- The Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021 was recently launched by Knight Frank, which is a Global property consultant.
- In the index, four Indian cities viz., Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Mumbai, have been ranked among top 20 sustainable cities.
- In it, 36 cities were ranked on the basis of urbanisation pressure, carbon emissions, climate risk, and government initiatives.
- Index has been topped by Singapore.
- It is followed by Sydney, Wellington, Perth, and Melbourne.
- These are the top five green-rated cities in commercial real estate in Asia-Pacific region.
- Rank of Indian cities
- Among the Indian cities, Bengaluru was ranked first. While in the Asia-Pacific region, it has been ranked 14th.
- Bengaluru is the only Indian city to achieve ‘Gold’ standard category.
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