamination protocols to protect workers and communities.
Regulatory Excellence and Transparency
ISS ensures seamless alignment with regulatory bodies, collaborating closely with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) to secure No Objection Certificates (NOCs) and maintain real-time reporting. A clear chain of documentation guarantees compliance, reinforcing trust and accountability in every project.
For Re Sustainability, asbestos remediation is more than environmental clean-up—it’s an act of restoration and justice. By safeguarding vulnerable communities, reclaiming degraded land, and ensuring long-term safety, ISS upholds a social license to operate. Each successful clearance reflects a commitment to intergenerational responsibility, ensuring future generations are not burdened by past industrial legacies.
Overcoming Challenges with Purpose
Despite obstacles like challenging terrain, aging infrastructure, and climatic conditions, ISS combines expertise, discipline, and compassion to deliver results. This approach transforms risks into opportunities for renewal, where science meets purpose, and sustainability drives real-world impact.
India’s asbestos crisis demands capable systems and courageous leadership. Through ISS, ReSustainability delivers an integrated model that turns fragmented efforts into high impact outcomes, balancing safety, compliance, and sustainability. True sustainability isn’t just about protecting the present—it’s about healing the past to secure a safer, greener future.
India’s asbestos crisis will not solve itself. It demands more than regulatory intention—it calls for capable systems, coordinated execution, and courageous leadership. With ISS, Re Sustainability offers a powerful, integrated model that transforms fragmented efforts into high-impact outcomes—delivering safety, compliance, and sustainability in equal measure.
Because in the end, true sustainability isn’t just about protecting the present—it’s about healing the past to protect the future.
From Pledge to Performance: Engineering Verifiable Sustainability in Oil & Gas
Sustainability has matured into a non-negotiable, business-critical priority across the Indian oil and gas landscape. Stakeholder expectations have evolved significantly, moving past aspirational commitments to require demonstrable action, rigorous measurement, and enduring operational impact. The trajectory of the next ten years hinges on which companies successfully execute this structural change.
The challenge is not ambition—many industry leaders have set robust decarbonization and ESG targets—but execution. Translating high-level corporate pledges into consistent, site-specific transformation remains the primary industry hurdle.
Integrated Sustainability Solutions (ISS) provides the necessary mechanism to overcome this barrier. We deliver integrated, end-to-end implementation solutions that transcend traditional advisory services. Our offering is structured through specialized brands: ReIgnite provides the pathway for systematic decarbonization; Re Analytical delivers the assurance via advanced testing and monitoring; and netZERO manages compliance through optimized EPR and carbon credit strategies. ISS is the implementation partner that converts strategic intent into measurable, industry-leading performance.
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