Earth5R

India's Largest
Sustainability
Intelligence System

India's largest environmental organisation — powering climate action, sustainability intelligence, and a nationwide network of professionals and service providers.

0 ESG Projects Delivered
0 Corporate Employees Engaged
$0M Cost Savings Delivered
Recognised By UNESCO Green Citizens Google Top 15 AI Agents MIT Solve New York University NYU Paris Peace Forum
E5R
What Earth5R Does
The execution layer for the $3 trillion climate economy

Field-verified ESG data, on-ground climate operations, and enterprise sustainability infrastructure — 273 ESG projects delivered, 263,000 corporate employees mobilised, $12M in cumulative cost savings. Built for corporates, investors, communities and governments.

  • Partnered with the United Nations
  • Paris Peace Forum — Project Leader
  • Featured by MIT, NYU & National Geographic
— HOW EARTH5R WORKS

From the field to institutional capital, in five steps.

One verified chain. Millions of ground operators feed audit-grade evidence into the systems that move capital, policy, and infrastructure.

Earth5R ground community and NGO members after cleaning the banks of Mula-Mutha river
01

Ground operators

Millions of verified community and NGO members across waste, water, air, energy and land.

Geo-tagged field data captured during Earth5R beach cleanup operations in Mumbai
02

Geo-tagged data

Timestamped, AI-audited field data — collected at scale, every day.

ESG audit dashboard producing audit-grade verification evidence for investors
03

Audit-grade evidence

Multi-layer verification turns raw data into compliance-ready, investor-grade proof.

Investors meeting on sustainability investment with verified ESG data
04

Capital unlocks

Enterprises comply. Investors deploy. Governments enforce. Institutional capital flows.

Communities earning livelihoods through circular economy and women empowerment programmes
05

The system compounds

Communities earn livelihoods. Capital funds more infrastructure. The loop scales.

Saurabh Gupta with President Emmanuel Macron, Paris
Presidential Recognition

Young Leader
India–France
Award

Awarded by President Emmanuel Macron

Earth5R Founder Saurabh Gupta was personally recognised by the French President for environmental innovation at global scale — one of only a handful of leaders selected from across the world for this distinction.

Awarded by President Emmanuel Macron
Country France-India
Category Environment
Paris Peace Forum — Project Leader Environmental Sector · Presented to 65 heads of state
Operations on the Ground
The Field Infrastructure Behind Every Data Point.
Earth5R river cleanup operations
River RestorationVolunteer-led cleanup drive — field-verified & geo-tagged
Earth5R waste management operations
Waste ManagementCircular economy at source
Earth5R sustainability consulting
Project DeploymentUN river restoration operations
Earth5R recycling operations
Recycling OpsField-level material recovery
Earth5R sustainable agriculture
Agriculture1.3M farmers connected
Earth5R Punjab health-environment study
Organic FarmingTransition at scale
Mula-Mutha river restoration project
River RevivalMula-Mutha restoration — verified sustainability at watershed scale
89,000+Field Operators
65Countries
2.5MCommunity Members
100%Field-Verified
Lives Behind the Numbers

328,000 Livelihoods.
Three of Them.

Ayesha — circular economy entrepreneur, Mithi River community, Mumbai
01 of 328,000
Ayesha
Mithi River Community · Mumbai
She had no work and worried daily about feeding her family. Earth5R trained her to make paper bags from waste newspaper and denim bags from upcycled jeans. When she held the first bag she made, she did not see trash — she saw income, dignity, and proof that waste has value.
Now produces 300 bags weekly, supplies local shops, and trains other women in the community.
Abdul Rehman — Dharavi, Mumbai
02 of 328,000
Abdul Rehman
Dharavi · Mumbai
He sorted scrap for 18 years and no one called it environmental work. Earth5R's programs began channelling clean, sorted plastic directly to him — formalising what the system had always ignored.
Income increased. Now trains other informal workers in systematic material recovery.
Sulochana — Kurla Women's Collective, Mumbai
03 of 328,000
Sulochana
Kurla Women's Collective · Mumbai
What started as one woman collecting waste cloth from garment factories became a collective. The Kurla women transform industrial fabric offcuts into handmade toys.
A self-sustaining women's enterprise built entirely on recovered materials.
328KCircular economy livelihoods
213KWomen in social entrepreneurship
76%In self-help group models
150+Cities across 4 continents
Field-Verified · Commercially Auditable · Enterprise-Grade

A Decade of
Measurable Action

Every number is field-verified across 150 cities on four continents. Geo-tagged, timestamped, commercially auditable.
2.5M Citizens Mobilised Across 150 cities on 4 continents
18M Plastic Items Recovered From rivers, lakes & coastal areas
12.2M Hours of Field Operations Documented & verified
12 Years of Compounding · 2014 → 2026

From One Mumbai Lake to Planetary Scale

What started in 2014 as a single Mumbai lake restoration is now a verified field operation across 150 cities and 65 countries. Every metric below compounded year-on-year — citizens mobilised, plastic recovered, livelihoods created, field hours logged.

2.5M 1.9M 1.2M 600K 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2026 2.5M citizens
Citizens mobilised 2.5M
Plastic items recovered 18M+
Livelihoods 328K
Field hours 12.2M
Environmental Impact
420 T Waste Removed From rivers, lakes & urban ecosystems
12M Litres Water Restored Lake, river & watershed restoration
1,200+ Hectares Restored Urban ecosystems, riverbanks & green spaces
1.2M Saplings Planted Urban forest & riverbank restoration
1,300 T CO₂ Emissions Avoided Through waste diversion & circular economy
35% Biodiversity Increase Fish, bird & insect species in restored water bodies
17% Vehicle Emission Reduction In pilot zones via behaviour change programs
150+ Cities Deployed Across 4 continents
Social Impact & Livelihoods
328K Circular Economy Livelihoods Recycling, repair, material recovery & upcycling
213K Women in Social Entrepreneurship Self-help groups & upcycling enterprises
18K Direct Jobs Created Across 150 cities — coordinators to field supervisors
85K Students — First Professional Experience Internship & citizen science programs
350K On-Ground Action Reports
124 Verified Case Studies
2.4B Environmental Data Points
DATA
Sustainability Intelligence Platform

The World's
Largest
Sustainability
Intelligence

Earth5R operates the world's largest proprietary sustainability intelligence system — built on billions of real-time, on-ground data points collected across 65 countries. Collected on the ground. Verified in the field. Geo-tagged, commercially auditable, and built for regulatory scrutiny — the definitive sustainability dataset for enterprises and consulting firms.

2.4BILLION+
Proprietary On-Ground Data Points

Every data point originates from field-verified operations — waste audits, water quality readings, air monitoring stations, agricultural surveys, biodiversity indices, and circular economy tracking across 65+ countries. Ground truth at planetary scale.

4
Domains
840M+Waste & CircularityItem-level profiling, material composition, recovery rates, EPR compliance mapping across 18M+ items
520M+Water Quality & HydrologyRiver systems, groundwater, industrial discharge — real-time field sensors and manual surveys
680M+Agricultural & Land-UseSoil health, crop transitions, organic certification readiness, farmer-level traceability across 1.3M farmers
360M+Air, Energy & CarbonAmbient air quality, emission profiles, energy baselines, carbon offset verification
Intelligence Pipeline — From Field to Boardroom
Field Collection
89,000+ operators
65 countries
Verification Engine
Geo-tagged
Timestamped
AI Processing
Pattern analysis
Risk scoring
Enterprise Delivery
API · Dashboard
Audit packages
TERRA Score — Proprietary ESG Intelligence

We Scored India's
Top 1,200+ Companies.
Here's Who Leads.

TERRA Score is Earth5R's proprietary ESG scoring engine — built for the Indian market, verified on the ground. It analyses company sustainability reports across 34 sub-indicators and 5 dimensions, producing the first India-specific ESG assessment that measures what companies actually do — not just what they claim.

India's ESG Leaders · One Per Sector

The Top of India's Curve — Setting the National Benchmark

Top 10 · TERRA Score 2026
Rank 01 · India
Tata Consultancy Services
IT Services
74.2 / 100

Net-zero by 2030, 100% renewable target, world's largest IT services firm by ESG rating.

Rank 02 · India
Mahindra & Mahindra
Diversified · Auto
72.8 / 100

Carbon-neutral by 2040, science-based target approved, top employer for women in workforce.

Rank 03 · India
Infosys
IT Services
71.5 / 100

Carbon-neutral since 2020, 100% renewable across India campuses, transparent Scope 3 reporting.

Rank 04 · India
HUL (Hindustan Unilever)
FMCG
70.3 / 100

Plastic-neutral, zero-waste-to-landfill across factories, women in management above 45%.

Rank 05 · India
Wipro
IT Services
68.9 / 100

Net-zero by 2040, renewable-first data centres, deep BRSR Core compliance.

Rank 06 · India
ITC Limited
FMCG · Agribusiness
68.4 / 100

Carbon-positive 18 years running, water-positive, 6.4M farmers in sustainable supply chain.

Rank 07 · India
Tata Steel
Metals & Mining
67.1 / 100

First Indian steelmaker with SBTi-validated 1.5°C target, 30% emission cut by 2030.

Rank 08 · India
Adani Green Energy
Renewables
66.5 / 100

India's largest renewable portfolio, 20.4 GW operating, target 50 GW by 2030.

Rank 09 · India
Asian Paints
Specialty Chemicals
65.8 / 100

Water-positive operations, renewable share 78%, sector-leading product safety disclosure.

Rank 10 · India
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Pharmaceuticals
65.2 / 100

Carbon-neutral target 2030, verified water reduction, top-tier governance scores in pharma.

T
Trajectory
Science-based targets, net-zero commitments, year-on-year improvement trends.
E
Environmental Reality
Emissions, water, waste, energy, biodiversity — actual performance, not disclosure.
R1
Resilience & Systems
Supply chain risk, circular economy readiness, climate adaptation infrastructure.
R2
Reach & Community
Worker safety, gender parity, contract worker ratios, community impact depth.
A
Accountability
Governance, assurance quality, CSR spend, and the CvR Gap — the signature metric.
Score Distribution · 1,200+ Companies

Where Every Company Lands on the Curve

Each bar represents the count of companies in that score range. The leaders sit on the right tail. The bulk sits in the 40–60 band — the precise zone where investor pressure and BRSR enforcement now demand verified progress.

0 75 150 225 8 24 78 184 285 241 138 46 7 0 0–10 10–20 20–30 30–40 40–50 50–60 60–70 70–80 80–90 90–100 TERRA SCORE BUCKET AVG 49
Laggard band 0–40
Performer band 40–70
Leader band 70+
— — Average 49 / 100
49/100
The National ESG Average. The Gap We're Closing.

Across 1,011 scored companies and 33 sectors, the Indian average TERRA Score is 49 out of 100. Global leaders sit at 80+. The 30-point gap is the work — and the opportunity. TERRA shows every Indian enterprise exactly how far they are, and exactly what closes the distance.

5
India-Based ESG Leaders
Indian companies scoring 70+. A small but growing leadership tier — proof the model works in this market.
434
Workplace Deaths / Year
Worker deaths run 2× employee deaths — a two-tier safety system. The safety gap is measurable, fixable, and tracked.
96%
No Science-Based Target
76% don't even have a net-zero date. SBTi adoption is the fastest single move from Performer to Leader band.
67%
Anti-Gaming Flags Triggered
Two-thirds triggered at least one of 13 anti-gaming checks. Most common: hiding physical-unit GHG data.
13.2%
Women in Workforce
Average across India's top listed companies. 55% have less than 10% — the structural gap a Reach & Community score surfaces.
42.3%
Contract Worker Ratio
175 companies exceed 60% contract workers. Lower safety, lower wages, no benefits — where most fatalities occur.
Signature Metric
CvR Gap
Claim vs. Reality
1 in 5 companies has a material narrative-data divergence. 570 companies analysed. 19% show significant gaps between what they claim and what the data shows. 10% have high exposure risk. Every ESG report has two layers — the narrative and the numbers. The CvR Gap measures the distance between them. This is the metric no other ESG rating has.
Sector × Dimension Heatmap

Where Every Sector Stands, Across Every Dimension

Each cell scores how a sector performs on a TERRA dimension. Renewables and IT lead on Trajectory. Mining and O2C lead on Reach but lag on Environmental Reality. Read it horizontally to find sector strengths; read vertically to find which dimensions Indian industry collectively under-performs on.

TRAJECTORY ENV REALITY RESILIENCE REACH ACCOUNTABILITY T E A Renewables (REN) IT Services (ITS) Banking & Finance (BFS) FMCG / Consumer Goods Pharmaceuticals (PHR) Automotive (AUT) Construction & EPC Oil, Gas & Petrochem (O2C) Metals & Mining (MET) Power Generation (PWR) 7163625461 6264525163 5361605262 5553546155 5244535255 5245545253 4242525344 4336445345 4437455346 5242515252
SCORE 30
100 10 SECTORS · 5 DIMENSIONS · 50 CELLS
80 60 40 20 T TRAJECTORY E ENV REALITY RESILIENCE REACH A ACCOUNTABILITY
5-Dimension Profile

The Shape of a Leader vs. the Average

Every TERRA score is built from five dimensions. Plot a leader and an average company on the same radar — the gap is visible in shape, not just number. Leaders are uniformly strong. Average companies are spiky — high on Accountability disclosure, low on Environmental Reality.

Global leader profile · avg 80.7
National average profile · 49.0
Why This Matters · Global South & India

TERRA Is Built Where the Climate Battle Is Actually Won

India and the Global South will define whether the world hits net-zero. The Global North has the capital. The Global South has the emissions trajectory, the population, and the verification gap. TERRA closes that gap — designed for Indian regulatory frameworks, calibrated for Global South operating realities, and built on a decade of on-ground evidence.

65+
Global South Replication
TERRA framework replicable across 65+ Global South countries Earth5R already operates in. India is the proving ground.
BRSR
India-Native Compliance
First scoring engine purpose-built for SEBI BRSR Core, BRSR Lite, and India's emerging climate disclosure rules.
17SDGs
SDG Alignment
Each TERRA dimension maps to specific UN SDGs. Built for funders deploying capital against verifiable SDG-linked outcomes.
CvR
Greenwashing Defence
Anti-gaming flags + Claim vs. Reality scoring let funders deploy capital where outcomes are measurable, not narrated.
Earth5R Compounding Moat 2.4B+ On-ground data points · 10 years · 65 countries
TERRA isn't a desk-research tool retrofitted for India. It's the first scoring engine where the dataset, the field operations, and the verification methodology are all the same organisation. Every score is cross-checked against a decade of Earth5R ground intelligence — the kind of moat that takes another 10 years to replicate, and the reason MIT, NYU, the Paris Peace Forum, and Google's AI Impact programme have featured this work.
Recognised By UN Partnership Paris Peace Forum Project Leader MIT · NYU · National Geographic Google Top 15 AI Agents (India)
33 Sectors Scored — Including
O2COil, Gas & Petrochem
METMetals & Mining
PWRPower Generation
RENRenewable Energy
AUTAutomotive
FMCGConsumer Goods
PHRPharmaceuticals
CONConstruction & EPC
ITSIT Services
BFSBanking & Finance
DMFDiversified Mfg
CHMSpeciality Chemicals
1,200+Companies Scored
34Sub-Indicators per Company
13Anti-Gaming Checks per Report
CvRClaim vs. Reality — Only in TERRA
ESG Coverage · 15+ Sectors

Every Industry.
One Platform.

Enterprise ESG intelligence with commercially verified outcomes — tailored to each industry's sustainability challenges — from quick commerce to deep mining.

ESG & CSR Case Study Book
Free Download
ESG & CSR Case Study Book
15+ industries. 65 countries. Verified outcomes ready for your ESG compliance team.
Download Case Studies →
14+Industry Sectors
65+Countries Covered
2.4BData Points
100%Field-Verified
Showcase Projects

CSR & ESG
in Action

05
01
Plastic Recycling & Beach Cleanup Program
Lufthansa Help Alliance
Plastic Recycling & Beach Cleanup Program
Delivered a full-scale plastic recovery operation in Mumbai for Lufthansa — combining field execution, data profiling, and verified impact reporting for corporate ESG compliance.
02
Social Entrepreneurship Internship Program
NYU Abu Dhabi
Social Entrepreneurship Internship Program
Designed and delivered a structured sustainability internship curriculum for NYU Abu Dhabi — building enterprise-ready environmental problem-solvers for global institutions.
03
Sustainable School Project
Swiss International Airlines
Sustainable School Project
Deployed a circular economy school model in partnership with Swiss Airlines — combining resource delivery, sustainability curriculum, and measurable community impact.
04
Ganges River Plastic Pollution Consultation
National Geographic
Ganges River Plastic Pollution Consultation
Earth5R's proprietary river data and field intelligence were presented at a National Geographic roundtable — informing national-level plastic pollution policy for the Ganges.
05
Project Leader — Environmental Sector
Paris Peace Forum
Project Leader — Environmental Sector
Earth5R was selected as Project Leader at the inaugural Paris Peace Forum — presenting verified sustainability solutions to 65 heads of state as a globally recognised platform.
Earth5R showcased by Google at India AI Impact Summit 2026
Google
Official Recognition · 2026
Earth5R Featured as India'sSustainability AI Leader
Featured in Google's keynote at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 — selected among the top 15 AI agents across India, representing the Sustainability category. One leader per category, chosen from 200+ startups across 7 cities.
Top 15AI Agents in India
200+Startups Evaluated
7Cities Covered
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Google for Startups
Intelligent Agents Programme
Sustainability Category Leader
Featured in Google Keynote
Voices on Earth5R

What Global Leaders
Say About Our Work

Earth5R Sustainability Podcast · 2024
Earth5R Sustainability Podcast Featuring Dr Julie Newman, PhD · Director of Sustainability, MIT
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Earth5R is doing extraordinary work at the intersection of grassroots action and global sustainability — exactly the kind of execution-led model the world urgently needs.

Julie Newman
Dr Julie Newman, PhD
Director of Sustainability · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Saurabh Gupta — Founder, Earth5R
Saurabh Gupta · Founder & CEO, Earth5R
Meet the Founder

Saurabh Gupta

Founder & CEO of Earth5R · Recognised by President Macron

He left a corporate career, got on a bicycle, and spent two years cycling 50,000 kilometres through Asia, Africa, and Europe — before building a technology platform that now operates across 65 countries.

Recognised by President Emmanuel Macron with the Young Leader India–France Award. TEDx speaker. National Geographic featured. Project Leader at the Paris Peace Forum. Featured by Google as one of India's Top 15 AI Agents.

Macron-Recognised
Young Leader India–France Award
2× TEDx Speaker
Paris & Mumbai stages
Global Operator
65+ countries · 2.5M citizens
TEDx Talks

Two Stages. Two Continents.
One Mission.

TEDx · ParisSustainability at Global Scale
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TEDx · MumbaiFrom Engineer to Environmental Entrepreneur
🇮🇳
2030 Vision

From Verified Action to Planetary Scale

By 2030, Earth5R will operate the world's most trusted sustainability infrastructure — combining verified field data, AI-powered intelligence, and a global network of operators to deliver climate action at the scale the planet requires.

100M Citizens Mobilised
Across 100 countries — the largest verified sustainability network on Earth
10K+ Enterprises Onboarded
Verified ESG data, BRSR compliance, supply-chain traceability at enterprise scale
10M Hectares Restored
Watersheds, forests, urban ecosystems — measured, verified, and continuously monitored
$1B Climate Capital Unlocked
Verified sustainability outcomes powering institutional investment at scale
India · The Operational Core

Built in India. Replicating Across the Global South.

India is where Earth5R was built, scaled, and battle-tested. It's also where the climate fight will be won — Global South nations account for 60% of projected emissions through 2050. Every framework, score, and operational playbook is engineered for these realities first.

Live in 150+ Indian Cities
Earth5R operations across India
The Global South Thesis

India First. Then the Markets Where Climate Outcomes Compound.

India is the proving ground for a model the Global South needs — verified field data, BRSR-aligned scoring, citizen-led infrastructure. The same playbook is now being deployed across South Asia, Africa, and Southeast Asia, where regulatory frameworks are maturing and capital is searching for credible, on-ground partners.

150+ Indian cities with verified field operations
2.5M Citizens mobilised — the moat is the network
1,200+ Indian companies scored on TERRA
60% Of projected global emissions through 2050 sit in the Global South
Powai Lake restoration — proof of vision in action
Proof in Action
Powai Lake Restoration

A Single Lake. A Replicable Model. A Global Vision.

What started in Mumbai's Powai Lake — combining citizen mobilisation, ground operators, and verified data infrastructure — is now the operating model being scaled across 150+ cities on 4 continents. This is verification-first sustainability: proven, replicable, and built for institutional trust.

150+Cities Replicated
4Continents Active
100%Field-Verified
Trusted Partners

Working With Institutions & Industry

200+ Partners · 65 Countries
Featured In

Earth5R in the
Global Press

2014 – 2026 · 65+ Countries
MIT
Google
Forbes India
Hindustan Times
The Economic Times
Mumbai Mirror
NDTV Profit
The Times of India
India Today
Mint
BBC
Thomson Reuters
EarthJournal

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Whether you're a Fortune 500 looking for verified ESG outcomes, an investor seeking auditable climate data, or a government scaling sustainability infrastructure — Earth5R is the execution layer the climate economy runs on.

Earth5R team at the Paris Peace Forum
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