Top corporate leaders Ajay Shriram, Arun Bharat Ram, Harsh Pati Singhania, Onkar S Kanwar and YC Deveshwar are all for shouldering corporate social responsibility (CSR), but without the government bringing in legislation to make CSR spend mandatory.
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Anu Aga, Sminu Jindal, Sushma Berlia and Amrita Patel, who are known for their CSR thought leadership, speak on the government and civil society face-off on the draft of the Lokpal Bill and related issues and the role business leaders need to play in the current situation.
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who is active on issues like the environment and energy security, shares his vision for a sustainable India, including his mission of Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas or PURA, and dream of bringing smiles to a billion Indians.
IRADe’s Jyoti K Parikh, a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change, takes stock of India’s progressing on addressing climate change challenges and explains how corporate India can contribute to the national response.
While corporate India’s performance on sustainability indicators may be debatable, its quantitative reporting is not. Global Reporting Initiative’s chief executive Ernst Ligteringen talks about the relevance of sustainability reporting in the global marketplace.
If wars erupt over water in future as feared, then Israel is arguably going to be the best prepared country in the world with its expertise in water management, safety and security, agricultural usage, and IT and communications.
Sheeraz Haji, CEO of Cleantech Group, gives an insight into the growing cleantech market worldwide and how India can take a leadership position irrespective of carbon markets.
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) may be a UK-based non-profit, but it is global in terms of work and influence for maintaining the largest inventory of carbon emissions of businesses. CDP’s CEO Paul Simpson puts in the larger global perspective the growing trend of climate-proofing by companies in India.
The UN Global Compact is the biggest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative in the world, which encourages companies to align their operations with its ten principles…
Prodipto Ghosh, a former environment and forests secretary, is a member of the Prime Ministers Council on Climate Change. He talks about bringing about a convergence between science, economics and public policy in the area of sustainable development.