This report examines plastic use and waste management, particularly in India, outlining environmental impacts and the need for circular solutions. It reviews bioplastics, packaging redesign, innovation and start-up activity, and proposes policy, business and entrepreneurial opportunities to advance plastics circularity and reduce single-use plastics.

Marico Innovation Foundation (MIF) is a philanthropic organisation that supports impact-driven innovation and entrepreneurship in India. It works with startups, innovators and ecosystem partners to scale solutions in areas such as climate adaptation, plastic waste management, clean technology and agriculture technology, aiming to create large-scale social, environmental and economic impact.

Sapien Labs is a global non-profit research organisation founded in 2016 that studies the human brain and mind. Through initiatives such as the Global Mind Project, Sapien Labs collects large-scale data on mental health, environment and lifestyle to understand drivers of mind health and inform evidence-based approaches to mental wellbeing.

The Global Carbon Budget is a recurring research series that synthesises global data on carbon dioxide sources and sinks. It provides a consistent framework for tracking emissions, atmospheric concentrations, and carbon uptake across land and oceans, supporting analysis of climate system dynamics and policy-relevant assessment over time.

This is an annual research series examining how audiences access, trust, and interpret climate change news. It analyses news use, attitudes, and perceptions across multiple countries, tracking changes over time to inform journalism practice, media strategy, and public understanding of climate-related information.

CRUSHED is a longitudinal research series by the Safe in India Foundation assessing worker safety in India’s automotive manufacturing and supplier ecosystem. Drawing on annual field evidence across multiple years, the series tracks workplace conditions, governance practices, and enforcement gaps to support consistent analysis over time.

Safe in India is a non-profit organisation advancing occupational health and safety in Indian manufacturing. It conducts factory-based research, worker training, and policy advocacy to prevent workplace injuries, strengthen labour rights, and improve supply chain safety. Focus areas include machine safety, data-driven interventions, and collaboration with industry, unions, and policymakers.

This series outlines UNICEF’s Child-Lens Investing approach, providing practical guidance for investors to integrate children’s rights and well-being into investment strategy, due diligence, contribution, and measurement across asset classes. It supports consistent application of a child lens alongside established impact and ESG practices.

Linux Foundation is a global non-profit that enables open source collaboration at scale. It hosts and supports critical projects across cloud, Linux, security and AI. Activities include governance, research, training, certification and events, helping organisations build, adopt and sustain open source technologies worldwide for industry, public sector and developer communities.

India has warmed by 0.89°C since the early 20th century, with further 1.2–1.3°C warming projected by mid-century. Evidence shows intensifying heat extremes, altered monsoon rainfall, rapid Indian Ocean warming, rising sea levels, glacier loss, and increasing compound hot–dry risks.

Animal Industry Data (AID) is a Seoul-based livestock technology company providing the Farmsplan® digital healthcare platform for livestock health monitoring and farm management using artificial intelligence, biotechnology and veterinary tech. It helps farmers detect disease early, improve productivity and support sustainable animal health solutions.

CFA Institute Research and Policy Center (RPC) is a finance research hub turning investment research into insights that strengthen capital markets, advance ethics and improve investor outcomes. RPC publishes policy analysis, research reports and industry perspectives for investment professionals, regulators and policymakers, grounded in CFA Institute expertise and market trends.

The report assesses historical warming’s effects on national income by combining climate model counterfactuals with temperature–growth estimates. It finds warming has likely reduced GDP in warmer, lower-income countries and moderately benefited some cooler, higher-income economies, contributing to increased between-country economic inequality since 1961.

This report investigates labour conditions on cotton farms in Madhya Pradesh, identifying child labour, forced labour indicators, and wage issues. It traces links to supplier and buyer supply chains and urges strengthened due diligence, remediation, and improved traceability to reduce risks and support more ethical cotton sourcing.

Oxford University Press (OUP) is a global academic and educational publisher. It operates as a department of the University of Oxford, producing textbooks, scholarly works, English language resources and reference works. OUP emphasises digital innovation, sustainability commitments, and broad international reach in research and education.

This report summarises over 1,000 studies (2015–2020) and finds that most show a positive relationship between ESG and financial performance. ESG integration and long-term strategies tend to enhance returns and risk management, while disclosure alone has limited financial impact.