Prime Minister Modi wears jacket made of recycled material at G7 Summit

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Modi has also been gifted another jacket from the Indian Oil Corporation, which is made from recycled plastic bottles..

During a visit to Japan's Hiroshima region, for the G7 Summit in the city, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore a jacket made of recycled material, in a bid to send out a message of sustainability...

Recently, Modi wore a Nehru jacket in Parliament, that was gifted to him by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and made using material recycled from plastic bottles...

It should be our endeavour to separate organic food from fashion statement and commerce and connect it with nutrition and health," he said.. While at the G7 Summit, the Quad grouping - India, US, Australia and Japan - also held a meet, where the Prime Minister highlighted a Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that makes it clear that rapid and far-reaching transitions are needed across all sectors and systems...

At the COP26 summit in Glasgow in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to an ambitious five-part "Panchamrit" pledge, including reaching 500 GW of non-fossil electricity capacity, generating half of all energy requirements from renewables, and to reduce emissions by 1 billion tons by 2030...

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