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Nicholas Stern, the author of the 2006 government-commissioned review on climate change, recently shared his current views at WEF, Davos, that he got it all wrong on climate change. He says it is far, far worse than earlier predicted with the planet on track for a 4 degree rise in temperature.
Read MoreIt is often said that sustainability's major challenge is to bring various stakeholders together on the same table - biologists with designers, CEO's with the workers, NGO's with private sector etc. Sustainable development is a systems issue which can’t be treated in isolation. For example, just looking at the increasing financial bottom line is not a healthy indicator of prosperity..
Read MoreI was in touch with Pavan Sukhdev, the Founder & CEO of GIST advisory and the author of the latest book, Corporation 2020. I also did a review of the book which is a treatise on the evolution of companies and looks at how a corporation in the year 2020 must and should look like.
Read MoreDo you think of the recent Companies Bill in India mandating companies of certain size to spend 2% of their net profits on CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities will bring higher transparency, efficiency and responsibility among the Indian businesses?
Read MoreCorporation 2020 is a very strong book. It is also much nuanced. It hits directly where wealth and power resides. Not only it challenges the businesses to transform themselves into the corporations of the future, it also challenges the governments to provide enabling conditions for those corporations of the future
Read MoreAs India Inc. begins to adopt Sustainability reporting, investors are likely to be combing through it and select winners fromthe rest.In these reports businesses share about effortsundertaken by them to engage their stakeholders and to preserve the environment they operate in.
Read MoreNestle is very clear on what it intends to achieve - find ways and methods by which businesses can play a role in the development of the communities and countries it operates in or in other words it wants to Create Shared Value - both for the business and for the society.
Read MoreA fortnight ago I attended the CII ITC's Sustainability Summit but was unable to write on some of the key topics, like how a good corporate governance structure can create both societal as well as business value in the long run. So, here's a brief run-up on that.
Read MoreThe evening session of Day 1 of the CII-ITC Sustainability Summit in Delhi ended with a topic that challenges the current economic system. The Economics of Ecocystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study that came out in 2007 challenged the way we need to value our natural capital. But we still see, that such economics is yet to be adopted in the mainstream corporate world.
Read MoreI challenge anyone to take out their precious 43 minutes to watch this video - it will be worth your while.
Shell, along with the Wired magazine and Discovery Communications created this documentary titled:
Read MoreMy Circular Business is an online ecosystem of start-up companies achieving circular economy. It helps in promoting such start-ups practising circular economy principles in action.
My Circular Business is building a database of businesses participating in circular economy to act as an aggregator for companies to come together to sell and learn from each other.
