Convenings & Policy Dialogues

Managing Director Shaurya Ritwik joined as guest panelist alongside Chief Guest Subhasish Chakraborty (Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, DTDC Express Limited) and opening address by Alok Dhir (Founder and Managing Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates).

The panel convened senior legal, corporate, and financial leadership to examine the structural future of ESG and transition finance in India:

• Rajiv Kumar Gupta|President, PB Fintech Ltd
• Urvi Mody|Director, Group Landmark
• Shishir Joshi|Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Project Mumbai
• Shujath Bin Ali|Chief Legal Officer, Fourth Partner Energy
• Rohan Thacker|Head of Corporate Legal & Cleantech Business, Tata Capital Ltd

The discussion focused on the core institutional premise that sustainability in emerging markets will be determined less by reporting disclosures and more by market design: the pricing of transition risk, capital allocation mechanics, and whether legal and financial architecture can carry the structural decarbonization of the real economy.

Institutional ContextSupporting Partner alongside Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and Bayan SEARCH Foundation.

SCRF served as supporting partner for the high-level policy dialogue on operationalizing the Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS). Mark C. Pascasio of the Philippine Statistics Authority grounded the agenda in the macroeconomic necessity of adjusting GDP metrics through natural capital accounts, including Adjusted Net Savings and Comprehensive Wealth indicators.

Technical panel contributions were delivered by:

• Ryan C.|Biodiversity Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (BMB-DENR)
• Marian S. Delos Angeles|Resources, Environment and Economics Center for Studies (REECS)
• John Menguito|Philippine Earth Justice Center
• Ann Adeline Dumaliang|Masungi Georeserve Foundation
• Miguel F. del Rosario|Geospectrum
• David Pagulayan|Bayan SEARCH Foundation, Moderator

Proceedings addressed the analytical insight that natural assets must be valued with methodological rigor and legal enforceability on sovereign and institutional balance sheets to establish a credible foundation for green finance instruments.

A technical consultation with institutional investors, credit rating agencies, and public debt management officials evaluating second-party opinion standards, pricing differentials, and secondary market liquidity in sovereign issuances.