13th Edition
Green Business Titan
The 13th Earth Care Awards recognises the Mahindra Group as the Green Business Titan for its long-standing commitment to sustainability, climate action, and inclusive growth across its diversified businesses. With a legacy of over eight decades, the Mahindra Group has embedded sustainability across sectors including automotive, farm equipment, financial services, technology, real estate, hospitality, logistics, renewable energy, and other key businesses.
Mahindra Group has committed to achieving carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2040. As of FY25, approximately 30% of the Group’s electricity consumption is sourced from renewable energy, with a projection to increase to up to 60% in the coming years. The group is water positive and has planted over 25 million trees through Project Hariyali as part of its biodiversity efforts. Additionally, a significant share of the Mahindra Group’s revenues is green-aligned and actively tracked.
Mahindra’s sustainability journey is guided by its ambition to become a Planet Positive business. Mahindra Group’s businesses are progressing across 4 pillars of the planet positive strategy: greening operations, decarbonising industry, climate adaptation & just transition, and ESG leadership & climate advocacy.
Greening operations holistically includes expanding RE use, improving energy efficiency, strengthening water stewardship, and embedding circularity. To decarbonize the industry, the company is accelerating transition to a green portfolio by advancing electric mobility, sustainable real estate, green logistics, auto recycling, etc., and engaging deeply with suppliers to reduce value chain impacts. Focus areas also include climate adaptation and just transition by addressing physical climate risks (e.g., heat stress), promoting sustainable agriculture, & driving biodiversity conservation, alongside just transition initiatives like skilling programs for RE and regenerative agriculture practices. The group strongly emphasises on transparent reporting and disclosures, advocacy across global and domestic platforms, and thought leadership and collaboration with key organizations
Mahindra’s climate leadership is reflected in its business transformation. The Group is demonstrating how sustainability can be integrated into future-ready business models. Its efforts have earned recognition on global platforms. Mahindra & Mahindra has retained leadership status in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since 2021 and is ranked among global leaders in the automobile industry. Mahindra Group is among top 50 companies on TIME’s list of world’s best companies (only Indian co. in top 100). The ranking is based on ESG, employee satisfaction, and financial performance
Mahindra Group stands as a powerful example of responsible business leadership, showing that scale, innovation, and competitiveness can go hand in hand with climate action, environmental stewardship, and long-term value for society
Category : Women Leaders in Climate Action
The 13th Earth Care Awards recognises Meera Chandra, Forest First Samithi under the category Women Leaders in Climate Action for embodying deeply rooted environmental stewardship in women leadership through a science-backed, community-led restoration model in the Western Ghats that has earned judicial recognition and empowered tribal communities as primary agents of forest recovery.
Recognised for embodying deeply rooted environmental stewardship in women leadership through a science-backed, community-led restoration model in the Western Ghats that has earned judicial recognition and empowered tribal communities as primary agents of forest recovery
Category : Institutional Leadership in Climate Action
The 13th Earth Care Awards commends District Administration, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh under the category Institutional Leadership in Climate Action for systems-level district leadership in restoring groundwater through GIS-based hydrological planning, convergence financing and a sustained structural shift toward diversified, climate-resilient agriculture.
Commended for systems-level district leadership in restoring groundwater through GIS-based hydrological planning, convergence financing and a sustained structural shift toward diversified, climate-resilient agriculture
The 13th Earth Care Awards recognises Gram Panchayat Nanasa under the category Institutional Leadership in Climate Action for a self-initiated village water security model that combined groundwater recharge with a cultural behavioural innovation to achieve sustained community ownership.
Recognised for a self-initiated village water security model that combined groundwater recharge with a cultural behavioural innovation to achieve sustained community ownership
Category : Community-Led Climate Action
The 13th Earth Care Awards recognises CHIRAG under the category Community-Led Climate Action for pioneering a science-backed, community-led spring shed management model that restores Himalayan water sources, embeds long-term water security governance within rural communities and demonstrates strong scalability potential with a replicable pathway for government adoption.
Recognised for pioneering a science-backed, community-led spring shed management model that restores Himalayan water sources, embeds long-term water security governance within rural communities and demonstrates strong scalability potential with a replicable pathway for government adoption
The 13th Earth Care Awards recognises Himmotthan Society under the category Community-Led Climate Action for strengthening holistic livelihood and climate resilience in fragile Himalayan landscapes through an integrated model spanning water security, indigenous artificial glacier systems, fodder development and community-led livestock management.
Recognised for strengthening holistic livelihood and climate resilience in fragile Himalayan landscapes through an integrated model spanning water security, indigenous artificial glacier systems, fodder development and community-led livestock management
The 13th Earth Care Awards recognises NIRMAN under the category Community-Led Climate Action for enabling tribal forest-dependent communities to secure legal tenure under the Forest Rights Act and govern their own forest landscapes through sustained ecological restoration and fire prevention.
Recognised for enabling tribal forest-dependent communities to secure legal tenure under the Forest Rights Act and govern their own forest landscapes through sustained ecological restoration and fire prevention
Category : Emerging Businesses in Climate Action
The 13th Earth Care Awards recognises Minimac Systems Pvt. Ltd. under the category Emerging Businesses in Climate Action for developing a proprietary, multi-technology lubricant reconditioning system that addresses a high-volume industrial waste problem with a commercially scalable model and a credible pathway to full MacroCircularity.
Recognised for developing a proprietary, multi-technology lubricant reconditioning system that addresses a high-volume industrial waste problem with a commercially scalable model and a credible pathway to full MacroCircularity
Category : Communicator for Climate Action
The 13th Earth Care Awards recognises Mongabay India under Communicators for Climate Action – Written Journalism and Storytelling for its rigorous, independent environmental journalism published in English and Hindi that brings India’s conservation frontline to diverse audiences, from policymakers and scientists to civil society. Through open-access articles, features, podcasts, and videos, Mongabay India makes environmental science accessible, amplifies the voices of communities most affected by ecological change, and shows a consistent record of journalism that translates into real-world impact.