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About The Guest
Puja Singh, Manager - Investment Banking
Acuity Knowledge Partners
Puja has 6 years of extensive experience in ESG, Climate Change & Sustainability and she is supervising the ESG team at Acuity. She also has diverse experience in conducting ESIA, EHS compliance audits, ESG Risks and Controls, EHS & ESG Due Diligence assessments. Prior to joining Acuity, she was working with companies like KPMG Global Services, EY India and ERM India. She has expertise in provisioning extensive research requirements for clients through preparation of Peer Benchmarking, Target Compilation, Sustainability report, Sustainable Finance Updates and Sectoral ESG Thematic Detailing Engagement.
Episode Description
Ananta and Puja discuss on the importance of focusing on the Paris agreement without which global temperatures can be seen to double. They discuss on the aspect of polycrisis – a situation where several harmful events occur at the same time, and why it is imperative for businesses and governments to develop mitigation strategies that can combat climate change and accelerate decarbonization.
Key Takeaways
- Adopting renewable energy sources, a circular economy, and linking sustainability to performance for corporates are the three major ways to achieve decarbonization of the global economy.
- Acuity has specialist experience in ESG advisory services, climate change, transition finance, ESG capital markets, national and international regulations, ESG peer benchmarking, TCFD report preparation, renewable waste strategy and feasibility analysis, thought leadership through reports, ebinars,
whitepapers, newsletters, blogs, along with many others. - Acuity partnered with Suveksha towards recycling waste materials along with leading other initiatives like plantation drives, carpooling, and many more.