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Vedanta commits over $1 billion to net-zero energy transition
Mining conglomerate Vedanta has invested more than $1 billion in decarbonisation initiatives during the financial year 2025-26, significantly expanding its renewable energy capacity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions intensity across operations.
LSN India ·
Vedanta announced Wednesday that it deployed over $1 billion towards net-zero transition projects in FY26, leveraging renewable energy expansion, cleaner fuel adoption, energy efficiency improvements and advanced technologies to accelerate its decarbonisation roadmap.
The company's renewable energy utilisation surged 52 per cent year-on-year to 4 billion units in 2025-26, equivalent to powering approximately 30 million Indian households annually. Vedanta currently operates nearly 2,000 MW of installed and contracted renewable energy capacity, with plans to scale to 2.5 GW of round-the-clock renewable generation by 2030.
The group's decarbonisation push delivered measurable environmental gains, preventing approximately 3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions during the fiscal year. Across its metals and mining operations, greenhouse gas emissions intensity declined by roughly 14 per cent from the 2020-21 baseline, reflecting sustained progress in reducing the carbon footprint of production activities.
Vedanta's multi-pronged approach addresses both direct operational emissions and supply-chain decarbonisation, aligning the mining major's sustainability agenda with India's broader climate commitments and global net-zero transition imperatives.