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Increasing Role Of Private Sector In Biodiversity Conservation: India And Sustainability Standards 2017 Conference

It is important for corporates to develop an understanding about the linkage of their operations with biodiversity and ecosystem services to future-proof their business

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Ecosystem And Biodiversity Services Worth Almost $125 Trillion Per Year: Dr. Randall Glaholt, IUCN International Biodiversity Expert

Biodiversity is currently being lost at an unprecedented rate due to human activities that degrade or encroach on habitats, increase pollution load, and contribute to climate variability. This rapid declining of biodiversity is a huge problem for entire humanity and this can’t be averted unless relevant stakeholders come together to fight it

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'Need For Integrating Sustainability Education In Academic Institutions'

Corporate management should reflect on the available knowledge and use moral imagination to find strategies that allow for an optimal profit with the least negative internal and external impact on society, environment and future generations

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Agenda For Sustainability Education Is Very Much Student-driven: Dirk Matten, Schulich School of Business

Faculty that can actually actuate, initiate, inspire and engage people in sustainability

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Scarcity Is The Mother Of Innovation: Anirban Ghosh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group

"Lot of coalition in businesses seen to address global issues: Elisa Tonda, Head, Responsible Industry and Value Chain Unit," UN Environment

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Need To Deepen Democracy And Make Capitalism More Democratic: Arun Maira, Former Member, Planning Commission of India

“India is ranked 93 out of 140 countries in Social Progress. In the Indian context, no one wants to talk about what is going wrong. For every 1% change in GDP, there is 0.09% change in social progress", Dr. Amit Kapoor, Chair, Institute for Competitiveness speaking on economic prosperity vs social progress

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India Sustainability Standards: From Tragedies Of The Commons To Strategies For The Common

The 2017 edition of 'India Sustainability Standards: International Dialogues and Conference' started on a high note with experts coming together to deliberate on the case of Sustainability and the private sector

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To Maintain Capitalism, Businessmen Must Be Crusaders For General Public Interest: Prof. Dirk Matten, York University

In his lecture called ‘Reimagining Capitalism- A new exciting agenda for business leaders’, Professor Matten said, “We have to think of alternative ways of doing capitalism, as the current mode is not working. The critique of capitalism is normally looked at as a leftist argument"

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Collective Action To Build Much Needed Social Capital In India: ISS 2017

The event will focus on the theme - from the tragedies of the commons to the strategies for the commons, ISS 2017 will go deep down exploring such issues and drawing a way forward by multi-stakeholder's engagement

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5 Global Success Stories On Battling Air Pollution: Can Delhi Learn From Them?

Knee-jerk reactions to curb pollution are not a permanent solution to the crisis, but sustainable solutions which include strict legislative norms, citizen’s participation and community engagement on a massive scale and dispersion of eco-friendly technology may be effective in battling this crisis, which poses a threat to people and the environment.

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