Sessions 2022

Programme

Day – 1: 2nd November 2022

Registration & Welcome Tea – 08:30 – 10:00

Prioritising Nature and People in Business to Create Measurable Impacts, 1000 to 1200hrs

Speakers:

 

Rijit Sengupta

Chief Executive Officer, CRB

SHOMBI SHARP

UN Resident Coordinator

India

 

LICYPRIYA KANGUJAM

10-Years-Old Environmentalist & Climate Activist and Founder

The Child Movement

 

 

ERIK SOLHEIM

Former Executive Director

UNEP

 

SHRI SURESH PRABHU

Chancellor

, Rishihood University & Former Commerce and Industries Minister

Government of India

 

SHRI UPENDRA PRASAD SINGH

Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

 

 

Prof. DIRK MATTEN

Professor of Sustainability

Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility

Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada

 

 

SHRI R C KESAR

Chairperson

CRB

Prof, VASANTHI SRINIVASAN

IIM Bangalore & Co-Chair

CRB Governing

 

 

 

 

 

Tea & Coffee 12:00 – 12:15

Making CRBP a reality : Child labour free supply chain,1215 to 1345hrs

 

 

Panelist : 

 


Arun Maira

Chairman

HelpAge International

Atul Satija

CEO

The Nudge Foundation

 

Jenny Costelloe

Executive Director

Ethical Tea Partnership

 

Nidhi Bhasin

CEO

Nasscom Foundation

Chetna Sinha

Founder-Chairperson

Mann Deshi Bank and Mann Deshi Foundation

Cecilia Ekholm

Ambassador for International Sustainable Business

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden

Networking Lunch 13:45 – 14:45

1445 to 1615hrs

 

 

Panelist : 

 


Dr. Leena Srivastava

Former Deputy Director General

Science at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

David Nabarro

Co-lead

UN Global Crisis Response Group & 4SD

 

Joseph D’Cruz

CEO

RSPO

 

Rhea Mazumdar Singhal

CEO

Ecoware

Franck Viault

Minister Counsellor – Head of Cooperation Delegation

European Union to India and Bhutan

Tea & Coffee 16:15 – 16:30

CEO’s Roundtable on Integrating Sustainability Principles in Organisational Policy/Strategy ”, 1630 to 1800hrs

 

 

Panelist : 

 

Prof Vasanthi Srinivasan

IIM Bangalore

 

Seshagiri Rao M.V.S.

Joint Managing Director & Group CFO

Non-Independent Executive Director, JSW Steel

 

Praveen Kumar

Director General & CEO

IICA

 
 

Accelerating Growth Through Sustainable Finance in India, 1800 to 1930hrs

 

Day – 2: 3rd November 2022

Registration & Welcome Tea
08:30 – 10:00


Making CRBP a reality : Child labour free supply chain
10:00 – 11:30          

Co-Host:Save The Children  UNICEFUnited Nations Global Compact

 


Tea & Coffee
11:30 – 11:45


Exploring International Collaboration among G20 Members on Deforestation Free Commodity Value Chains
1145 to 1315 hrs          

Co-Host:WWF 


Business & Human Rights – A South Asian Response

11:45 – 13:15          

Co-Host:CRB


International Collaboration for Deforestation Free Commodities Supply Chains
11:45 – 13:15

Co-Host:WWF


Role of SMEs for India’s commitment to Net Zero
11:45 – 13:15

Co-Host: SME Climate Hub


Better Cotton’s Grassroots Interventions and Policy Advocacy: A Way Forward for Promoting More Sustainable Production in India
11:45 – 13:15

Co-Host:Better Cotton


Networking Lunch
13:15 – 14:30


Driving livelihoods impacts through a living wage / living income approach
14:30 – 16:00        

Co-Host: ISEAL, The Living Income Community of PracticeGlobal Living Wage CoalitionAnker Research Institute

           


Sustainable Palm Oil Dialogue for India
14:30 – 16:00

Co-Host: RSPO


Building India’s capacity in e-waste management: a focus on states and local bodies

14:30 – 16:00

Co-Host: CRB


Tea & Coffee
16:00 – 16:15


Bamboo Value Chain Pertaining to the Construction Sector : Learnings, Insights and Way Forward

16:15 – 17:45

Co-Host: WRI 


Integration of Sustainability in Management Education Exploring Capacity, Collaboration, Priorities and Measurable Impact

16:15 – 17:45

Co-Host:CRB


Family-Friendly Policy: Enhancing Workers’ Productivity in Apparels & Textile Industry.
16:15 – 17:45

Co Host: UNICEF


Bridging the Gap in Access to Finance for Landscape Interventions – Key to Address Sustainability at Scale

16:15 – 17:45

Co-Host: Rainforest Alliance


High-level Policy Dialogue on Prioritising Nature and People in Businesses in the North-east Region
18:00 – 19:15

Co-Host: CRB, MMGLD


Special Performance by Ricky Kej 2X GRAMMY® AWARD WINNER Cocktail & Networking dinner, 1915 to 2030 hrs


Day – 3: 4th November 2022

Registration & Welcome Tea
08:30 – 10:00


Leveraging on G20 to Encourage Responsible and Resilient Global Value Chains.
10:00 – 11:30

Co-Host: ASTON, IDRC


Tea & Coffee
11:30 – 11:45


India Water Stewardship Network : A Multi – stakeholder Platform for Water Security
11:45 – 13:15          

Co-Host:Alliance for Water Stewardship, CRB, WWF India


Promoting Circular Apparel in India through Research and Innovation.
11:45 – 13:15

Co-Host:  CRB

 


Living Wage in Assam Tea Sector: Challenges and Possibilities in the current Indian Economic Context
11:45 – 13:15

Co-Host: Ethical Tea Partnership


Networking Lunch
13:15 – 14:30


Sustainable Supply Chains in Forest and Agri-linked Commodities
14:30 – 16:00

Co-Host:FOLUWWFCRBWRIIDH

             


Making Non-Financial Disclosures Matter: BRSR and its potential for driving Effective Human Rights Due Diligence
14:30 – 16:00

Co-Host: Partners in Change


Tea & Coffee
16:00 – 16:15


Creating a systemic change in the food system by putting the value provided by nature and people at the heart of decision-making
16:15 – 17:45

Co-Host: Capitals CoalitionUNEPTEEB


Driving Sustainable Consumer Behaviour: Sustainability Information Disclosure
16:15 – 17:45

Co-Host: One Planet Network


 

 

 

Panelist : 

 


Erinch Sahan

Business & Enterprise Lead,

Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)

Viraf Mehta

Senior Adviser CRB & BHR Expert

 

 

Naina Lal Kidwai

Senior Adviser & Member of Board

Rothschild & Co India

 

Jayant Sinha

M.P., Chairperson,

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance

Mark Gough

CEO

Capitals Coalition in the panelist list

Dr. Meera Mitra

Member, Governing Body

CRB

*as of 29th October 2022