IPCA Centre for Waste Management and Research (ICWMR) is a collaboration of Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA) and TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS). The Centre of Excellence offers an autonomous and neutral platform to wide ranging stakeholder to discuss and agree for joint action; provide evidence-based inputs to Government, industries, and policy makers on scientific waste management, climate change and environment; and develop synergies with important actors in the field.

ICWMR conducts scientific research, provides consultancy services to industries and the government and spearheads training and capacity building programmes in the field of Carbon footprint assessment, Estimation of water footprint, Environmental, Social, and Governance compliance (ESG), Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Urban Metabolism, and Circular Economy.