Climate and Sustainability Initiative (CSI), in collaboration with the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), convened Mobilising Capital for India’s Green Transition at the NSE Exchange Plaza, Mumbai, marking the launch of the report Accessing Institutional Capital for India’s Green Transition. The event brought together senior leaders from capital markets, asset management firms, financial institutions, regulators, policymakers, and industry to examine how institutional capital can play a greater role in financing India’s low-carbon transition. Alongside the report launch and presentation of its key findings, the programme featured two high-level panel discussions focused on strengthening India’s climate finance ecosystem and accelerating green investment.
Discussions highlighted the need to unlock larger pools of institutional capital by addressing structural barriers across capital markets, regulation, and financial product design. Participants emphasised the importance of expanding climate-related disclosures, strengthening bond markets, improving transparency and risk assessment, and creating stronger incentives for institutional investors to integrate sustainability into capital allocation decisions. The dialogue also explored the growing role of private credit in financing green infrastructure, underscoring the need for blended finance, first-loss guarantees, improved risk-sharing mechanisms, and lifecycle-based financing structures to crowd in long-term private investment.
The convening reinforced the importance of coordinated action across regulators, financial institutions, investors, and industry to deepen India’s climate finance ecosystem. The discussions concluded that mobilising institutional capital at scale will require stronger market infrastructure, evolving policy and regulatory frameworks, and innovative financing instruments that can effectively de-risk investments across the project lifecycle.
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