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News from Web 18-Feb-2025

Greenwashing and ESG: Separating Facts from Fiction

Greenwashing is a growing concern as companies seek to appear environmentally re...

News from Web 15-Feb-2025

How to Start the ESG Journey: An Indian Perspective

This comprehensive guide outlines a strategic roadmap for Indian businesses to i...

News from Web 12-Feb-2025

Navigating the Evolving ESG Regulatory Landscape? Part 2- U.S. and APAC

As ESG regulations continue to evolve globally, this analysis explores key devel...

News from Web 01-Feb-2025

Navigating the Evolving ESG Regulatory Landscape? Part 1- EU and UK

Governments and regulatory bodies are rapidly advancing ESG regulations to enhan...

News from Web 11-Jan-2025

CSRD: Expanding the Scope of Corporate Accountability

Stay ahead of evolving corporate sustainability regulations with our in-depth gu...

News from Web 07-Jan-2025

Understanding BRSR Reporting: A New Era of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability

This blog explores the transformative role of the Business Responsibility and Su...

News from Web 02-Apr-2024

The West's Monopoly On ESG Ratings And Why India Needs A Swadeshi Lens

India’s reliance on coal is inevitable if the country wants to keep growing at...

News from Web 28-Mar-2024

Climate change could turn up the heat on inflation, according to report

According to the report, a 1 degree Celsius increase in the average monthly temp...

News from Web 14-Mar-2024

How Carbon Dioxide Removal is Critical to a Net-Zero Future

In a 1.5°C scenario, in addition to emissions reductions, CDR will need to pul...

News from Web 09-Mar-2024

Visualizing All of the World’s Water

Asia will lead by a very wide margin due to its geographic landscape, high popul...

News from Web 07-Mar-2024

What is Biochar and Why Do We Need It?

Biochar has the remarkable potential to absorb up to 3 billion tonnes of CO2e ev...

News from Web 06-Mar-2024

How Investors Can Integrate Biodiversity into Their Financial Strategies

According to projections from the United Nations, the global population could re...

News from Web 26-Feb-2024

Visualizing The World’s Failure to Halt Deforestation

Global deforestation in 2022 rose by 4%, reaching 6.6 million hectares. This num...

News from Web 25-Feb-2024

Charted: Share of World Forests by Country

The tropics and subtropics account for slightly less than half of all trees (1.3...

News from Web 24-Feb-2024

India will take up carbon tax issue ‘very strongly’ with the EU, says Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: India has decided to take up the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (...

News from Web 22-Feb-2024

Punjab and Haryana farmers to get carbon credit for sustainable agri-practices

The carbon farming programme has been initiated by a private entity Grow Indigo ...

News from Web 15-Feb-2024

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings: Council and Parliament reach agreement

Under the new rules, ESG rating providers will need to be authorised and supervi...

News from Web 14-Feb-2024

How ‘Made in India’ Supports the Industry’s ESG Efforts

In the 2023 Deloitte Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey, 72 percent of CPOs...

News from Web 13-Feb-2024

Mutual funds: What are ESG sub-categories allowed as per Sebi framework? MintGenie explains

The capital markets regulator Sebi, in a circular issued in July last year,gave...

News from Web 07-Feb-2024

EU agrees its first ever rules for ESG raters in sector shake-up

EU states and the European Parliament reached a deal late on Monday on the bloc...

News from Web 05-Feb-2024

OPINION: Interim Budget 2024: The ESG impasse

ESG Civil War is currently brewing in the United States with the Democrats being...

News from Web 02-Feb-2024

2024 U.S. Clean Electricity Outlook

Battery storage is projected to grow by 82% compared to 2023 projections, while ...

News from Web 01-Feb-2024

Year 2024 is when Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles shed baby teeth and take bionic bite

Standardised frameworks like the International Sustainability Standards Board (I...

News from Web 29-Jan-2024

Which Countries Have the Largest Forests?

Nearly 50% of Russia is forest, measuring roughly 8 million km2. This is bigger ...

News from Web 25-Jan-2024

How Blue Carbon Combats Climate Change

Today, 33 billion metric tons of carbon is stored in blue carbon ecosystems....

News from Web 22-Jan-2024

Driving Towards Sustainable Future: Navigating BRSR Guidelines Through The Electric Vehicle Horizon

Within the tech-driven ecosystem, MoveInSync, with its 5,000-vehicle platform, r...

News from Web 17-Jan-2024

Beyond Compliance: Unleashing the True Power of ESG

In a rapidly changing world, Prof. Stuart Hart and Vipul Arora highlight the...

News from Web 11-Jan-2024

Carbon trading in India: Local actions for the global commons

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) strategy ...

News from Web 06-Jan-2024

India’s existing policies may achieve 2030 emission targets but emissions will rebound post-2030: IMF

India’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) target is to reduce the emis...

News from Web 29-Dec-2023

Visualized: Global Clean Energy Spending Forecasts (2022-2030)

Global clean energy funding is projected to total $5.6 trillion between 2022 and...

News from Web 22-Dec-2023

EU Commission Proposes Regulation of ESG Ratings Providers

The European Commission released a series of measures on Tuesday aimed at bolste...

News from Web 21-Dec-2023

EU Council Agrees on Proposal to Regulate ESG Ratings Providers

The European Council announced today that it has reached an agreement on a propo...

News from Web 16-Dec-2023

Charted: Global CO2 Emissions by Income Group

From a historical perspective, the current demand for natural resources has surg...

News from Web 14-Dec-2023

How Hydrogen Could Fuel a Net-Zero Future

Hydrogen has a 300% higher energy content than gasoline, is harnessed by our sun...

News from Web 12-Dec-2023

Visualized: Global CO2 Emissions Through Time (1950–2022)

In the 1950s, the United States and the countries that later formed the European...

News from Web 29-Nov-2023

How Sebi's stringent sustainability reporting mandate is proving to be a challenge for top listed companies

In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) took a big leap in pr...

News from Web 09-Nov-2023

Visualizing All the World’s Carbon Emissions by Country

The greenhouse effect, essential for sustaining Earth’s life-friendly temperat...

News from Web 08-Nov-2023

Ranked: The Most Carbon-Intensive Sectors in the World

According to S&P Global’s analysis of 2019-2020 average emissions intensity by...

News from Web 27-Oct-2023

Comment: Why biodiversity is about to go mainstream in ESG investing

Biodiversity and nature are as critical as climate change for determining humani...

News from Web 25-Oct-2023

Uttar Pradesh farmers to earn additional income from carbon credits

In its agroforestry policy, the state aims to increase its green cover from the ...

News from Web 24-Oct-2023

64% of Institutional Investors Say Financial Returns is Top Driver for Sustainable Investing: Schroders

Among the survey respondents, half reported that they have set net zero GHG emis...

News from Web 23-Oct-2023

New carbon trading scheme opens up opportunity for farm sector

The scheme kicks in with an amendment to the Energy Conservation Act, 2001, pavi...

News from Web 18-Oct-2023

Ethical investing: Where are we now on ESG?

Sustainable investing has boomed, reaching US$35.3 trillion by the start of 2020...

News from Web 16-Oct-2023

Smoke and mirrors: A look inside ESG fund portfolios

According to Diab and Adams (2021), responsible firms are on track to manage a s...

News from Web 16-Oct-2023

CBAM: EU ready to consider India’s offer to collect carbon tax but after detailing

The EU is ready to consider India’s proposal of domestic collection of the car...

News from Web 12-Oct-2023

EU's CBAM: Taxing trade for transition amid global climate concerns

EU is at the onset of implementing its much awaited carbon emission reporting re...

News from Web 12-Oct-2023

Corporate Britain Faces Backlash Over ESG Ambiguity

Only 13% of the British public claim to have a 'good understanding' of the term ...

News from Web 11-Oct-2023

Sustainable global equity through the looking glass

As markets emerged, blinking into the light of day towards the end of the Covid ...

News from Web 06-Oct-2023

Visualized: An Investor’s Carbon Footprint, by Sector

Understanding the carbon emissions in different sectors is a key way to make env...

News from Web 05-Oct-2023

Singapore Sets Out Eligibility Criteria For International Carbon Credits Under The Carbon Tax Regime

The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) and the National Enviro...

News from Web 03-Oct-2023

ESG predicted to constitute 34 per cent of India’s domestic AUM by 2051: Study

New Delhi: Aligned with India's target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070, a ...

News from Web 29-Sep-2023

Three-quarters of firms globally are not ready for new ESG rules, KPMG finds

Three-quarters of companies globally are not ready to have their environmental,...

News from Web 28-Sep-2023

Advancing ESG priorities will be a primary innovation goal for technology functions over the next two years: KPMG Report

The report reveals customer experience, ESG, and cybersecurity are considered ke...

News from Web 19-Sep-2023

G20 Summit Delhi: 4 Ways in which the G20 Declaration will accelerate ESG

The big takeaway from the declaration is a clear commitment by the members to ac...

News from Web 16-Sep-2023

Higher ESG ratings correlate with better investment returns: Reports

Key findings from the study revealed that ESG Leaders globally earned an average...

News from Web 08-Sep-2023

Trailblazing rules to boost India's ESG mkt, to attract investors: JPMorgan

India’s new rules for environmental, social and governance investments and rat...

News from Web 19-Aug-2023

Box ticking will not work with SEBI’s new ESG framework

The key performance indicators, as sought in the BRSR Core, are quantifiable and...

News from Web 04-Aug-2023

Why an ESG-conscious investing ecosystem is very important for India

India has been a bystander as the ESG (environmental, social and governance) rev...

News from Web 28-Jul-2023

Sustainable investing goes digital: Exploring the latest technological advancements for ESG integration

In the evolving world of Alternative Investments, digitization stands at the he...

News from Web 26-Jul-2023

India’s Updated Sustainability Reporting Format and Rules for ESG Ratings Providers

In July 2023, SEBI added new ESG metrics for mandatory disclosure under ‘BRSR ...

News from Web 25-Jul-2023

SEBI introduces 6 new mutual fund strategies under ESG theme

Under the current regulatory requirements, mutual funds are permitted to launch ...

News from Web 22-Jul-2023

Rich nations on track to raise $100 billion climate funds

While the resources had to be generated annually from 2020 itself, the rich nati...

News from Web 20-Jul-2023

World Economic Forum, Partners to Develop India's First Zero-Emissions Road Freight Cluster

WEF says a transition to zero-emission trucks can lead to 2.8–3.8 gigatons of ...

News from Web 17-Jul-2023

Farm fields don't just feed us. They store carbon. But a big question is how much

There's one more big payoff that benefits everyone: tilling the soil less, and g...

News from Web 12-Jul-2023

To counter rich nations' environment levies, carbon tax on imports in the works

The government is considering levying a carbon tax on imports from countries wit...

News from Web 11-Jul-2023

From Nuclear Fallout To Microplastics, Earth Enters Anthropocene

Paris, France: As scientists make the case that humans have fundamentally transf...

News from Web 10-Jul-2023

Revised GHG reduction strategy for global shipping adopted

The revised IMO GHG Strategy includes an enhanced common ambition to reach net-z...

News from Web 01-Jul-2023

Steering committee to be formed for carbon market

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has been mandated to regula...

News from Web 30-Jun-2023

Govt notifies draft rules for India’s ‘Green Credit’ scheme — ‘meant to incentivise voluntary action’

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Tuesday notifie...

News from Web 27-Jun-2023

ESG Investors Get First-Ever Set of Global Reporting Standards

ESG investing passed a milestone on Monday as the first ever set of global repor...

News from Web 24-Jun-2023

Life Cycle Emissions: EVs vs. Combustion Engine Vehicles

According to the International Energy Agency, the transportation sector is more ...

News from Web 23-Jun-2023

Carbon market framework likely in two weeks

New Delhi: The much-anticipated norms and the framework for the carbon market is...

News from Web 23-Jun-2023

New NASA Video Depicts Emission and Movement of Carbon Dioxide All Around the Earth

In three videos, NASA expresses the voyage of carbon dioxide from source to sink...

News from Web 22-Jun-2023

Explained: The Relationship Between Climate Change and Wildfires

Each year, thousands of wildfires burn through millions of acres of land around ...

News from Web 21-Jun-2023

Can You Calculate Your Daily Carbon Footprint?

A person’s carbon footprint is substantial, with activities such as food consu...

News from Web 20-Jun-2023

Ancient Amazon charcoal seen as next big thing in carbon markets

Biochar has the potential to sequester up to 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide an...

News from Web 19-Jun-2023

Visualizing Changes in CO₂ Emissions Since 1900

Leaders from all over the world are currently gathering at the Conference of the...

News from Web 18-Jun-2023

Visualizing the Five Drivers of Forest Loss

Agriculture and commodity-driven deforestation each account for approximately a ...

News from Web 16-Jun-2023

Adani Green Energy among top 10 renewable energy companies globally for ESG performance

Adani Green Energy has been placed in the ‘Prime’ (B+) band, recognising its...

News from Web 16-Jun-2023

Tracing the Carbon Footprint of the Reserve Bank of India

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s annual report every year draws considerable ...

News from Web 15-Jun-2023

Elon Musk says 'ESG is the devil' with tobacco firms trouncing Tesla in social-responsibility ratings

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News from Web 14-Jun-2023

AstraZeneca turns to cows to cut U.S. carbon footprint

Drugmaker AstraZeneca (AZN.L) is switching to biogas produced from cow manure an...

News from Web 02-Jun-2023

SEBI introduces Core BRSR ESG reporting, tackles unregulated ESG rating providers

Sebi said that access to the fund for selling securities during market dislocati...

News from Web 01-Jun-2023

Strengthening the BRSR core: A masterstroke

SEBI reduces ESG disclosure parameters from 800 to 50, enhancing transparency, c...

News from Web 31-May-2023

BRSR reporting and the evolving ESG landscape in India

India has emerged as a conscious aspirant and shown promise and capability to ta...

News from Web 30-May-2023

Why corporates need to walk the talk on ESG reporting

It is now intricately linked to environmental social and governance (ESG) issues...

News from Web 30-May-2023

ONGC plans ₹1 tn investment to cut carbon emissions

Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) will spend ₹1 trillion on green initiatives b...

News from Web 22-May-2023

Verra Issues 1st Plastic Waste Reduction Credits

More than 350 million tonnes of plastic are being used every year, and just a fr...

News from Web 19-May-2023

Saving the forests won’t be enough to stop climate change — we need substantial emission cuts

The forest carbon sink (its ability to absorb carbon) should be preserved to off...

News from Web 18-May-2023

New Carbon Dioxide Removal Methodology Launched for Consultation

Gold Standard is pleased to announce the opening of a public consultation on a n...

News from Web 17-May-2023

Microsoft signs agreement with a Danish Company, to buy 2.75 Million Carbon Credits, to meet its target of becoming Carbon Negative by 2030

Today, the tech giant announced a deal with Danish energy company Ørsted to pur...

News from Web 16-May-2023

NYC skyscrapers turning to carbon capture to lessen climate change

In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change h...

News from Web 12-May-2023

Power, environment ministries to develop carbon credit trading scheme for decarbonisation

New Delhi, Union ministries of power and environment, forests & climate change w...

News from Web 12-May-2023

Adopting global best practices can help India Inc strengthen ESG performance

The government estimates the economy to reach the $7 trillion mark by 2030. To s...

News from Web 10-May-2023

Govt tells industry to Get ready for EU carbon tax

To start with, the tax will be imposed on seven products whose production is car...

News from Web 08-May-2023

World largest carbon capture facility will store 9M tonnes of CO2 yearly

Swiss carbon finance firm South Pole and Mitsubishi have jointly announced the p...

News from Web 08-May-2023

The ESGpectations are set

Changing regulatory landscape and investor expectations mean banks can’t delay...

News from Web 03-May-2023

Mitsubishi Launches $1 Billion Climate Tech Growth Fund

The fund has raised $400 million of capital commitments from investors at its fi...

News from Web 03-May-2023

The Carbon Emissions of Gold Mining

As companies progress towards net-zero goals, decarbonizing all sectors, includi...

News from Web 02-May-2023

How the new EU directive will rewrite ESG reporting

Europe has long been the trendsetter in policy and regulation around environment...

News from Web 02-May-2023

Carbon Capture Is Beginning To Take Off

In the U.K., the Spring Budget in March made up to $25 billion (£20 billion) av...

News from Web 01-May-2023

Study reveals tree diversity improves carbon storage, soil fertility in forests

A recent University of Alberta research found that sustaining tree diversity in ...

News from Web 27-Apr-2023

Carbon credits for oil companies

Carbon Path and ZeroSix are two companies creating a carbon credit to incentiviz...

News from Web 26-Apr-2023

EU members approve carbon market scheme other climate laws

EU countries have given the final sign-off for a series of new climate change-re...

News from Web 26-Apr-2023

Indian merchandise exports need to prepare for EUs carbon tax challenge

Indian companies can take a few proactive measures to prepare themselves for tou...

News from Web 25-Apr-2023

Tackling climate change on a global level is an immense challenge – but some small, easy actions are accessible to most people.

Aviation contributes around one billion tonnes of CO2 emissions every year. From...

News from Web 24-Apr-2023

There will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish by 2050

According to UNEP,60 major Indian cities produce about 15,343 tonnes of trash ea...

News from Web 22-Apr-2023

What Does A Net Zero Hotel Look Like

At COP26 in Glasgow, the global tourism industry committed to halving emissions ...

News from Web 19-Apr-2023

Global Carbon Markets Highlights from the Latest Report

Climate change is viewed as one of the greatest challenges facing the world toda...

News from Web 16-Apr-2023

Mapped Air Pollution Levels Around the World in 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that air pollution leads to 7 mill...

News from Web 30-Mar-2023

SEBI Meet: Nod to regulatory framework for ESG disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Wednesday approved the regu...

News from Web 22-Mar-2023

10 best carbon farming practices for soil health and income

Carbon farming practices are known to improve soil health while keeping carbon l...

News from Web 21-Mar-2023

A 6 step guide for farmers to get carbon credits in agriculture

With upcoming regulations and growing demand from businesses to purchase carbon ...

News from Web 20-Mar-2023

Massive Impact of Cigarette Filters on Our Oceans

Cigarette Filters float in oceans as Microplastics...

News from Web 19-Mar-2023

How Green is our Earth ?

Top 10 Countries by Forest Cover...

News from Web 18-Mar-2023

Visualizing Mismanaged Plastic Waste

Top 10 Countries, Plastic Waste Trade & Waste Per Capita...

News from Web 17-Mar-2023

Visualizing the Forest Funding Gap Relative to Emissions

Deforestation accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions...

News from Web 16-Mar-2023

What Does 30 Years of Global Deforestation Look Like

Deforestation accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions...

News from Web 15-Mar-2023

The Rising Demand for Nature based Climate Solutions

Nature-based climate solutions include conservation, restoration, and land manag...

News from Web 14-Mar-2023

Visualizing the World Loss of Forests Since the Ice Age

The effects of deforestation on the climate are already being seen and felt, and...

News from Web 13-Mar-2023

The Global Plastic Waste Trade

Every year, nations worldwide produce around 350 million metric tons of plastic ...

News from Web 12-Mar-2023

Accelerating a Net-Zero Future with Carbon Credits

Closing the Funding Gap With Carbon Credits...

News from Web 11-Mar-2023

Global Energy Consumption by Source, and Carbon Emissions for last 120 years

In the last 10 years, total global energy consumption has risen nearly 15%...

News from Web 10-Mar-2023

Air Pollution by Economy

A link between economic activity and air quality...

News from Web 24-Feb-2023

Investments in Renewables Reached Record High, But Need Massive Increase and More Equitable Distribution

New report finds glaring disparities between investments in developed and develo...

News from Web 24-Feb-2023

Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance 2023

Global investment in renewables must double to meet climate and development goal...

News from Web 24-Feb-2023

Sustainable Development with a fully circular economy as the new paradigm

Sustainable development with a fully circular economy has to become the new para...

News from Web 23-Feb-2023

A clean gamble: On carbon trading

Carbon trading should help India to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuel...

News from Web 20-Feb-2023

Where are Clean Energy Technologies Manufactured

The country, along with the rest of the Asia Pacific region, accounts for approx...

News from Web 18-Feb-2023

How CFOs are handling the push for more ESG reporting

Reporting requirements across the world are changing rapidly to standardise and ...

News from Web 17-Feb-2023

Top 10 Ocean Plastics Waste Polluter Countries

Countries which pollute Oceans the most...