Event Name:Global Summit ESG Advancement: Innovations Driving Sustainability “Uniting Leaders for Business Integrity”	Event Date:Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Faculty Coordinators:Dr. Ajeeta Srivastava	Event Timings: 9;30 A.M to 04:30 P.M
No. of Participants :20	Venue:PHD House, 4/2, August Kranti Marg, Siri Institutional Area, Block A, Nipccd Campus, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, Delhi 110016./td>

Guests :

• Ratnesh, (Executive Director, UN GCNI).
• Dr. Uddesh Kohli, (Former Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact).
• Rishi Chawla (Vice President Corporate Affairs, Carlsberg India & Member Governing Council, UN GCNI).
• Mukesh Kumar Sharma (Executive Director, PSI India)
• Cristina Ritter (Head of Anticorruption and Governance UN Global Compact, New York (UNGC)
• Ajitabh Sharma (IAS), Principal Secretary Industries, Rajasthan and Chairman RIICO Jaipur City Transport Services Limited)
• Aman Gupta (Managing Partner, SPAG-FINN)
• Dr. Himanshu Arora, (Manager, Sustainable Development, Indian Oil Corporation)
• Kumar Chandan, (Lead-ESG, Mahindra Susten)
• Ramit Singh Chimni, Chair of the Jury for the International UNESCO and Co-Founder, Eight Goals One Foundation (8one).
• Swati Sahai, (Head of Corporate Affairs, Government Relations ,HCL Technologies)
• Shantanu Srivastava,(Lead, Sustainable Finance & Climate Risk IEEFA)
• Dr. Bulbul Sood (Ex-Country Director, Jhpiego)
• Dr. K. Madan Gopal (Advisor, Public Health Administration, NHSRC)
• Dr. Radha R. Sharma (Dean, Research and Industry-Academic Linkages, NDIM)
• Atul Sud (Company Secretary & Compliance Officer, Mrs. Bectors Food)
• Dr.Shiv Kumar Tripathi (Vice Chancellor Atmiya University,Gujarat)
• Ranjan Kumar Mishra, (CEO, Vision360)
• Dr. Somnath Singh,( Deputy Director,UN GCNI)
• Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi (Chief Educational Advisor, BIMTECH)

OBJECTIVE:

Under the theme ‘Innovations Driving Sustainability “Uniting Leaders for Business Integrity’, this summit aimed to tackle current sustainability issues and provide an excellent platform for uniting leaders from across the sectors to learn, share, and discuss their relevant knowledge and innovations to ensure good governance, ethics, and integrity in businesses.

Detailed Report:

• To Enhance Cooperation and collaboration among stakeholders to collectively address sustainability challenges and embraces the ESG.
• Improve awareness of the importance of sustainability and ESG practices, and highlight the potential benefits for both businesses and the environment.
• Understand the relationship between BRSR and ESG.
• Promote innovations in sustainable technologies, processes, and solutions, driving the transition to a more sustainable industries.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among experts and business leaders.
• Emphasize innovative practices and strategies for integrating ESG considerations into business operations and investment decisions.
• Deliberate actionable solutions and commitments to drive global positive social, environmental, and economic impact.

Key Highlights:

• Launch of Compendium on Best Practices on Anti-Corruption for Healthcare.
• Presence of Eminent Governance experts, Healthcare practitioners, Sustainability champions, and thought leaders to share valuable insights and lead the panel discussions.
• On-spot engagement activities curated for the audience.
• Networking opportunities with more than 300 delegates from businesses- Senior Executives and Heads from the public and private sectors, UN agencies, governments, bilateral and multilateral organizations, academia, and Civil Society Organizations.
• Sustainable Summit: Encouraging a Paperless and Plastic-free event to minimize the carbon footprint.

Conclusion:

The Global Compact Network India (GCNI) was formed in 2000 and registered as a non-profit society in November 2003 to function as the Indian Local Network of the UN Global Compact (UNGC), New York. GCNI is the first Local Network established with full legal recognition. As the UNGC’s local arm, GCNI has been acting as a country-level platform that provides support to Indian businesses, academic institutions, and civil society organizations towards strengthening responsible business practices in India by incorporating the Global Compact principles into their strategies, policies, and procedures and establishing a culture of integrity by catalysing action through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). GCNI encourages its member companies/participants to uphold their ethical practices and responsibilities to Business, people, and the planet.