Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021

• 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.