by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 8, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Data, Eco/Invest/Demography
As part of the ESG Bond deal, L&T is committed to environmental targets, including a decrease in intensity of fresh water withdrawal and emissions of greenhouse gases. These initiatives are in line with the company’s long-term sustainability goals of achieving...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 8, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
The increasing retail sales data marks a significant shift in consumer adoption of EVs, signalling growing momentum in the transition towards cleaner mobility. The retail data of electric passenger vehicles shows that the players in the segment sold about 12,304...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Risk Management, Technology
China holds a near-monopoly on rare earth magnets – a crucial component in electric vehicle motors – and it added them to an export control list in April as part of its trade war with the United States, forcing all exporters to apply to Beijing for licenses. In a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
India is ranked sixth among countries most affected by extreme weather, according to the 2025 Climate Risk Index report by Germanwatch. The world’s fastest-growing major economy has experienced more than 400 extreme weather events over three decades ending 2022, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 7, 2025 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
The World Bank’s assessment, based on the $3.00 per day international poverty line (using 2021 prices), shows a broad-based reduction across both rural and urban areas.The data further showed that this sharp decline was uniformly observed, with rural extreme...