Building a Consensus on the Definition of Green Finance
A universally accepted definition of green finance is not available yet, although several initiatives are ongoing across countries led by many international organizations. Given that the green priorities vary across countries, this report has taken the first step in defining “green” in context of India’s NDC commitment and economic goals.
Clean Energy Policy Landscape in the SME Sector
Prepared by cKinetics, this WWF-commissioned report reveals almost 140 government interventions focus directly or/and indirectly on clean energy and startups and SMEs. Of these only 38 policies actually target SMEs in the clean energy ecosystem, making it difficult for SMEs to reap the benefits of the provisions.
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Catalysing Private Capital for Green Investments in India
This report takes the perspective of investors with the objective of capturing the significance of the conflation between green/climate finance and Sustainable and Responsible Investing (SRI), and to recommend steps for enabling climate finance.
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State of Sector: GHG Emissions in SMEs
Taking stock of current level of GHG emissions in SMEs is a pre-cursor to informed policy-making and for framing pathways for a low carbon future. This study captures the prevalence of best practices and energy efficiency measures in Ceramics, Foundry, Forging & Steel re-rolling sectors; and builds a view on the emissions.
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iZLD: An optimization approach for Zero Liquid Discharge
Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) is usually seen as being capital intensive with upfront investment. In reality, ZLD is about optimizing long term operating cost. iZLD is an offering developed by cKinetics that helps arrive at the optimal mix between upfront investment and ongoing expenses.
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