Year: 2021

India’s pitch in the climate talks is largely centered around promoting renewable energy and controlling emissions through energy transition. In an interview with Jyoti Mukul & Shreya Jai, International Solar Alliance (ISA) Director-General (D-G) Ajay Mathur says India and the UK have combined their green grid initiatives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One […]

Circular economy offers a clear and credible pathway to achieve sustainably — one that equally puts focus on people, the planet and profit, said experts at Sankalp Global2021. While deliberating about issues around sustainability, experts stressed the need for businesses to rapidly adopt industry best practices from across the globe. Forward-looking firms will leverage the […]

A visual that most people cannot forget in a hurry is that of migrant workers walking back home as the coronavirus lockdown closed down cities in March 2020. The blue-collared workers had no jobs, incomes or the means to stay back in cities, and this started an exodus to their native villages. This incident put […]

Trusted operators and business ecosystems are the two major challenges that Bangladeshi startups face while attracting foreign investments, said entrepreneurship specialists. “Most of the investors are concerned about who is operating and regulating the system, and whether it is reliable or not,” Tina Jabeen, CEO of Startup Bangladesh Limited, told a session of Sankalp Global […]

Noble laureate and founder of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday emphasised on the creation of a new law for banking to help microfinance reach unbanked people and encourage the creation of social businesses. He said that currently, there is one banking law that prescribes a number of regulations for banks, most importantly of having […]

India (Maharashtra), October 11: The Sankalp Global Summit 2021, one of the world’s largest inclusive development platforms and an Intellecap initiative, will hold its 13th edition in a virtual format over the next two days.The Summit would draw 2,000+ attendees from 70+ countries, with 200+ Hours of Training, 50+ Sessions, 500+ Consultants, 200+ Investors, and […]

Financial institutions in India will have to integrate climate risk considerations in their investment decisions and portfolio management to mitigate impacts Financial institutions in India will have to integrate climate risk considerations in their investment decisions and portfolio management to mitigate impacts  India have lost over USD 80 billion in the 20 years to 2019 […]

One of India’s major efforts to curb air pollution in the country has been its dedicated focus on adopting electric mobility. In the last 10 years, the Indian automobile industry has seen a high penetration of electric mobility, especially in the private vehicle sector, including electric cars and scooters. This has been a result of […]

Women make up an overwhelming majority of the microfinance borrowers in the country – 85% share – as per a report by SIDBI and PwC India in November 2019, but there is an anomaly.Most of the microfinance players disburse loans either through the Joint Liability Group (JLG) or the Self-Help Group (SHG) model. Individual micro […]