365telugu.com online news,Hyderabad, July 30, 2025: Hyderabad-based Rx Propellant, an Actis platform, proudly announces that its premier life sciences campus, 1GV in Genome Valley, Hyderabad, has been awarded the EDGE Advanced Certification by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group.
This esteemed certification recognizes 1GV’s outstanding achievements in energy efficiency, water conservation, and use of low-carbon construction materials—establishing it as one of the world’s most sustainable life sciences research and development campuses.
Purpose-built for lease to life sciences companies engaged in research and innovation, 1GV demonstrates impressive sustainability metrics, including over 44% energy savings, more than 79% water savings, and substantial reductions in embodied energy from construction materials.
These efforts not only reduce carbon emissions but also provide long-term operational cost savings, making 1GV an ideal, future-ready location for pharmaceutical, biotech, CDMO, and MedTech firms.
With this certification, 1GV becomes the second speculative life sciences infrastructure project globally—and within the Rx Propellant portfolio—to receive EDGE Advanced certification. The first was 3GV, another campus in Genome Valley, distinguished as the world’s first green-certified speculative life sciences R&D facility under the EDGE Advanced framework.
Adding to its green credentials, Rx Propellant’s Navi Mumbai Research District (NMR District)—the city’s first and largest planned life sciences ecosystem—has received EDGE Advanced pre-certification. The district’s Phase 1, encompassing 400,000 sq. ft. of the total 2.5 million sq. ft. planned development, is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, with full EDGE certification to follow.
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Together, these state-of-the-art campuses showcase Rx Propellant’s commitment to embedding sustainability into India’s life sciences infrastructure—creating innovative, climate-resilient, and globally benchmarked environments that empower scientific advancement.
Praveen Kumar, Director at Actis, said,
“At Actis, sustainability guides everything we do. We are proud that Rx Propellant is leading the life sciences sector with the world’s first and now second IFC EDGE Advanced-certified speculative campuses. This reinforces our conviction that infrastructure of the future must be both climate-resilient and globally competitive.”
Phani Rama Krishna, Senior Vice President – ESG, Rx Propellant, added,
“The EDGE Advanced certification for 1GV validates our integrated approach to sustainability in design and execution. Our portfolio is designed to support the next decade of innovation, where environmental responsibility and scientific excellence go hand in hand.”
James Magor, Director of Sustainability at Actis, commented,
“Rx Propellant’s achievement in securing IFC EDGE Advanced certifications for the first two speculative life sciences infrastructure projects globally highlights its leadership in sustainable real estate—both within India and internationally. This forward-looking approach to sustainability is critical to reducing costs, managing risks, and building valuable, future-proof platforms.”
Spanning 136,000 sq. ft., 1GV offers warm shell lab spaces, clean utilities, and R&D-ready infrastructure—perfectly aligned with Rx Propellant’s mission to foster India’s scientific progress through sustainable and scalable facilities.