The 2019 Theme
The theme of the 2019, the sixth edition of CRB’s Flagship Annual Conference is ‘Market Dynamics & Social Dilemmas of Promoting Sustainable Business’. Integrating sustainability into global and local value chains is becoming increasingly common, not only for creating equitable and inclusive growth, but also for shared value creation. While many recognize these new developments, there is a need for a shift in mindsets on what we perceive as growth and development.
Since its adoption in 2015 the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the expectations and actions toward meeting the agenda’s goals have gained momentum. The focus has also expanded from the government to the private sector as a driver of sustainability/SDGs. Many segments of the private sector, supported by various national and international organizations provide frameworks and guidance on how to integrate sustainable policies and business practices in order to achieve long-term prosperity for businesses and societies, while carefully managing or restoring environmental resources.
In the sixth edition of CRB’s conference (India and Sustainability Standards), our endeavor, is to convene a diverse set of stakeholders to understand and deliberate on the opportunities and challenges of promoting sustainable business in an emerging economy like India. Balancing the aspirations of a demographically young and expanding economy on one hand and meeting the needs of the underserved on the other hand is a complex challenge. Through our discussions, we aim to address these challenges, particularly now, as India, an emerging economy sets a course for the next five years in an integrated global economy.
Key Speakers & Panelists*

Shri. Suresh Prabhu

Shri. Santosh Kumar Gangwar

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs

Datuk Darrel Webber

Shoko Noda

Markus Loening

Chandru Badrinarayanan

Ashley Menezes

Arunachalam Muruganantham (Padman)

Reema Nanavaty

TERRY NELIDOV

NAOMI SCOTT-MEARNS

Sumita Ghose

Bharat Wakhlu

PROF. VASANTHI SRINIVASAN

Marco Dubbelt

Murli Dhar

Dr. Joe Arvai
University of Michigan

Dr. Amita Joseph

DR. BIMAL ARORA
Honorary Chairperson CRB

Dr A K Tyagi

R.C. KESAR

Manoj Bhatt

Rijit Sengupta

Prakash Chawla

Rakesh Supkar

Anil Bharadwaj

Namit Agarwal

Meera Mitra

Dipanwita Chakraborty

Upmith Singh

Kamal Prakash Seth

Manfred Max Bergman

Geetanjali Master

Bhavna Prasad

Dr. Hila Shamir

Nandini Sharma

Rosy Choudhary

Devyani Hari

RENÉ VAN BERKEL

EDWARD MILLARD

Vicky Sins

Prof. Caroline Elliott

Norma Tregurtha

Bishow Parajuli

D. Paul Schuilwerve

Beatriz Martins Carneiro

Anindit Roychowdhury

Anita Chester

Cagdas Dogru

Anant Ahuja

Dr. T. R. Manoharan

Amb. Marten van den Berg

Vidya Rangan

Manish Pande

PROF. PAWAN BUDHWAR

Dr. Shilpi Banerjee

P.S. Narayan

Shri Hem Kumar Pande

Dr A. Didar Singh

Dr Shariqua Yunus

KELVIN A. SERGEANT

Mukesh Gulati

Pranjal Jyoti Goswami

Rajiv Chawla

Dr. Ruppal Sharma

SANJAY SETHI

Shailaja Rangarajan

Shashank

Shikha Shah

Shriyans Bhandari

Shruti

Thomas van Haaren

Biswajit Nag

Deepak Arora

Viraf Mehta

Dr. Judi Lowe

Klaas Hendrik Eller
Tel Aviv University

Abhishek Mazumdar

Alok Kumar

Alok Kumbhat

Dr. Amit Mitra

Amuleek Singh Bijral

Anand Vijay Jha

Anjana Seshadri

Dr. Anurag Priyadarshi

Anubha Prasad

Dr. Archana Shukla

Aruna Rangachar Pohl

Atin Kumar Tyagi

Sumit Gupta

Bharti Birla

Vidya Tikoo

Chandan Bhavnani

Charanjit Singh

Dheeraj

Diya Nag

Elisabeth Khumallambam

Emmanuel Jimenez

Dr. Joe Árvai

Kinjal Shah

Lakshmi Bhatia

Lutz PREUSS

Manjit Singh

Maveen Pereira

Pankaj Sindwani

Prabhat Pani

Prabhjot Sodhi

Dr. Prasanta Kumar Dey

Rahul Poddar

Dr. Vandana Narang

Rajive Kumar

Rajib Kumar Debnath

Dr. R K Mishra

Ranjeeb Sarma

Dr. René VAN BERKEL

Sangeeta Khorana

Dr. Sangeeta Mansur

Seema Shah

Vimlendu Jha

Dr. Saji M Kadavil
Rainforest Alliance

Soma Roy

Sonakshi Agarwal

Suruchi Aggarwal

Thangaperumal Ponpandi

Umesh Malik

Urmila Prakash Yadav

Amol Mishra

Dr. Justice Devendra Kumar Arora

Anirban Ghosh

Dr. Alok Singh

Dr. Naresh Tyagi

Krithika Ram

Subhadra Gupta

Teenal Sethi

Sumedha Dwevedi

Cdr. ASHOK VM KUMAR (RETD.)

Richard Barlow

Vasundhara Dash

Sandeep Kota

Aparna Rajagopal

Neha Buch

Vivek Arora

Sakshi Jain

Dr. Arpita Mukherjee

Minakshi Dey

Mohan Cherian Varghese

Susan Bhaktul

Vandana Singh

Rajesh Pahwa
