In India, many things sort of move slowly until the government comes down quite hard with strict regulations and penalties: Dr Mukund Rajan, Chairperson, ECube Investment Advisors
The seriousness with which companies take sustainability and the ESG agenda seems to be increasing, but more action is required before India gets elevated to the... Read more.
RBI has flagged climate finance as a critical risk, urging banks to evaluate potential climate scenarios and their impacts: Rajiv Anand, DMD, Axis Bank
The central bank’s draft disclosure framework on climate-related financial risks ensures that banks not only concentrate on these risks but also enables that stakeholders... Read more.
If EU decides to go ahead with CBAM, India should impose a tax on the EU for its inaction on climate change:Sunita Narain, DG, CSE
The biggest agenda for the new government is really the unfinished business of yesterday, particularly related
to clean air, water management and sustainable agriculture,... Read more.
Taking collective action and adopting sustainable practices are keys to ensure a resilient and healthy planet for future generations: UN and Industry Leaders
UNEP seven strategies for ecosystem restoration focus on agriculture, soil, pollinators, freshwater ecosystems,
marine areas, green cities and financing.... Read more.
40% of the world population is impacted by land degradation. We need to restore the landbecause land is life, Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP
Climate investment is a smart investment. A climate unsmart investment is essentially a sure thing to a bankrupt country, a company and a bankrupt planet.... Read more.
The emergence of ESG in India hasn’t had the kind of polarising political impact that it has in theUS: Prof Stuart L. Hart, a leading corporate sustainability strategist
ESG is a buzzword and even stands in for the term sustainability, but buzzwords don't last. They rise, recede, and there are new buzzwords. But what is important... Read more.
EVs are transformative and disruptive; we are in the middle of a revolution: Sulajja Firodia Motwani, CEO, Kinetic Green
There was a time when people were asking if EVs and why EVs, but we have reached a position where it is more about how EVs and when EVs, which is a transformative... Read more.
The planet will survive without the humans, but the humans can’t survive without the planet: Freddy Svane, Danish Ambassador in India
The India-Denmark Green Strategic Partnership for green energy transition is based on the 5S frame of skills, scale, speed, scope and sustainability.... Read more.
Going green is not really a choice, but it’s a necessity: Jan Thesleff, Swedish Ambassador in India
India and Sweden are working together, particularly keeping in view the really big polluters in heavy industry and helping them make green transition.... Read more.
India’s experience offers valuable lessons for achieving sanitation targets globally: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister, Jal Shakti
Given India’s status as one of the largest contributors to the global sanitation burden, its early achievement of the SDG target on sanitation has set a positive... Read more.