TERI Council for Business Sustainability

TERI Council for Business Sustainability (TERI CBS) serves as the interface for TERI’s research work to be connected to the corporate world. TERI CBS engages with the core issue of what businesses must do to shape and lead in sustainability. The Council is a network of Indian business leaders working on a shared commitment to mainstream sustainability in business strategies and practices. Activities of the Council are governed by an Executive Committee - comprising CEOs from amongst the member companies.

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NEW IN TERI CBS

  • Harnessing the Potential

    COP29

    TERI @ COP29

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    urban-heat

    Event

    TERI in Advisory Council of Net Zero Summit and Bharat Solar Expo

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  • greenhouse gases

    Event

    Board of Directors of Tata Projects visit TERI Gwal Pahari Campus

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  • Experiential Learning

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    High Level Roundtable at WIC 2024 'Discourse at COP29 – Implications and Opportunities for the Investment Community'

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  • greenhouse gases

     

    Yearly Report 2024

    TERI CBS Key Results & Outcomes

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More at TERI CBS

Events

CEO Forum at WSDS 2025

March 6, 2025
to March 6, 2025

Challenges related to sustainable development and climate change are complex and highly interconnected, necessitating action from a spectrum of stakeholders. The Paris Agreement of 2015 clearly states that, among these stakeholders, the private sector plays a key role in confronting the core issues relating to sustainable development. Businesses, through the mobilization of resources, play a crucial role in enabling actions on sustainable development; the transition to clean energy, for example, driven by private sector investments, is demonstrative of such commitments.

Board of Directors of Tata Projects visit TERI Gwal Pahari Campus

November 27, 2024
to November 27, 2024

On November 27, 2024, TERI hosted the leadership team of Tata Projects, including its Board of Directors, CXOs, and MD and CEO, at its Gwal Pahari campus.

Panel Session with IPCC Chair and Indian Business Leaders

November 13, 2024
to November 13, 2024

The Sixth Assessment Report (AR 6) of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change mirrors climate realities for India and even though assessments are global in scale, it has given projections for India that will help define its development pathways vis-à-vis its climate change realities.

Articles

Changing role of chief sustainability officers in the services sector

The role of a sustainability officer, particularly in the services sector, becomes multi-dimensional as all players in the ecosystem have to be taken along

Changing role of chief sustainability officers

Sustainability in businesses has moved from a compliance based approach to an impact measurement and mitigation approach

Reports

Sustainability Super Trends 2018

Transformation, Momentum and Collaboration emerge as the keywords for Indian companies exhibiting their leadership on sustainability. The term 'sustainability' having reached boardrooms, the practices are being increasingly mainstreamed.

The TERI CBS report captures the Sustainability Super Trends of 2018 that - CEOs, Business Heads, Chief Sustainability Officers and/or such designated officers leading sustainability function - should be cognizant about. These trends become vital while shaping sustainability roadmaps and materiality evaluation for Indian companies.

White paper on National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)

Through successive consultations with its member companies and advice provided by the industry associations, TERI-BCSD developed the White Paper on "Corporate Action Plan on Climate Change". The White Paper brings out a clear definition of actions by business and industry, which will facilitate the development of specific policies and augment the implementation of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).

Team