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Self reliant India provides trillion dollar opportunity: Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani today said a self reliant India has become a necessity

85% Indians see environment focused firms as better employers: IBM Study

Companies could face the risk of losing top talent to more sustainability-conscious competitors

Governance: Putting the 'G' in ESG

A study found that over the 12 months, governance consistently ranked second, behind only a company's products, as a driver of corporate reputation

Climate report praises India for initiatives taken in clean energy field

Green loans were the second most popular at $109 billion

Sustainability and the feeding frenzy

Book review of ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, JUNK: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal

Matter bets on Indian EV market, targets $1 billion turnover by 2025

"We are expecting the same thing that happened with 4G, the rate of adoption of 4G exploded above everyone's expectations, and that is what we are expecting with EVs as well," Matter Founder, CEO said

Accenture CEO stresses on zero-waste, says future lies in sustainable biz

Julie Sweet said the company is already recycling 75 per cent of its waste in India; last year the tech giant said it will achieve zero-emission by 2025

PM Modi to inaugurate World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 on Wednesday

India, France launch initiative to boost ties in sustainable development

Welcoming Pompili on her maiden visit to India, Javadekar emphasised on the significance of India-France alliance in working towards climate change

India, Japan review implementation of projects in Northeastern region

India and Japan on Thursday reviewed progress of various ongoing projects in the Northeastern region in areas of connectivity, hydropower, sustainable development and harnessing of water resources

India and UK agree to establish a bilateral Sustainable Finance Forum

This partnership is helping set up a Project Preparation Support Facility cum Centre of Excellence for PPP projects

Best of BS Opinion: The missing MPC, biodiversity loss, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Biodiversity loss

Business-as-usual will jeopardise sustainable development

How US-China split can affect the shift towards sustainable energy

There is a compelling logic to link Covid-19 and its geopolitical makeover to a change in energy fortunes

RBI calls for deep-seated, wide-ranging reforms for sustainable growth

Post-COVID-19, the overwhelming sense is that the world will not be the same again and a new normal could emerge, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said

Deploy new technology to monitor green impact

Monitoring the condition of aquatic ecosystems can be laborious and time-consuming. Many industrial projects depend on water for some critical functions

Safe future: How India lags in meeting sustainable development goals

Unplanned exploitation of environment in recent decades has not only altered its balance but is also leading to catastrophic events like super cyclones

An effort to achieve sustainable development for those who care for Goa

A few active citizens have joined hands to form ActforGoa

The future of 'civic' technologies

Such technological intervention will have lasting benefits. It will ease bottlenecks that prevent access to credit and bring SMEs within a national infrastructure programme

Covid-19: Poor countries staring at a debt crisis, says UN report

Many workers in the gig economy, dominated by service sector start-ups, are poorly protected against income losses in a recession