Programme
Day – 1: 28 October 2020
Sustainability a key to Business Resilience in an Uncertain World
1000 hrs to 1200 hrs, 28 October 2020
• Green, Inclusive and Equitable Recovery
• Global Solidarity and International Cooperation
• Making Trade resilient and sustainable
• Governance of Value Chains (local – regional – global)
• India’s ability and capacity to demonstrate leadership (policy, business and societal levels) on ‘build back better’ agenda
• Inter-linkages between Business Resilience & Community/Social Resilience
• Community resilience focusing on vulnerability and addressing discrimination
Guest of Honour:
SHRI. SURESH PRABHU
India’s Sherpa at the G20
Former Minister of Commerce &
Industry and Civil Aviation
Key Note:
DR. RAJIV KUMAR
Vice Chairman
NITI Aayog, Government of
India
Speakers:
HEIDI HAUTALA
Chair
European Parliament Working Group on
Responsible Business Conduct
DR. ASHOK KHOSLA
Chairman
Development Alternatives Technology
and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA)
Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque
Representative
United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF)
DR. Bimal Arora
Faculty Member
Aston Business School, UK
Honorary Chairperson CRB
Ashwini Chhatre
Executive Director
Bharti Institute of
Public Policy
Frank Hoffmann
Regional Project Manager
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
for Freedom (FNF)
Beverley Postma
Chief Executive Officer
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
(RSPO)
Designing an Enabling Ecosystem to Build Back Better – Government to Governance
1215 hrs to 1345 hrs, 28 October 2020
• Role of government and regulation (State and Centre)
• Technology to reduce inequality and offer solutions
• Technology for better access to data and informed policy making
• Financing sustainable outcomes
Panelists:
ATUL BAGAI
Head of Country Office
United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)
DR. SANJEEV CHOPRA
Director
Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Academy of Administration
NADIA RASHEED
Deputy Resident Representative in India
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
Dr. Ashima Goyal
Professor of Economics
Indira Gandhi Institute for
Development Research
Arvind Mayaram
Former Finance Secretary of India
Anindya Chatterjee
Regional Director, Asia
International Research Development
Centre (IDRC)
Moderator:
Shri Rajeev Kher
Former Commerce Secretary
Government of India
Pathways to our Common Future – Businesses in PostCOVID19 era
1445 hrs to 1615 hrs, 28 October 2020
• New & Emerging Business Models
• Lessons from COVID19 to combat the Climate Crises
• Identifying opportunities (Consumer Preference and Behaviour)
• Role of Frugal Innovations
• Priorities at the local level (Collaborations)
Panelists:
PROF. TENSIE WHELAN
Director
NYU Stern School, Business’s
Center for Sustainable Business
KARIN KREIDER
Executive Director
ISEAL Alliance
HERMAN MULDER
Co-founder & Chair
SDG Netherlands
Himanshu Bakshi
Managing Director
Danone India
Moderator:
ARUN MAIRA
Chairman
HelpAge International
Day 2: 29 October 2020
Business Resilience in times of Crisis: A multi-sector Perspective on Decent Work and Economic Growth
10:00 – 11:30 IST
Co-Host: Aston University, IDRC
Session FlyerBuilding Sustainable Supply Chains Across Forest-Linked Commodities
10:00 – 11:30 IST
Co-Host: WWF – India
Family-Friendly Policies: An Apparatus for Business Resilience Continuity
10:00 – 11:30 IST
Knowledge Partner & Co-Host: UNICEF
Is Living Wage “Relevant” and “Urgent” in the wake of COVID-19? 
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Co-Host: Project Glow, Aston University, Oxfam India
Sustainable Palm Oil Dialogue India, 2020
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Lead Partner & Co-Host: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Towards a Sustainable and Circular IT & Electronics Industry 
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Co-Host: Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (India) , Green Electronics Council (GEC)
Government Logo Support: Ministry of Electronics Information Technology (India)
Responsible Recruitment: A Post COVID-19 Agenda Across Supply Chains
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Co-Host: International Justice Mission
India Inc. Leads by Example – Responsibility in Revival 
14:00 – 15:30 IST
Lead Partner & Co-Host: Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) South Asia
Sustainability Information to Empower Consumers
15:45 – 17:15 IST
Co-Host: One Planet Network
VSS Contribution towards SDGs in India 
15:45 – 17:15 IST
Co-Host: VSS Collaboration India, NITI Aayog
Recognising Invisible Workers in Global Supply Chain
15:45 – 17:15 IST
Co-Host: GoodWeave
Promoting Green & Inclusive Growth to Build Back Better post COVID
15:45 – 17:15 IST
Co-Host: IIED , Development Alternatives
Day 3: 30 October 2020
Partnership for Nutrition
10:00 – 11:30 IST
Co-Host: Cargill , World Food Programme (WFP)
Circular Design in Apparel: Enabling Circular Economy for Business Resilience 
10:00 – 11:30 IST
Co-Host: Prem Jain Memorial Trust, Laudes Foundation
Public Consultation: Youth for Sustainability (YfS) India Alliance 
10:00 – 11:30 IST
Co-Host: Human Circle
Women, Work and Peace
10:00 – 11:30 IST
Co-Host: SEWA
Driving Sustainability Education & Research for a Resilient Future 
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Co-Host: Wipro, Aston Business School
Tools & Approaches for Business to Build Resilience
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Co-Host: Rainforest Alliance
Building Back Better: Improving the Situation of Informal Women Workers in Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Phase
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Co-Host: Women in Value Chains (WiVC)
Co-Host: Hidden Homeworkers
Co-funded by: EU 
Sustainable and Inclusive Sandstone Stewardship
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Co-Host: Marshalls
Towards a Responsible Forest Economy 
14:00 – 15:30 IST
Lead Partner & Co-Host: Bharti Institute of Public Policy (BIPP – ISB)
Enabling Policy Implementation for Promoting Responsible Business in India
15:45 – 17:15 IST
Co-Host: World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA)
Reducing Food Loss in India – Challenges and Opportunities
15:45 – 17:15 IST
Co-Host: World Resources Institute, The Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU)
Post-COVID Sustainability Roadmap for SMEs 
15:45 – 17:15 IST
Co-Host: Quality Council of india (QCI)
Role of Data and Digitization in Better Preparing for Uncertainty 
15:45 – 17:15 IST
Host: CRB
*as of 28th October 2020