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The AndPurpose Forum, Mumbai: Where Climate Conversations Moved from Intent to Execution
The AndPurpose Forum, Mumbai brought climate conversations out of abstraction and into execution. Across clean energy, resilience, finance, and circularity, the focus shifted from intent to systems readiness. This reflection captures what it will take for India’s climate ambition to translate into real-world delivery.
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The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2025: From Energy Transition to Resource Intelligence
At The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2025, one message stood out: the future isn’t fossil-free, it’s efficiency-first. From green refineries to tertiary water reuse, Tamil Nadu is quietly building India’s blueprint for circular progress.
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From Vulnerability to Vanguard: How Chennai & Tamil Nadu Are Rewiring Climate, Energy, and Industry
Chennai often makes headlines as one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable coastal cities. But beneath that narrative, the city and state are scripting a bold new playbook. From restoring mangroves, marshlands, and ponds to deploying marine patrols and smart waste systems, Chennai’s grassroots climate projects show what adaptation looks like on the ground. At the…
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It’s Not Product-Market Fit. It’s Power-Market Fit.
Most startups fail not because of bad ideas — but because they misread the industry’s power dynamics. It’s not just product-market fit. It’s power-market fit. CTVC nailed it: the energy transition is a metals transition — and you better know who controls the mines.
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From Prediction to Proof: ESG in Practice at CII-SR 2025
At CII-SR’s ESG & Climate Action Summit 2025, the frameworks were polished — but the friction showed. From circularity blind spots to token DEI, the real gaps are still structural. This is a ground-level unpacking of what India’s ESG evolution looks like — beyond the slide decks.
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Reclaiming Water — Why Chennai’s Climate Party Got Serious
A climate party that flowed from panels to play — how a night of policy, and raw conversations mapped our city’s climate fault lines. The second edition of Climate Party zoomed into Chennai’s most painful, persistent wound: Water. The event themed “Reclaiming Water: Chennai’s Woes & Solutions” was a grounded, needed conversation about the city’s…
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CircularNXT 2025: When Circularity Went Global
On World Environment Day 2025, we launched something more than a summit — we launched momentum. CircularNXT 2025 was a 225-minute virtual global convening that brought together experts, practitioners, policymakers, and ecosystem enablers to reimagine circularity through the lenses of technology, regulation, inclusion, education, and systems change.
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Green Flags, Red Flags, and Khaki in Between
The rising climate × defence crossover—and what it means for justice, capital, & conflict. Tracking the quiet shift of climate innovation toward militarised infrastructure and security-first funding.
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Hidden Costs of Going Green- the Issues with Ethical Energy Transition
The global dash to green energy is Not So Green After all. We are uncovering the geopolitics and dark sides of the renewable energy transition while countries race to become the next Green powers.
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Build a sustainability strategy for your organisation – Part 5
We will look at developing a comprehensive strategy that includes designing, executing, measuring, reporting, and monitoring sustainability goals.The fifth article will address comprehensive Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Implementation.