Sustainability Summit: Creating Social Impact through Corporate Efforts

May 7, 2015 | 07:30 AM – 12:50 PM
The Leela, Gurgaon

For registration and participation, contact: neera.vohra@competitiveness.in

India being a diverse country with multiple languages, diverse culture, climate, geography and demography; pose a great challenge and an opportunity for implementation of CSR initiatives. Corporate sector needs an approach of engaging multi-stakeholders to ensure sustainable impact. It is, therefore, essential to address the environmental issues like renewable energy, water, waste disposal, bio-diversity etc. through CSR initiatives.

This event is designed as a novel platform to deliberate on the CSR and Sustainability issues crucial to organisations from the perspective of implementation challenges, solutions and opportunities. It envisages on building up a case for innovative work on CSR & Sustainability by holding deliberations and discussions on success stories, case studies of successful companies.

The event invites a selected group featuring the countries’ top CXOs who would be sharing their perspectives, experiences and knowledge on CSR & Sustainability issues.

Agenda

Networking Breakfast

Time: 07:30 – 08:30

Networking Breakfast

Welcome Address

Time: 08:30 – 08:35

Welcome address by Adarsh Kataruka, Director, SoulAce

Keynote

Time: 08:50 – 09:00

Keynote Speech by Ashok Kumar Pavadia, Adviser & Additional Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs

Special Address

Time: 09:00 – 09:20

Special address by Dr. Nipun Vinayak, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Government of India

Panel

Time: 09:20 – 10:15

Panel Discussion on “Addressing Environmental Issues through CSR Initiatives”

How can CSR funds of corporate be a tool to work on environmental issues
Innovative projects/programs in Environment (Low budget, high impact)
The challenges/opportunities in working on environmental issues as CSR

Panelists:

Dr. Wilfried Aulbur, Chairman, India Council on Competitiveness & Managing Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Ganesh Tripathy, Chief Sustainability Officer, Jubilant Life Sciences
Pranshu Singhal, Head of Sustainability, Microsoft India
Ajit Pattnaik, Head – Corporate Sustainability, Tata Housing
Raja Choudhury, National Award winning film maker (Moderator)

Special Address

Time: 10:15 – 10:35

Special address by Richie Ahuja, Regional Director, EDF

Break

Time: 10:35 – 11:00

Tea Break

Panel

Time: 11:00 – 11:55

Panel Discussion on “CSR Implementation: Partnerships key to successful CSR initiatives”

Meeting the right partner to implement the project: The formula for success
On ground implementing challenges and solutions: Success Stories

Panelists:

Deepa Menon, Sr. VP – CSR & Corp Communication, PVR Ltd.
Suresh Reddy, Director, SRF Foundation
R Wanchoo, CSR Head, National Building Construction Company (NBCC)
Monish Verma, Managing Principal, Finnacle Capital Advisory Private Limited
Amit Kapoor, President & CEO, India Council on Competitiveness (Moderator)

Panel

Time: 11:55 – 12:50

Panel Discussion on “Change in India Inc Outlook towards CSR & Sustainability”

The management approach to CSR: A paradigm Shift
Need of CSR Action Plan to ensure stakeholder satisfaction

Panelists:

Neerja Singh, Group Executive VP, Responsible Banking, YES Bank
Subhrangshu Neogi, Director- Marketing & Brand, Religare Enterprises Ltd.
Ravi Patodia, Chairman, Patodia Contracts & Ex-President – AICMA (All India Carpet Association)
Deepak Arora, CEO, Essar Foundation
Madhav Nalapat, Editorial Director, The Sunday Guardian (Moderator)

Closing Address

Time: 12:50 – 01:00

Closing remarks by Amit Kapoor, President & CEO, India Council on Competitiveness

Lunch

Time: 01:00 onwards

Lunch