The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the draft European Union (EU) regulation aims to foster sustainable & responsible corporate behaviour and restrain corporate abuses. Even as India is still discussing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in FTA talks with the EU, the due...
On June 30, the Union Ministry of Power has notified developments on the much-anticipated carbon credit trading scheme. As per the notification, the Centre will constitute a “National Steering Committee for the Indian carbon market” to govern and oversee the functions of the market. Experts says that a carbon market...
An increase in demand for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) specialists has resulted in new positions and job titles emerging and a greater emphasis on sustainable financing. The demand for ESG professionals increased by more than 223% in India between April 2019 and April 2023. Image Source: Pexels The growing...
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) was established to foster resilience, sustainability, inclusiveness, economic growth, fairness, and competitiveness of the fourteen partner economies. US-led economic initiative IPEF seeks to strengthen economic engagement among partner countries and promote growth, peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region. In an attempt to encounter...
Digital commerce is undoubtedly the headline topic of the retail industry today. The sector has quadrupled growth since 2017 to reach a revenue figure of US$ 211 billion in 2022 in eight high growth markets, including India. Given the pace with which e-commerce is growing, it can open unprecedented pathways...
The government is taking note of India’s growing cultural tourism sector and doing the needful to help it sustain this improvement. However, the sector still has a lot of untapped potential. If leveraged properly, this can boost the industry’s contribution to India’s GDP & augment employment opportunities in the country....
With its upcoming G20 presidency, India has an opportunity to highlight the upcoming challenges pertaining to trade and investment and strengthen the WTO to usher in a fair multilateral trading system. Image Credit: PIB The G20 has been a platform to play a strategic role at the multilateral level to...
India’s ascendance as a developed economy by 2047 could benefit with deployment of networks of local volunteer groups at the grassroot level. They can help make the country a knowledge and capability building hub and help alleviate mass poverty. Image credit: Shutterstock With 1.3 billion people, India’s rise as a...
There is no denying the fact that OTT platforms have made a difference or, rather, a dent in the earnings of the theaters. But one must not forget that watching a movie on a big screen in a dark room with high-quality audio is an experience that OTTs cannot provide....
With the world shifting back to the pre-pandemic scenario, the question of whether companies must return to work-from-office or continue with the work from home model lingers. A hybrid model promises the best of both worlds, but would it be an ideal choice? The work from home model has been...
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