Long-form conversations with sustainability leaders, investors, regulators, and practitioners navigating India's ESG transformation — one honest discussion at a time.
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Meera Krishnaswamy shares her experience leading ESG transformation across a multi-sector conglomerate — tackling Scope 3 value chain emissions, building board literacy, and why she believes 2025–2026 is India's "disclosure reckoning moment." She also weighs in on why most CSOs underestimate the political capital needed to move Scope 3 programmes forward.
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12 episodes · Season 1 & 2Arjun Maheshwari, Head of ESG at Infosys BPM, unpacks why large Indian corporates are mandating ESG disclosures from Tier-2 and Tier-3 suppliers — and the window MSMEs are rapidly closing.
Priya Agarwal, Partner at Deloitte India's Sustainability Practice, on why the next generation of ESG disclosures in India will be investor-grade, not just regulator-grade.
Former SEBI ESG Disclosure Committee Member Dr. Rajiv Nair on India's regulatory trajectory and why most boards remain underprepared for third-party assurance requirements.
Sunita Rao of Adani Ports on Scope 1 and 2 reduction targets, piloting green hydrogen bunkering, and building ESG literacy across a 10,000-person workforce.
Kiran Mehta of ClimateCapital India on integrating ESG screening into deal flow, what founders need at pre-Series A, and why social metrics are the next frontier.
Vikram Sood, Director of Climate Policy at TERI, on the gap between India's NDC commitments and corporate-level action — and the policy levers that could close it faster.
Ananya Krishnan, CSO of a Bengaluru-based SaaS unicorn, on building a sustainability function from scratch inside a high-growth tech company and why gender diversity correlates with ESG outcomes.
Rahul Chandra, ESG lawyer and partner at a leading Delhi firm, on the evolving litigation landscape around sustainability claims and what material disclosure really means in 2025.
Deepika Rangarajan, co-founder of a regenerative agriculture advisory, on Scope 3 emissions in food supply chains, the biodiversity disclosure gap, and nature-based solutions for Indian agribusiness.
Neeraj Sharma, Head of Sustainability at a NSE-listed mid-cap, on the reporting framework fatigue, what practitioners actually use, and why simplification is the most urgent ESG infrastructure need.
The pilot episode. Our founder and host sets out the thesis: why India's ESG transformation is the defining business story of this decade — and what the show will explore. A sweeping scene-setter.
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