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BRSR Core Assurance FY2026-27: A Readiness Roadmap for India's Top 1,000 Listed Companies
From FY2026-27, India's top 1,000 listed companies must get BRSR Core assured or independently assessed. Here is who is covered, how to choose between reasonable assurance and assessment, where auditors push hardest on Scope 2, Scope 3 and boundaries, and a month-by-month timeline to be audit-ready.
C² Team
Oct 194 min read
UK CBAM Recognises India's CCTS: What Carbon Price Relief Means for Indian Exporters in 2027
On 8 September 2026 the UK added India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme to its list of qualifying carbon pricing schemes under UK CBAM, which starts on 1 January 2027. Here is what the recognition does and does not do, which Indian steel, aluminium, cement and fertiliser exporters can claim relief, what evidence UK importers will demand, and how to prepare now.
C² Team
Sep 147 min read
September 2026 Climate Brief: CCTS Nears First Trades, CBAM Widens, BRSR Core Counts Down
India's CCTS moves from compliance filing towards its first exchange trades, EU finance ministers back extending CBAM across 180-plus downstream products, and BRSR Core assurance is one cycle from the top 1,000. Our September 2026 brief covers what changed across India's carbon market, CBAM, Article 6.4, voluntary market integrity and the road to COP31 in Antalya.
C² Team
Sep 86 min read
How to Trade Carbon Credit Certificates in India: The CERC 2026 Rulebook Explained
India's carbon market finally has a trading rulebook. The CERC Regulations, 2026 set out how Carbon Credit Certificates move on power exchanges: two market segments, monthly sessions, floor and forbearance price bands, and a default rule that can bar an entity for six months. Here is what obligated and non-obligated companies should set up before the first session.
C² Team
Aug 316 min read
August 2026 Climate Brief: CCTS Compliance Filed, CBAM's Free-Allocation Rethink, and the Road to First Trades
India's first CCTS compliance filings are in, Brussels has proposed stretching free EU ETS allocation out to 2038, and BRSR Core assurance widens to the top 1,000 next year. Our August 2026 brief unpacks what actually changed across India's carbon market, EU CBAM, Article 6.4 and voluntary market integrity - plus five things Indian companies should act on this quarter.
C² Team
Aug 35 min read
India's First CCTS Compliance Deadline (31 July 2026): Filing, Penalties and What Happens Next
India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme faces its first real test on 31 July 2026, when obligated entities must file ACVA-verified emissions data for FY 2025-26. Here is what gets filed, how Carbon Credit Certificates are issued and traded on power exchanges, what a shortfall costs under the environmental compensation rules, and what compliance teams should do next.
C² Team
Jul 275 min read
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