Why Green Finance Must Move Beyond Slogans And Tick-Boxes
Why Green Finance Must Move Beyond Slogans And Tick-Boxes The essence of true green finance is not to cheerlead the greenest technologies, but to invest in the greening of grey—and yes, even brown—sectors. Srinath Sridharan 17 Dec 2024, 12:57 PM IST Business Why Green Finance Must Move Beyond Slogans And Tick-Boxes Green finance, for all its promise, is at a crossroads. Much like a greenwashed wa Green finance, for all its promise, is at a crossroads. Much like a greenwashed wall that peels when touched, the rhetoric often fails to match the reality. The concept has become both a rallying cry and a quagmire of contradictions. We extol the virtues of a net-zero world, but can we really wager our last treasury coin on achieving it? The uncomfortable truth is that sustainable finance risks be Green finance, despite its growing prominence, remains a shallow construct in India, hampered by limited regulatory progress and insufficient alignment between rhetoric and reality. With ...