Environmental

Making financial decisions based on your values wasn't making the world a better place. It may have even been making it worse.

As sustainability reporting kicks in, ESG investing faces global credibility risk

Paul Clements-Hunt, who coined the acronym ESG, said that the ESG fund industry is headed for a ‘shakeout’ over the next five years 

Bharti Airtel forms ESG committee for sharper focus on environmental, sustainability agenda

Manish Kejriwal, lead independent director on the board, will be chairman of the ESG committee.

NGT notice to MoEF on decentralisation of EC for sand mining

Taking note of the plea, a bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim issued notice to the Environment Ministry seeking its reply within two weeks. The matter was listed for next hearing on November 2.

Volkswagen reaches $14.7 bn emissions settlement

Volkswagen would repair or buy back polluting vehicles and pay each owner as much as USD 10,000 under a USD 14.7 billion deal the car maker has reached to settle lawsuits stemming from its emissions cheating scandal, a person briefed on the settlement talks said.

Decks cleared for Adani's coal mine proj in Australia: Envoy

Australia today said the decks have been cleared for investments by ports-to-power conglomerate Adani Group's Carmichael coal mining project in Queensland.

Projects worth Rs 6.72 lakh cr get environment nod in 20 months

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the Lok Sabha the government has reduced the time taken for giving environmental clearance to around 192 days from 600 days and efforts would be made to reduce it further.

Mr. Dev Shetty, COO, Gemfields Conferred with Indian Achiever Award `Bharat Gaurav`

Mr Dev Shetty, Chief Operating Officer of Gemfields - the world’s largest supplier of coloured gemstones, was recently felicitated with ...

Adani defends Queensland mine project in Australian court

The Land Court heard that the burning of coal would risk the climate to a dangerous level while its extraction would not directly affect the Great Barrier Reef - a world heritage site.

20 hydro power projects pending environmental clearance

The total capacity of proposed projects in Arunachal is over 9000 MW, while it is over 425 MW in Himachal, 1220 in J&K, 200 MW in Karnataka, 110 MW in Sikkim and 108 MW in Uttarakhand.

Essar Oil gets environmental clearances for CBM field

Essar Oil Ltd today said it has received environmental clearance for its coal bed methane (CBM) gas field at Raniganj in West Begnal.

NHAI says Rs 30kcr projects stuck on environmental issues

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, RP Singh, chairman, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) spoke about the environmental issues as well as the lack of private equity for roads construction.