cKinetics

Sustainability Insight, Innovation & Capital

Sustainability Insight, Innovation
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Sustainability Insight, Innovation & Capital

Accelerating Sustainability in Emerging Economies

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Spotlight

- Sustainability Action Report 2018-19 The report gives an overview of our work areas and highlights the impact that we made in terms of saving resources, generating renewable energy and creating insight on sustainability issues in 2018-19. It contains details of our adherence to UN Global Compact Principles in addition to our Business Responsibility Report.
  
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- - 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.
    
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  - - Peering into the future Prepared by cKinetics, this GOGLA-commissioned report reveals the Indian market for solar lanterns and solar home systems is expected to grow to a size of up to USD 327 million by 2023. Read more

- 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. Read more
- - 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. Read more
  - - 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. Read more