CCAC

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The CII Climate Action Charter (CCAC) will provide a platform for Indian businesses to map Climate Change as a material risk across value chains and develop long-term actions to build resilience. This platform will facilitate businesses to lead their sectoral climate actions and showcase best practices for addressing climate risks.


The CII Climate Action Charter (CCAC) has been designed to provide impetus for collective action by Indian businesses to drive solutions for a just, equitable and resilient transition. CCAC will provide a platform for Indian businesses to map climate change as a material risk and develop actions to build sustainable and resilient businesses, thus ensuring long-term competitiveness.

Charter Principles

CCAC is based on the four principles which will support businesses in addressing climate change risks in their operations. The principles are based on four critical areas.

GHG Emission Reduction

Develop measurable short term (5 years) and long term targets for GHG emission reduction.

Transition in Value Chain

Support value chain in climate transition.

Building Resilience

Build resilience for future climate change impacts.

Mobilizing Green Finance

Accelerate green finance for climate transition.

Process for Joining Charter

Commitment On Principles

CEO/ MD of the company to sign on the Charter Principles.

Business Climate Action

Share company's short term and long-term climate commitment Report annually on the progress made towards the commitments.

Modify Commitment

Modify your commitment based on sectoral approaches and value chain vulnerability.

Support Value Chain

Support your value chain in mitigating climate risk by developing climate actions assess value chain vulnerability based on CCAC maturity model

Social Media

Publications

The CII Business Delegation at COP 27

The CII Business Delegation at COP 27

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES for Implementing Voluntary Climate Action in the Indian Private Sector

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES for Implementing Voluntary Clim...

TOOLKIT FOR MSMEs NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION

TOOLKIT FOR MSMEs NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND CONTROLLING A...

Promoting Sustainable Corporate Procurement Practices in India's Manufacturing Sector

Promoting Sustainable Corporate Procurement Practices in I...

Clean and Green Planet

Promoting Sustainable Corporate Procurement Practices in I...

Clean and Green Planet

Promoting Sustainable Corporate Procurement Practices in I...

Race to Zero

Race to Zero

Sustainable and Green Solutions for Climate Change 3 March 2021

Sustainable and Green Solutions for Climate Change 3 March...

BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN INDIAN BUSINESSES

The Award reflects the need for unity in this world. To sust...

Climate Action Charter Insights Report

Climate Action Charter Insights Report

Climate Action Charter Report

Climate Action Charter Report

Climate Action Charter Report Coimbatore & Tirupur Industrial Clusters

Climate Action Charter Report Coimbatore & Tirupur Industri...

Pologround, Sanwer Road and Palda Industrial Clusters

Pologround, Sanwer Road and Palda Industrial Clusters

FAQ's

Frequently Asked Questions

There is an urgent need to understand the need of industry action and its effectiveness towards building a pathway to achieve aspirations such as mapping out net zero future, become resilient, drive innovation, and create growth at the same time, build on interventions on important pillars like -low carbon economy, circularity, collaborations, and balanced ecosystems.

Moreover, working together to drive industry towards acknowledging the common but differentiated responsibilities, understanding the mutual complementarities, and identifying the levers of action in accelerating towards a sustainable and low carbon transition.

Becoming a signatory of CII CCAC is voluntary, and no cost is involved.

The CII CCAC will support signatories through in-house tools developed and validated by Working Group Committee experts to understand the state and dependencies of the company on climate change risk and vulnerability risk index across the value chain and provide a platform for Indian businesses to map Climate Change as a material risk as well as develop long-term actions to build resilience.


Four pillars of the charter include:

a) GHG Emission Reductions – Measure the present/baseline GHG emission and develop measurable short-term (5 years) and long-term targets for GHG emission reduction

b) Transition in value chain – Identify risks to which the value chain is exposed and support in climate transition.

c) Building Resilience- Work with the company’s leadership team to build resilience for future climate change impacts.

d) Mobilizing Green Finance- Help in framework development of green bonds usage and accelerate green finance for climate transition. To improve the identification and management of financial risks related to the climate and the environment.

The first requirement is to sign the CII Climate Action Charter and make public disclosures every year, followed by   progress made by the company on specific points of the CCAC (if not all) and whether they want to be scaled and ranked accordingly. In subsequent disclosures the company is required to report on progress on most of the points along with newly added achievement. The reporting framework will help companies to prepare the disclosure developed by CCAC Advisory group.

Expectation from companies is w.r.t taking a pledge in reporting correct data to understand the present state of climate risk the company is facing across the value chain. The four principles will support businesses in addressing climate change risks in their operations.

Main aim of the CII-Climate Action Charter is to drive corporate climate action in India.

Climate change is the defining issue of present times and businesses are facing major challenges due to increase in extreme weather events fatal climate events causing damage on a large scale.

India's own Climate Change Assessment Report by the government showed that both the frequency and intensity of droughts had increased significantly between 1951 and 2016; and more areas have become susceptible to flooding. It warns that heat waves would intensify four-fold by the end of the century. The 4 principles will support businesses in addressing climate change risks in own business and across the value chain. The CII Climate Action Charter (CCAC) has been designed to facilitate businesses to lead their sectoral climate actions and showcase best practices for addressing climate risks.