India Reset: The ESG Imperative Express Audio

After a very insightful sessions with Naina Lal Kidwai, chair, India Sanitation Coalition and Krishna Prasad Chigurupati, chairman and managing director of Granules India, a leading Indian manufacturer of some of the crucial first line of drugs to deal with pain, fever and diabetes, this is the third in the series of FE CONVERSATIONS ON THE ESG IMPERATIVE, where Dr Mukund Rajan, Chairman, ECube Investment Advisors and an expert on ESG has as his interlocutor Meher Pudumjee, the chairperson of Thermax, an engineering company providing sustainable solutions in energy and environment and one that intends to stay sensitive to all the three crucial components of environmental, social and governance (ESG). They discuss a range of issues from the immediate triggers for the ESG imperative, some of the signature initiatives launched by the company and on where focus will need to be in the months and years ahead. Dr Mukund Rajan, who has been the former chairman of the Tata Global Sustainability Council, had co-authored a much read and reviewed book last year titled ‘Outlast -How ESG can benefit your business’. He has been holding the Financial Express (FE) conversations on the ESG imperative. This has been driven by FE’s attempt at triggering thinking and work in the ESG arena and to ensure that genuine efforts and not greenwashing happens. In these conversations, sector experts and corporate leaders who want to stay committed to ESG share their experiences and insights. It is hoped that this will drive new thinking and the search for solutions on an issue that is bound to impact everyone on the planets.

In today’s episode of India Reset - The ESG Imperative, Dr. Mukund Rajan talks to Dr. Krishna Prasad Chigurupati, Chairman and Managing Director, Granules India.

The discussion focuses on the ESG Imperative from the perspective of the pharmaceutical industry.

Check out more at www.financialexpress.com/audio/india-reset-the-esg-imperative/

Welcome to India Reset – A Financial Express podcast with focus this time on the ESG IMPERATIVE.

In our first episode Dr. Mukund Rajan talks to Ms Naina Lal Kidwai, Chair, India Sanitation Coalition and former president, FICCI.

Mukund Rajan is the Chairman of ECube Investment Advisors, a first of its kind platform created in 2019 to catalyse Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) changes in Corporate India. Prior to this, he held a number of senior executive positions through his 23-year career with the Tata Group, where he served as the first Brand Custodian of the Tata Group, Chief Ethics Officer, Chairman of the Tata Global Sustainability Council, and Member of the Group Executive Council at Tata Sons. Dr Rajan’s third book, “OUTLAST – How ESG Can Benefit Your Business”, co-authored with Dr Colonel Rajeev Kumar, has just been published by HarperCollins.”

Watch this space - we’ll be bringing you more on this series of conversations about THE ESG Imperative hosted by Dr. Mukund Rajan.

You can soon listen to this podcast on www.financialexpress.com/audio and the FE app as well as everywhere you listen to your podcasts.