Sangeeth Raja Selvaraju - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

About

Sangeeth is a Policy Analyst (Sustainable Finance – India) at the Grantham Research Institute at LSE.

Background

Sangeeth was previously a research associate in the climate policy department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) working on industrial decarbonisation and climate finance. Before that he held roles at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), the Apricum Cleantech Advisory in Berlin, and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water in New Delhi. He holds a masters degree in public policy from the Hertie School and a bachelors degree in economics and philosophy from Bennington College and did the general course at LSE.

Research interests

Sustainable Finance in emerging economies
Just transiiton finance
Hard to abate sectors in developing economies

Policy

Policy - 2023

Submission to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights inquiry on investors, ESG and human rights

Policy publication

by Catherine Higham, Ian Higham, Sangeeth Raja Selvaraju and Brendan Curran

on 16 October, 2023

This report consists of a response to a call for inputs on ‘Investors, ESG and Human Rights’ by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. It focuses on the climate change-related human rights responsibilities of investors. Read more