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Cheil WW starts digital campaign to save forests
MUMBAI: Global marketing and communications company Cheil Worldwide South West Asia has rolled out a digital corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaign- ‘Minus One Project‘ to save the world‘s forests.
The project is to sensitise the community about forest cover that is disappearing at an alarming rate. The campaign asks people to reduce the font size of any document by one point before printing. It says this practice will reduce the paper consumption for printouts considerably, almost up to 50 per cent.
Cheil WW SW Asia COO Alok Agrawal said, “This is a small initiative by Cheil Worldwide to prevent rapid deforestation. Fonts and point sizes are the fundamentals of advertising business. By doing something as simple as reducing the point size by one, we all can make a big difference to the amount of paper we use. The power of this idea is in its simplicity.”
Created by the agency‘s Indian creative team, the campaign has been adopted as a global best practice by Cheil offices around the world.
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Hiili names Sanjay Hemady as country manager India
Media veteran to drive digital decarbonisation push
MUMBAI: Climate tech firm Hiili has announced its entry into India, appointing industry veteran Sanjay Hemady as India country manager to steer its growth in one of the world’s fastest-expanding digital markets.
Hemady, a familiar name across India’s media and consulting circles, will lead Hiili’s India operations from Mumbai. His mandate is clear: help Indian companies measure, manage and reduce the carbon emissions generated by their digital services.
Hiili offers a scientifically validated platform, certified by the UC3M-Santander Big Data Institute, that enables businesses to improve the efficiency of their digital infrastructure while cutting emissions. As organisations race to meet ESG targets, the company positions itself as a practical bridge between climate pledges and measurable action.
“I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as country manager, India at Hiili,” Hemady said in a LinkedIn post, adding that the company aims to move beyond broad sustainability promises towards precise, science-based decarbonisation.
Hemady brings more than three decades of experience spanning print, television, radio and digital media. He has previously served as chief executive officer at HIT 95 FM, assistant general manager at CNBC TV18, and held leadership roles at MTV India and The Indian Express, among others. Most recently, he worked as an independent business consultant advising firms across media and technology.
With India’s digital economy expanding at pace, the environmental cost of data, streaming and online services is climbing quietly in the background. Hiili’s bet is that carbon efficiency will soon sit alongside cost efficiency in boardroom conversations.
For Hemady, the move marks a shift from selling airtime and ad inventory to championing climate accountability. If successful, Hiili’s India play could make digital growth not just faster, but cleaner too.
