Net-zero in mind, how Project Aalingana is making Tata companies embrace sustainable transformation

N Chandrasekaran, Chairperson, Tata Group

Synopsis
Seven large Tata group companies, which account for the bulk of its carbon footprint, are taking up various sustainability measures to meet net-zero emission targets. These efforts may well offer a template for India Inc’s own green playbook.

It was the first week of April. As Siddharth Sharma, a career bureaucrat who spent 25 years in the government, formally took charge of Tata Trusts as CEO, it was a clear indication of how sustainability as a theme is going to play out in the group’s future business decisions. Sharma took a premature retirement in 2018, and after the mandatory one-year cool-off period, he joined Tata Sons in 2019 to head its sustainability initiatives under the