5 Indian Companies Leading the Charge on Climate Innovation in 2025

With the major Indian metropolitan areas consistently showing AQI readings of more than 300-400, the nation has to deal with one of the most awful air-quality crises and climate changes in its history at a very high level. A mix of factors like pollution, fast expansion of cities, and the occasional extreme weather events are impacting the health and well-being of millions of people, with air pollution alone being responsible for more than 1.6 million early deaths every year.

Moreover, the most recent global reports exacerbate the alarms: India’s position in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) for 2025 has dropped by 13 ranks, and it is now in the 23rd spot. The report points at the increase of emissions, the rise in energy consumption, and the lack of a clear national plan of coal phase-out as the main reasons for this setback, thus indicating that India has to step up its climate action faster. In this situation of growing urgency, a number of Indian organizations are coming up with the right ideas, and scalable, data-based climate solutions through clean energy, circular plastics, and green hydrogen, climate-smart agriculture, biodiversity platforms, and sustainable waste management. These companies, while tackling the environmental issues that are most urgent, are also laying the foundation for a resilient, low-carbon India in the long run.

1. WeNaturalists: Building India’s Climate & Biodiversity Community

WeNaturalists is a global digital platform with a clear objective that connects together nature lovers, environmental professionals and organizations in order to promote climate change and biodiversity awareness as well as to support collaboration and communication in the field of the environment. It invites a wider public to participate in the conservation and climate storytelling processes, provides educational materials, communities and campaigns to improve climate literacy, and connects individuals, NGOs, corporates and decision-makers for a faster environmental impact in India.

2. DeHaat: Climate-Smart Agriculture at Scale

 DeHaat is an agritech platform that ranks among the fastest-growing in India, allowing farmers to transition to environmentally friendly and climate-resilient agricultural methods. The platform, through its soil understanding, precision advice and crop-specific guidance, helps in the reduction of the use of chemicals, water loss, and occurrence of unproductive crops, which are all excess practices in agriculture. DeHaat plays a significant role in the reduction of emissions in agriculture, which is one of the largest climate contributors in India, by enhancing the supply chains in rural areas and increasing the efficiency of resource utilization.

3. Ohmium: Powering India’s Green Hydrogen Shift

Ohmium produces state-of-the-art PEM electrolyzers that are capable of large-scale production of green hydrogen, an eco-friendly fuel that plays a pivotal role in India’s transition to net-zero. Its modern method of using electrolysis reduces carbon emissions in the areas where it is very difficult to do so, such as steel, ammonia, oil refining and heavy-duty trucking, thus, lessening the reliance on fossil fuels. By collaborating with the Indian government’s National Green Hydrogen Mission and relying on local creativity and production, Ohmium is becoming India’s important company for making this gas.

4. Banyan Nation: Circular Plastics for a Low-Carbon Future

Banyan Nation is revolutionizing India’s plastics ecosystem by developing high-tech, data-intensive recycling solutions. The firm processes, divides and recycles the plastic on a large-scale using sophisticated material intelligence, yielding almost virgin quality recycled plastic for the top FMCG and automotive brands. Banyan Nation eliminates the need for landfilling, lessens the pollution caused by and cuts down the emissions linked to the manufacture of virgin plastic by promoting circularity.

5. Econscious: Biodegradable Waste Alternatives for Cleaner Cities

Econscios provides compostable and biodegradable products for waste management that can be conveniently used and easily disposed of just like regular plastics. The company’s different types of environmentally friendly packaging and waste management products are contributing to less microplastic pollution and are also making the compostable waste cycles faster. By collaborating with the communities, schools, and businesses, Econscios is truly promoting the waste to be properly managed and is thus helping in making the cities cleaner and more sustainable.