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Schneider Electric Tops, 3 Indian Companies in Top 100 of TIME World’s...
Schneider Electric, an engineering, manufacturing and medical technology company, has been ranked as the world’s most sustainable company for the third consecutive time by TIME magazine. Only 16 Indian companies have made it to the list of 750 Global TIME World's Most Sustainable Companies 2026 ranking, and only 3 to the top 100.Only 16 Indian companies have made it to the list of 750 Global TIME World's Most Sustainable Companies 2026 ranking, and only 3 to the top 100.
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Amwoodo’s Turns Bamboo into a Climate Solution
A Kolkata startup is proving that green alternatives don't have to cost more, perform worse, or leave behind the communities that make them.
The Art of Using Carbon Finance for Big Social Impact
There are very few success stories of how local, nature-based climate mitigation and adaptation projects around the world are funded using carbon finance. Value Network Ventures seems to have learned the art of doing it quietly, at scale, for more than 15 years. Here are a few of its secrets and open questions on the social cost of climate change and how they could be addressed.
AI Will Create Lot More Jobs
AI is not going to take jobs away. In fact, talent sourcing companies are seeing brisk growth this year. While AI will force acquisition of new skillsets, it will not replace core values like leadership, decision-making, empathy and communication. The future will be AI plus humans.
No Trump Effect on US Companies’ Commitment to SBTi
American companies are not backing down on their climate commitments just because their president rolled back on climate policies in recent months. SBTi CEO, David Kennedy told SustainabilityNext that more companies are joining the Science Based Targets Initiatives’ platform.
Ocean Cleanup’s 30 Cities Program Needs Funds
Local communities and government departments have been eager to partner with the Ocean Cleanup’s ambitious 30 Cities’ Program worldwide but more financial support can help speed up its messy plastic cleaning drive.
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100% Bamboo Socks
The Indian hosiery and sock market is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by evolving consumer trends, technological advancements, and a growing emphasis on sustainability. A few socks brands have been successfully navigating these shifts by offering innovative, sustainable, and premium sock products.
Music For Climate Change
What’s the best way to stir people into becoming the change they want to see? This big question has no one answer. What’s beyond...
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ESG is a term that has been used ubiquitously to describe sustainability initiatives within organizations. Within these three letters, however, lies a universe of acronyms, concepts, frameworks, and implementation hurdles that are often overlooked, making the subject sound deceptively simple.
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Smarter Than the Storm – Championing the AI-Climate Nexus – Can...
America's recent snobbish attitude towards climate change, hurricanes, flash floods and heatwaves everywhere, the Himalayan glaciers melting at a rapid rate, and when the temperature in the once cold countries started to soar, the world looked like it was giving up. Surprisingly, in recent months, something started to shift. AI has emerged as the potential saviour. But how to harness its immense power quickly and inclusively is the trillion-dollar question. A new book, Smarter Than the Storm, seems to have some answers.
India’s Green Startups: Entrepreneurs that are Driving Growth
Has India's green startup revolution arrived? Looks like it has. Jayanth Sinha and Sandip Bhammer lucidly illustrate how India's new 'green revolution' is becoming...
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Schneider Electric Tops, 3 Indian Companies in Top 100 of TIME World’s Most Sustainable Companies...
Schneider Electric, an engineering, manufacturing and medical technology company, has been ranked as the world’s most sustainable company for the third consecutive time by TIME magazine. Only 16 Indian companies have made it to the list of 750 Global TIME World's Most Sustainable Companies 2026 ranking, and only 3 to the top 100.Only 16 Indian companies have made it to the list of 750 Global TIME World's Most Sustainable Companies 2026 ranking, and only 3 to the top 100.
How Cell-Cultivated Cotton Could Transform India’s Textile Sector
GALY, a biotechnology company based in Boston and São Paulo, has pioneered a process of producing cotton fibers from cotton plant cells grown in bioreactors.
No country has yet established clear leadership in cell-cultivated cotton. India has a rare opportunity to participate in building this new industry rather than becoming a future importer of technologies developed elsewhere.
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