Unlocking Capital To Power India’s Energy Transition

Wind turbines on a sunset backdrop

As India seeks to harness renewables to power its net-zero ascent, enabling industries to retrofit infrastructure and adopt clean technologies remains capital-intensive. Prevailing climate financing architecture spotlights inherently “green” domains such as solar and electric mobility, while underserving the decarbonisation needs of carbon-heavy sectors. This skewed allocation threatens to constrain the transition pathways of sectors vital to India’s economy, such …

Our commitment to decarbonising Indian construction, the Build Ahead Charter

To accelerate decarbonisation across the entire construction value chain in India, Build Ahead partners have created and committed to a Charter that captures the mission and objectives of the coalition. As a business-led coalition, Build Ahead is dedicated to collectively achieving a net-zero built environment in India. To accelerate decarbonisation of the whole construction value chain, collective and collaborative action …

Strengthening Green Building Ratings In India

Embodied carbon forms almost 30% of the carbon footprint of the built environment. Most of this embodied carbon comes from the manufacturing of commonly used building materials like cement, concrete and steel. The share of embodied carbon, in India and globally, is expected to increase to more than 50% by 2050 as the share of operational carbon, i.e., emissions resulting …