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ESG · Climate · Sustainability Practice

Advising businesses through India's evolving ESG, climate and sustainability framework.

Strategic legal advisory on climate risk, sustainability measures, ESG, BRSR and governance compliance, sustainability disclosures, carbon markets and emerging environmental regulation, for boards, investors and industries.

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ESG Regulatory Landscape

India's sustainability rulebook is being rewritten in real time.

SEBI's BRSR and ESG-disclosure framework has moved sustainability from voluntary reporting into binding compliance for India's largest listed entities. The MoEFCC environment- protection regime continues to define the underlying compliance perimeter, while the Indian Carbon Market platform operationalises the country's compliance carbon market. NITI Aayog's SDG India Index anchors the same priorities into a national development baseline.

Globally, UN climate reporting and UNFCCC processes set the direction of corporate transition,the European Commission's climate-action framework drives cross- border instruments such as CBAM, and independent monitors - CCPI, Carbon Brief and Climate Policy Initiative India - track real-world progress. LKS Attorneys offers integrated counsel across this evolving architecture.

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India's climate goals

Net-zero by 2070 and the Panchamrit commitments.

India's nationally determined contributions, articulated through the Panchamrit commitments at COP26 and updated through subsequent submissions, frame the country's climate trajectory: 500 GW of non-fossil installed electricity capacity by 2030, 50% of cumulative electric power from non-fossil sources by 2030, a reduction in projected emissions by one billion tonnes, a 45% reduction in the emissions intensity of GDP from 2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero by 2070.

These targets shape the regulatory direction across India's carbon market, renewable energy procurement, BRSR disclosures and the Green Credit Programme - and define the transition planning horizon for boards and investors operating in India.

Practice Capabilities

Full-spectrum ESG, climate and sustainability counsel.

Key ESG Regulations in India

Featured frameworks and circulars.

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SEBI2023

BRSR Core Framework

Reasonable assurance on KPIs for top-1000 listed entities, phased from FY24.

MoEFCC2023

Green Credit Programme Rules

Market-based mechanism incentivising voluntary environmental actions.

MoP / BEE2023

Carbon Credit Trading Scheme

Statutory carbon market under the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022.

SEBI2023

ESG Disclosures for Value Chain

Top-250 listed entities to report on upstream/downstream partners.

Industries served

Sector-led ESG counsel.

Our teams pair sector knowledge with regulatory depth, because materiality, transition risk and compliance burden differ fundamentally across industries.

Manufacturing & heavy industry
Energy, power & utilities
Banks, NBFCs & insurers
Real estate & infrastructure
Sovereigns & development finance
Agribusiness & FMCG
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What is the buzz about the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme in India?

India's national carbon market has been operationalised under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS). The article walks through why CCTS matters on the global stage, how it aligns with CBAM, how the pricing mechanism works, why credibility and quality of credits are decisive, and what it means for hard-to-abate sectors and supply-chain resilience.
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