FAQ on Environmental and Social Safeguards for Financial Institutions

As progress has come to mean growing accumulation and consumption in material terms, this has led to establishment of ever larger production units, energy harnessing facilities, transport, storage and recreational infrastructure.

Read more June 20, 2022 at 4:55 pm CFA

Ghogha Seaport gets Clean Chit from NGT against Violation of Environmental Norms

Infrastructure Finance Update, May 2022 Infrastructure Finance Updates for the month of May covered the updates from various sectors of roads and highways, seaports, airports, railways, real estate, logistics sectors and Infrastructure Investment Trusts...

Read more June 16, 2022 at 4:24 pm Shivani Dwivedi

Banks must adopt ESS safeguards in lending

As we observed environment day during one of the hottest Indian summers, the near absence of climate change as a civic discourse is alarming. At a time when the world finds itself in the...

Read more June 7, 2022 at 5:22 pm Priya Dharshini

The Hidden Environmental Costs of India’s Data Centre Push

Data centres are giant industrial collections of servers that store and process data underlying the modern information economy. Most policies concerning the installation, use and maintenance of data centres ignore an important aspect: their...

Read more May 18, 2022 at 1:03 pm Gunjan Jena

Coveted IMF-WB Spring meetings conclude with a vow to fiddle; MC12 round the corner

We are posting these snippets at a time when the mega yearly rituals of the World Bank and IMF a.k.a the Annual General Meetings, have ended and the balance of payment crisis in Sri...

Read more May 9, 2022 at 11:20 am Sonal Raghuvanshi

Remembering the Challakere case: The National Green Tribunal on the environmental impacts of solar power

India is aggressively promoting the growth of renewable energy in its quest to be a global leader on climate action, but it continues to ignore concerns about the social and environmental impacts of promoting...

Read more April 28, 2022 at 1:17 pm Malvika Kaushik

Rise In Infrastructure Projects In Protected Areas: A Self-Defeating Goal For Development

Infrastructure is considered the backbone of any economy. The impetus on infrastructure sector becomes much more in a growing economy, with the government terming investment in infrastructure “quintessential” to boost growth as highlighted in...

Read more April 14, 2022 at 4:29 pm Nishank

The Hidden Costs of Waste Incineration for Women

Gender mainstreaming (the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels) became popular in several international institutions,...

Read more March 24, 2022 at 5:14 pm Ashi Datta

Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

The project is not economically viable; it will also have social and environmental impacts; instead, the government should look at possible alternatives that balance costs and benefits and have fewer impacts.  Big infrastructure projects...

Read more March 7, 2022 at 5:02 pm Hariprasad V M

हवा या हीरा | भाग 4

भौतिकवादी विकास करते - करते आज हम उस मुहाने पर आ गए हैं जहां हमें यह तय करना ही होगा, कि हमें क्या चाहिए? प्रकृति के साथ सहअस्तित्व या पर्यावरण नष्ट करके मानव सभ्यता...

Read more February 24, 2022 at 4:44 pm Ankit Mishra

बक्सवाहा हीरा खनन परियोजना की हकीकत और संभावनाएं | भाग 3

राष्ट्रीय खनिज विकास निगम द्वारा पन्ना में पिछले 60 वर्षों से खनन के बावजूद पन्ना जिले का बेहतर बुनियादी सुविधाओं से दूर होना तथा बक्सवाहा बंदर डायमंड प्रोजेक्ट से ऑस्ट्रेलियाई  बहुराष्ट्रीय कंपनी रियो टिंटो...

Read more February 24, 2022 at 4:38 pm Ankit Mishra

रियो टिंटो के समय और उसके पहले का बक्सवाहा क्षेत्र | भाग 2

हीरा खनन के पहले या हम कह सकते कि जब ऑस्ट्रेलिया की बहुराष्ट्रीय कंपनी रियो टिंटो द्वारा बक्सवाहा जंगल परिक्षेत्र में शोध कार्य किया गया तब स्थानीय लोग, जिसमें बहुसंख्यक शोर, कुर्रा व बड़ेला...

Read more February 24, 2022 at 4:31 pm Ankit Mishra

हीरा खनन परियोजना से पन्ना जिले का विकास कहां पहुंचा | भाग 1

बक्सवाहा के जंगल के नीचे हीरे पाए जाने की खोज जबसे रियो टिंटो कंपनी ने की है, तब से बक्सवाहा क्षेत्र के भौतिकवादी विकास और रोजगार के अवसरों की चर्चा जोरों पर है, स्थानीय...

Read more February 24, 2022 at 4:22 pm Ankit Mishra

किनारपट्टी व्यवस्थापन अधिसूचनेच्या सुधारित मसुद्याला विरोध

सागरी किनारपट्टी व्यवस्थापन अधिसूचनेचा (सीआरझेड) सुधारित मसुदा हा जाचक असून या मसूद्याविरोधात  किनारपट्टीलगतच्या गावांमध्ये प्रचंड नाराजी पसरली आहे. पर्यावरण मंत्रालयाकडे शेकडो हरकती पालघर: सागरी किनारपट्टी व्यवस्थापन अधिसूचनेचा (सीआरझेड) सुधारित मसुदा हा जाचक असून या...

Read more January 4, 2022 at 4:54 pm CFA

Creating a better Development Finance Institution for India

Compliance by financial institutions with ESG requirements for credit decisions, and disclosures has become increasingly prevalent over the last two decades. While some of these requirements are imposed via legislation, others have been voluntarily...

Read more October 22, 2021 at 4:17 pm Praachi Misra