Climate Change

This rating is based on assured data aligned with the nine principles of the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) Core, which serves as a structured framework for evaluating a company’s sustainability performance.

BRSR Core emphasizes critical aspects of environmental stewardship, social responsibility and governance practices, ensuring that businesses operate ethically and sustainably. It enables companies to identify gaps in their ESG practices, benchmark performance against regulatory standards and demonstrate accountability to stakeholders.

Why Choose Us?

🔹 Indian Focus – Tailored methodology for Indian-listed companies.

🔹 Comprehensive Evaluation – 330+ data points, 130 KPIs across ESG.

🔹 Global Alignment – Linked with GRI, CDP for local & global standards.

🔹 Actionable Insights – SWOT analysis with improvement strategies.

🔹 Peer Benchmarking – Compare with top five industry competitors.

🔹 National Alignment – In sync with Mission LiFE, Net Zero, Start-up, GiFT City.

Value Chain Management

Our Mixed Themes Ratings are designed to assess how businesses manage their entire value chain, with a focus on labour rights, supplier relationships and sustainability practices. These ratings are designed to help businesses assess the social and environmental risks within their value chains, ensuring that ethical and sustainable practices are embedded throughout.

With Value Chain Management Ratings, businesses can:

•  Gain a comprehensive view of their supply chain's sustainability performance
•  Identify risks and opportunities within their value chain
•  Enhance transparency and responsibility across the entire supply chain
•  Strengthen supplier relationships through ethical sourcing practices                                                         

Our Pillar-Based ESG Ratings (Governance) help businesses evaluate and strengthen their corporate governance practices. These ratings assess key metrics such as board effectiveness, ethical business conduct, transparency, risk management, compliance and other key governance factors.

With Governance Ratings, businesses can:

🔹 Ensure greater transparency and accountability

🔹 Foster ethical decision-making and responsible leadership

🔹 Strengthen risk management and compliance

🔹 Build stakeholder trust by showcasing strong governance practices

Whether you're a global leader or an emerging business, these ratings set the standard for responsible and transparent governance.

Environmental-Based Themes focuses on evaluating a company's performance in key environmental areas.

The Climate Change rating assesses aspects such as carbon emissions, waste management and effluents, helping organizations understand their contributions to mitigating climate change.

The Natural Capital rating evaluates resource usage, land management and the sustainable use of natural assets, enabling companies to gauge their stewardship of critical resources. Together, these ratings provide actionable insights to promote responsible environmental practices and drive sustainable growth.

Why Choose Us?

🔹 Indian-focused – Tailored methodology for Indian listed companies.

🔹 Comprehensive ESG Evaluation – 330+ data points across 130 KPIs.

🔹 Globally Aligned – Integrated with GRI, CDP, and other global standards.

🔹 Actionable Insights – Detailed SWOT with tailored recommendations.

🔹 Peer Benchmarking – Compare performance against top 5 industry peers.

🔹 National Alignment – Supporting Mission LiFE, Net Zero, Start-up, and GIFT City initiatives.

ESG Core Rating provides a comprehensive evaluation of a company's sustainability and governance practices.

It includes three key metrics: Core ESG Rating, which measures exposure to industry-specific ESG risks and management capabilities; Core Transition Rating, which assesses preparedness for transitioning to a low-carbon economy; and Combined Core Rating, which integrates ESG performance and transition risks into a unified assessment.

These ratings, based on assured data, offer actionable insights to help organizations understand investor interest, benchmark performance and ensure compliance with ESG regulations.

Our Pillar-Based ESG Ratings (Social) are designed to help businesses evaluate and strengthen their social impact. These ratings assess key metrics such as employee well-being, diversity and inclusion, human rights practices, community engagement, workplace safety and other key social factors.

With Social Ratings, businesses can:

🔹 Foster a positive and inclusive workplace culture

🔹 Improve employee well-being and satisfaction

🔹 Strengthen relationships with communities through impactful initiatives

🔹 Enhance social disclosures to meet regulatory and investor expectations

From fostering stronger communities to building a people-first workplace, these ratings empower businesses to drive meaningful social change and long-term impact.

ESG Performance Rating is a robust category of rating products designed to provide a detailed evaluation of a company's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices.

It encompasses three key rating products: ESG Rating, Transition Rating and Combined ESG Rating.

Together, these deliver a comprehensive assessment of a company's overall performance, enabling organizations to effectively measure and enhance their sustainability initiatives. By providing actionable insights, ESG Performance Rating helps organizations identify their strengths and areas for improvement, driving strategic and sustainable growth.

This rating evaluates a company's performance across two themes namely, Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

Business Ethics- the ESG rating analyses how ethical are the business practices of the company

Corporate Governance- the ESG rating analyses the board structure and policies of a company including compliance with India’s Companies Act 2013

With these Ratings, businesses can:

• Foster ethical decision-making across all levels

• Strengthen governance frameworks and enhance organizational transparency

• Improve regulatory compliance and mitigate governance-related risks

• Build long-term trust with investors, customers and stakeholders

These ratings provide a roadmap to improve corporate governance, driving ethical decision-making and enhancing stakeholder trust.

Preparation & submission of ESG & BRSR report as mandated by SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) under "Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements Regulations, 2015" (Listing Regulations) for disclosure of data covering business operations related to the environmental, social, and governance aspects of your business including company's progress in these three fields against benchmarks and targets.

We undertake a systematic study to understand the environmental impacts of your products and services throughout their entire life cycle.

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1. Assess Carbon Footprint of your Products which will be attract new Carbon Tax from European Union under CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) while exporting your products to these countries.

2. Develop a carbon offset strategy for your business through carbon trading and exchange.

Government Regulations and actions in different countries are itself not sufficient to deal with carbon change impacts and more so in reversing the rise in global temperature.

Therefore, in addition to the compliance mechanism like CDM, other regional ETS and Carbon Tax mechanisms, corporate and individuals are taking it upon themselves to contribute and create tangible impacts in the fight against trending Global Warming & Climate change. Therefore, it is termed as Voluntary as these actions are not mandated under any Government law for reducing or neutralizing emissions.

The first step is to optimize internal processes to reduce emission and carbon intensity of their products and services. After a certain level of abatement, further reduction of emission is not economically feasible, that’s when Carbon Offset can help such actors bridge the gap in reaching their carbon neutrality ambitions.

The next big hurdle is to select the right kind of carbon offset. The parameters to consider while selecting a carbon offset are to ensure that, the net reductions are Real, Additional, Quantifiable, Permanent & 3rd-party verified.

Our professionals do all the due diligence on your behalf to ensure that you get the right kind of offsets from the right project that suits your organization’s interest and priorities.

3. We help in building your own carbon offset program by fully managing projects that may include forestry, natural resources, renewable energy sources and other innovative avenues.

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1. Prepare Monitoring report on Emission Reductions of your Green Project, for Audit by a Validation & Verification Body (VVB)/ DOE (Designated Operational Entity).

2. Appointment of VVB/ DOE, closure of CL (Clarification Request), CAR (Corrective Action Request), FAR (Forward Action Request) raised on the Monitoring Report and ensure preparation of final Verification Report.

3. Assist in issuance of Carbon Credits by the Registry (UNFCCC, Verra, GS, GCC etc) and/ or sell profitably - find Buyers, negotiate deal, sign contract and oversee sale.

4. Assist in CDM compliance - procure Carbon credits at lowest price, negotiate deal, sign contract, buy and retire Credits.We manage verification and credit retirement process on all international carbon registries and assist in getting certification of offsets.

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We assist Companies, Organisations and Individuals to adopt, adapt and change the way they work, manufacture, deliver or perform with the aim to prevent trending Climate Change, protect our Environment from its adverse impact, and work towards UNO-laid Sustainable Development Goals.

Services | We offer 29 services in the following fields:

Carbon & Plastic Credits (Buying, Selling & Advisory), Circular Economy, Nature Based Solutions, Renewable Energy, ESG Reporting, Environment Audit, Social Audit, Green Project Investment Consulting, Carbon & Plastic Advisory services including preparation of PDD (Project Design Document), its Monitoring & Validation/ Verification by IEE (Independent Evaluation Experts), Projects in Climate, Community & Biodiversity, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Airport Carbon Accreditation.

Programs/ Methodologies | We provide services adhering to following Standards, Programs & Methodologies:

1. CDM methodology (Clean Development Mechanism) of UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).

2. Verra Registry Programs (USA):

a. Plastic Waste Reduction Standard.

b. SD VISta (Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard).

c. CCB Standard (Climate, Community & Biodiversity).

d. VCS (Verified Carbon Standard).

3. GS4GG (Gold Standard for Global Goals).

4. GCC (Global Carbon Council), Qatar.

5. GES (Global Emissions Standard), USA.

6. Social Carbon Standard.

7. CCBA (Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance).

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Our Environment Pillar Ratings are designed to help businesses measure and improve their environmental performance. The assessment covers critical sustainability parameters such as energy efficiency, emissions management, resource utilization, waste management and other key environmental factors.

With our Environment Ratings, businesses can:

• Benchmark performance against the top five industry peers by market capitalization

• Identify and mitigate environmental risks proactively

• Strengthen ESG disclosure to meet regulatory and investor expectations

• Drive sustainable growth through actionable insights

• Demonstrate environmental commitment and gain a competitive advantage

Whether you are a large corporation or a growing enterprise, our ratings provide clear guidance for building a resilient and sustainable future.