India's Confederation of Indian Industry will deploy a unified ESG disclosure platform across the country's automotive OEMs and component suppliers by the end of FY27, replacing fragmented customer-specific questionnaires with a single data repository.

The platform, built under the newly formed CII Green Supply Chain Coalition for the Automotive Sector, targets participation from approximately 75% of India's automotive OEM ecosystem within three years. GreenCo Council Chairman Vikram Kasbekar, Executive Director at Hero MotoCorp, leads the initiative, first conceptualized at the GreenCo Summit in New Delhi in June 2026.

The CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre will finalize the standardized reporting framework over the next three to four months, then translate it into a dedicated digital software engine ahead of official launch. The platform handles the heavy lifting for MSME component makers, who currently absorb the bulk of the duplicate-questionnaire workload.

Why is scope 3 the focus?

Scope 3 indirect emissions typically account for the vast majority of a vehicle's lifecycle carbon footprint. Indian automakers have made measurable progress on Scope 1 (direct operations) and Scope 2 (purchased energy), but the multi-tier supplier network remains the data blind spot.

The platform's architecture reaches beyond Tier-1 suppliers into Tier-2 and Tier-3 ecosystems, extending to sub-component makers and raw material vendors. Standardized reporting at these tiers gives OEMs the verified operational data to track embedded carbon, not lifecycle estimates.

What problem does this solve for suppliers?

Indian component manufacturers currently field overlapping ESG questionnaires from multiple OEM customers, an administrative burden that diverts capital and operational resources from actual carbon-reduction work.

The single-window model lets a supplier upload ESG evidence once. Participating OEMs then pull the standardized data directly, eliminating redundant submissions across customer programs and trimming compliance overhead for small and medium parts makers.

"The proposed platform seeks to address both sides of this problem: give OEMs more consistent supply-chain data to measure and reduce Scope 3 emissions, while allowing suppliers to report against a common framework instead of repeatedly preparing similar data for different customers," said N Muthusezhiyan, Executive Director of the CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre.

How does this fit export markets?

The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, or CBAM, has emerged as a near-term trade barrier for Indian auto-component exporters lacking standardized carbon disclosure. Aligning supplier metrics with international mandates positions Indian parts makers for compliance with incoming rules.

The framework builds on the existing GreenCo rating system, which already covers over 1,600 engaged organizations and 750 rated industrial plants across 27 manufacturing sectors in India.

What to watch next

The CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre has three to four months to deliver the standardized methodology before software development absorbs its share of the timeline. A late framework would push the end-FY27 go-live into FY28.

Other open variables: recruitment of OEM anchor participants beyond Hero MotoCorp's Kasbekar, and confirmation that Tier-2 and Tier-3 suppliers, including MSME component makers, can resource the new reporting demands. The next major milestone is the framework's formal release, expected by mid-FY27.