Limestone Calcined Clay Cement – An Outlook for Adoption in India

  • 11.02.2025
  • 1 min

As India’s cement industry grapples with decarbonisation challenges, Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) emerges as a promising solution for sustainable construction. With the sector contributing 6% of India’s fossil fuel and industrial CO2 emissions, there’s an urgent need for innovative, low-carbon alternatives. Build Ahead presents this comprehensive paper examining LC3‘s adoption potential in India. The report explores the technical properties, environmental …

Green hydrogen in industrial heating: Opportunities, challenges and alternatives

  • 09.01.2025
  • 4 min
Hydrogen Energy

India’s industrial sector, consuming 51% of the nation’s energy and generating 31% of energy-related emissions, presents a critical decarbonization challenge through its heating requirements. While green hydrogen offers promise, the path to sustainable industrial heating requires a strategic assessment of multiple solutions – from bio-derived fuels to electric heating systems and thermal storage. Success lies in understanding how these technologies …

Catalysing climate finance for low-carbon construction: Insights from industry leaders

  • 23.12.2024
  • 3 min

Last month, sales of new battery electric vehicles reached a milestone – hitting 25% of all new car sales for November. Yet, even with this good news, the 2030 ban on the sale of new ICE cars is fast approaching, and overall adoption rates are plateauing. And while Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate is placing immediate pressure on automakers to scale production, we need renewed urgency across the entire value chain in tackling the systemic changes and innovations needed to drive growth.

In this article from Xynteo’s Amy Marshall and Ashish Pandey, we unpack some of the key points from our recent EV roundtable discussion – as we all look to a world of zero emissions, electric transportation.

Beyond the scrapyard: Accelerating the formal End-of-Life Vehicles recycling ecosystem in India

  • 19.12.2024
  • 4 min

Last month, sales of new battery electric vehicles reached a milestone – hitting 25% of all new car sales for November. Yet, even with this good news, the 2030 ban on the sale of new ICE cars is fast approaching, and overall adoption rates are plateauing. And while Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate is placing immediate pressure on automakers to scale production, we need renewed urgency across the entire value chain in tackling the systemic changes and innovations needed to drive growth.

In this article from Xynteo’s Amy Marshall and Ashish Pandey, we unpack some of the key points from our recent EV roundtable discussion – as we all look to a world of zero emissions, electric transportation.

Women For People And Planet Series: Sameera Sandhu

  • 06.12.2024
  • 15 min

Meet Egon Zehnder’s Sameera Sandhu—with a knack for transforming industry moguls into eco-warriors, her secret weapon is her uncanny ability to find inspiration in everyone she meets. When she’s not busy saving the planet one corporate strategy at a time, you can find her championing curiosity, courage, and collaboration – because in Sameera’s world, even the most hardcore industrialist can learn to hug a tree (metaphorically, of course). Xynteo’s Milan Kaur sat down with Sameera to talk about her journey, what she has learned, and how she sees the future of sustainability in the corporate world.

Systems change in action: Discovering the future of sustainable leadership in Mumbai

  • 02.12.2024
  • 3 min

Mumbai—a city known for its vibrant culture, resilience, and complexity—served as the dynamic backdrop for this year’s Leadership Vanguard Exchange. Within this vibrant setting, participants immersed themselves in systems thinking and sustainability, learning firsthand how collaborative innovation and purpose-driven initiatives can tackle global challenges. Through visits to one of Vikaasa’s Waste No More sites and Godrej Construction, a member of Xynteo’s Build Ahead coalition, they witnessed …

Energy Leap Innovation Challenge winner – Interview with Suzhiyam Industrial Machines

  • 27.11.2024
  • 6 min

Suzhiyam Industrial Machines, the winner of the inaugural Energy Leap Innovation Challenge, is revolutionizing the way India approaches clean energy and waste management. In this interview, the co-founders discuss their technology, the challenges facing start-ups in India, and their ambitious vision to become the country’s leading green hydrogen supplier by 2027.  Congratulations on winning the Innovation Challenge award earlier this …

Pathways for green hydrogen project developers: Navigating export and domestic markets, and building competitive capabilities

  • 27.11.2024
  • 4 min

As green hydrogen emerges as a critical lever for the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors, project developers must assess markets, develop strategic capabilities and evaluate project economics before investing in such projects. Export markets: Key geographies Green hydrogen is gaining prominence as an energy carrier that can be transported in liquefied form, creating new export opportunities. The European Union (EU) and …

Enabling a Nordic bank to lead Europe’s sustainable finance transition

An accelerated sprint to provide clarity to the client’s sustainable banking strategy, and to develop a high-level narrative for its design and rollout. The client, a leading Nordic bank with a 200-year history, sought to position itself as a sustainability leader in the European finance sector. As governments and businesses accelerate decarbonisation efforts, the finance sector plays a crucial role …

Mapping sustainable growth trajectories for payments industry leader

Identified opportunities to embed environmental sustainability into core business, laying foundation for innovation sprints to develop sustainable consumption products and services. The client, a technology company at the forefront of payment solutions, aimed to deliver frictionless digital experiences that meet the evolving expectations of consumers and businesses. With capabilities spanning cards, bank accounts, and digital wallets, the client integrated these …

Creating leading-edge mining industry guidelines for a global aluminium production company

Developed a Sustainable Mining Charter and guidelines for a mine to develop and implement a sustainability strategy specific to its requirements. ​ With a commitment to responsible and sustainable business practices, the client, a global leader in aluminium and copper production, aimed to implement sustainable mining practices across its operations.  To support this ambition, the client engaged Xynteo to co-create a …

Transforming commercial performance through cultural evolution at logistics firm

Provided the client’s top 100 leaders with a common set of leadership behaviours and a framework to help them implement actions with a material commercial impact on their ambitious medium-term strategy ​ The client, a leading asset-light freight and logistics company, aimed to enhance the professional capabilities of its top 100 leaders to better navigate a rapidly changing environment and support …