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A majority of Indian firms have voluntarily set up emission reduction targets prodded by growing benefits from reduced carbon emissions. Of the 69 Indian firms examined by the carbon disclosure project, a global non-profit firm assessing the work of companies worldwide in the area of climate change, over 80 percent are in the process of implementing emission reduction targets, a report released showed. Among major Indian firms, information technology major Wipro saw a 24 per cent drop in emissions, while maintaining a growth of 15 per cent over a five-year period. Overall emissions intensity for the firm fell by 33 per cent.