Planning for Net Zero: Best Practices for Indian Banks and NBFCs

This report discusses how Indian banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) can utilize integrated transition planning to address structural bottlenecks and bridge the climate finance gap, drawing on 10 lessons from the experiences of global banks.

• Indian banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) are in the early stages of climate action and encounter structural bottlenecks, despite regulatory initiatives designed to support and encourage the sector.
• To meet the expectations of stakeholders and regulators and to overcome existing barriers, Indian banks and NBFCs can adopt integrated transition planning approaches.
• The report provides 10 lessons derived from the transition planning experiences of global banks that may be applicable to the Indian financial sector.

APA

RMI (2024). Planning for Net Zero: Best Practices for Indian Banks and NBFCs. https://rmi.org/resources/planning-for-net-zero-best-practices-for-indian-banks-nbfcs/

Chicago

RMI. Planning for Net Zero: Best Practices for Indian Banks and NBFCs. 2024. https://rmi.org/resources/planning-for-net-zero-best-practices-for-indian-banks-nbfcs/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2024planning, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Planning for Net Zero: Best Practices for Indian Banks and NBFCs}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/planning-for-net-zero-best-practices-for-indian-banks-nbfcs/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }