The best way to provide lasting support for reducing pollution is to help governments in formulating good policies and in strengthening their services which enable reduction of pollution. We aim to back these efforts by close cooperation and providing resources and expertise as well as to act as a facilitator between all the involved stakeholders.

Our primary partners apart from our founding institutions, the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), are the Indian Union and State governments. The overall framework for our work is agreed with the Union government and our activities support Union ministries such as e.g. the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution. The majority of our work covers areas which are within the responsibility of individual State governments. Related important partner institutions are the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCB).

Other important partners for our work include members of the private sectors, NGO's, civil society, universities and research community in India.