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India’s Carbon Market: Potential Catalyst for Sustainable Development
The Government of India launched the Indian Carbon Market (ICM) by introducing the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) enabling the...
Read MoreBRSR for Value Chain: Compliance and Implementation
Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) is a vital framework for promoting transparency and sustainability across companies. Value Chain BRSR...
Read MoreCCPA’s Greenwashing Guidelines – A step in the right direction
Modern consumers are increasingly aware and selective about the products they purchase, paying attention to factors such as quality, sustainability,...
Read MoreUpskilling with green….
We get job applications in all shades of green – from career green professionals to mid-career folks seeking a change...
Read MoreBRSR – Getting ready for Round 2
While globally many countries / regions are still deciding on their sustainability disclosures, India has its guidelines pretty much cemented...
Read MoreA season of environment orders
The first two months of 2024 has seen a flurry of activity on environment related orders and notifications in India....
Read MoreThe Journey to Transformative Impact begins with Good Intentions
For our inaugural newsletter, we had the privilege of interacting with the Impact and ESG Head of Aavishkaar Capital, Sowmya Suryanarayanan....
Read MoreESG Risk Assessment
Businesses are increasingly acknowledging the importance of integrating sustainability aspects and recognizing their impact on people, planet and profits. From an...
Read MoreInfosys and ESG – A journey that started with G
On my first site visit to Infosys Mysore campus back in 2011 for a sales call, I was pleasantly surprised...
Read MoreMove towards standardization of sustainability reporting
Forrest Gump made a fortune with his investment in Apple, thinking that it was ‘some kind of fruit company’. Gump...
Read MoreLet the birds keep singing
There are numerous newspapers reports nowadays on how the Ganga is cleaner, on how air pollution is at two-decade lows...
Read MorePolicy actions for clean water post COVID
An unexpected COVID storm in the midst of the redrafting of the National Water Policy is an opportunity to recognize...
Read MoreClimate SDGs: More needed beyond the Union Budget’s sprinkling of schemes
India is committed to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The national action on SDGs in India...
Read MoreSewage and its hidden value
Pre-monsoon showers have just started in Mumbai bringing cheer and the kind of freshness that can be experienced only once...
Read MoreNITI Aayog CWRM and the missing Industrial link
The recently published NITI Aayog Composite Water Resource Management (CWRM) index is a comprehensive overview of States on practices of...
Read MoreThe water case for renewable energy
The renewable energy mission of India is amongst the most ambitious in the world. Most discussions on the shift from...
Read MorePlanning to reuse the last drop
The end of Nov 2018 saw the National Green Tribunal (NGT) impose fines on the Chief Secretary of Delhi and...
Read MoreA vision for waste management in India
The first half of 2016 saw significant changes in waste management rules, after a gap of almost 16 years.
Read MoreA unified water ministry is a good idea
An interesting common point made in both the BJP and Congress manifestoes of 2019 has been the creation of a...
Read MoreThe future is in plastics, again
A day ahead of the expected nationwide singe-use plastic ban, I might sound silly saying this. In the 1967 movie,...
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