The Hindu Sustainability Summit to explore pathways to a sustainable future

As companies, governments and communities navigate the rising imperatives of local weather motion and sustainable growth, The Hindu, in affiliation with Chennai Petroleum Company Restricted (CPCL), will host The Hindu Sustainability Summit 2026 on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) from 10 a.m. onwards. 

Themed “CSR for a Sustainable Tomorrow,” the summit will convey collectively main voices from trade, authorities, academia and the broader sustainability ecosystem to look at how accountable management, innovation and collaboration can translate sustainability ambitions into measurable influence. 

The summit will likely be inaugurated by V. Ok. Rajeev, Minister for Atmosphere and Local weather Change, Authorities of Tamil Nadu. H. Shankar, Managing Director, CPCL, and Kumar Jayant, IAS, Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Restricted (TNPL), would be the Friends of Honour. 

Eight periods

The complete-day summit will function eight insightful periods comprising fireplace conversations, panel discussions and displays, bringing collectively numerous views on a number of the most urgent sustainability challenges and alternatives. 

The discussions will discover the transformation of refineries into future-ready vitality hubs, progressive approaches to wastewater administration and the function of circularity in constructing resilient water methods. Different periods will look at how ESG, information and digital innovation can assist drive extra impactful CSR initiatives, alongside the way forward for sustainable cooling and course of heating. 

The summit can even delve into India’s transition from fossil fuels to internet zero, the function of start-ups in accelerating the vitality transition, and the way the banking sector can help the financing of a sustainable future. A session on actual property and sustainability will look at how the sector can stability development with environmental accountability. 

The summit is supported by CPCL because the Presenting Accomplice, with NLC India Restricted, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Navin’s, WABAG, Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Restricted, Indian Financial institution, Urbando and State Financial institution of India as Affiliate Companions. 

The summit’s sustainability-focused partnerships embody Thermax because the Sustainable Cooling Accomplice, Treeni because the Sustainability Intelligence Accomplice, Chennai Port Authority because the Blue Economic system Accomplice and Tamil Nadu Inexperienced Local weather Firm because the Local weather Motion Accomplice. 

Mangaldeep is the Perfume Accomplice, Puthiya Thalaimurai the TV Accomplice, The Federal the Digital TV Accomplice and Communitree the NGO Accomplice.