High-pollution sectors such as energy, mining and oil and gas allocate only 5-7 per cent of their CSR budgets to the environment, while FMCG and automotive firms allocate more than 10 per cent, according to Sattva’s report, A Decade of Green Spending, as covered by NH Digital in National Herald.
Millets are gaining importance in India’s discourse around climate change and sustainability due to their nutritional benefits, such as their high protein and dietary fibre content. The Indian government is campaigning to mainstream millets and make India the global hub for millets.Private sector brands are expanding their product baskets to
The ninth webinar in the SKI Touchpoint series, conducted by the Capital for Impact Practice Area, delved into the topic of ‘Social Stock Exchange as a Catalyst in the Impact Ecosystem: What Lies Ahead?’. The session, facilitated and moderated by Lekhya Reddy, Engagement Manager and Lead of the Capital for Impact Practice Area, in collaboration
For decades, high temperatures have been an intrinsic part of the textile manufacturing process in India. As climate change is amplifying the frequency and intensity of heat events, this approach is becoming increasingly unsustainable. As one Erode garment worker put it, “It feels like we’re trapped inside an oven. The
In light of the impact of COVID-19 crisis on children’s education across the country, the Education Circle was created as a voluntary collective of non-profits to identify focus areas and enable solutions.
In this episode of Decoding Impact, Rathish Balakrishnan is joined by Dr K. Srinath Reddy to discuss how tech and data can enable an “efficient, equitable, empathetic, and economically viable” health system in India.
Despite significant growth in the Manufacturing sector in recent years, labour risks due to state-level compliance systems, gaps in accountability, and sector-specific vulnerabilities are still prevalent.
There is real opportunity for the global business community to drive sustainable growth, efficiency, innovation and hence for reputation building.
Gautam Seshadri has 20+ years of experience as a founder, operator, and professional investor. He is associated with >25 start-ups as either an angel investor or advisor, and is also associated with a globally active VC fund. He has either worked or lived in India, UK, Germany, Singapore, and France,
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