From ports to mines, Gautam Adani wants all his businesses to go green

Adani has put 2030 as the deadline for Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd, India's largest integrated ports and logistics company, to become net carbon-neutral

On 18 July, as Gautam Adani, Chairman of his eponymous group, addressed his shareholders, he looked resilient in a finely-tailored dark suit and a printed pink tie. He took a quick look at his journey in the last three decades and said the group’s true ambitions lay ahead.

A large part of that ambition looks green. Adani devoted a precious few minutes of his 31-minute address to the group’s green businesses, saying it had the largest operational renewable energy portfolio in the country and was focused on developing the lowest-cost green electron.

However, Adani’s green ambition goes deeper than watts