Sustainability Karma Desk

SEBI's new proposals expand ESG rating providers' capabilities, allowing ratings for unlisted securities, simplifying compliance, and enhancing transparency, while addressing industry concerns about information sharing and conflicts of interest.

Adaptation responses need to be accelerated to address growing climate risks, along with an imperative to greatly upscale adaptation-focused climate finance

Bolstered by record profits, the world’s 114 largest oil and gas companies (covering 80% of all production projected by 2040) have increased their projected fossil fuel production levels since last year.

Lancet Report suggests a global health-centred transformation of financial systems – shifting resources from the fossil fuel-based economy towards a zero-emissions future – that will deliver rapid health and economic benefits through improved energy access and security.

Engagement of individuals, corporations, scientists, and international organisations with climate change and health is growing, raising hopes that a healthy, prosperous future could still be within reach.

Ola Electric expanded its service network by 30%, adding over 50 centers and 500 technicians to address growing demand and service backlogs, amid public scrutiny and stock price declines.

Suzuki will supply a new battery electric SUV to Toyota, with production starting in 2025. Both companies aim to deepen collaboration while pursuing a carbon-neutral society through innovative electric vehicles.

At the 16th CoP in Colombia, India emphasised commitment to biodiversity conservation, highlighting initiatives like the "Plant4Mother" campaign and the International Big Cat Alliance

Aandhi village is transforming into a zero-waste community using innovative green technologies, including biogas production, and constructed wetlands, promoting sustainability and resource recovery for a cleaner future.

The Commission for Air Quality Management met to enforce air pollution control in the NCR, focusing on industry compliance, firecracker ban, vehicular emissions.