ESG – Management, Reporting and Communication (Batch-3)

"Business is about profit maximization, and with ESG in force, the scenario is changing, and businesses and investors are more focused on ESG. Understanding the ESG landscape and communicating effectively about ESG brings confidence to stakeholders, and effective ESG implementation will bring the companies into sustenance mode as it is contributing to sustainable development. Any ineffective communication will tag the businesses as greenwashing"

Ravikanth Raminni

Senior Manager, NTPC LTD

"Communication is of utmost importance to ESG. Because, through communication, awareness can be spread. Awareness leads to acceptance, acceptance to action, and action changes the world and makes a difference."

Harjeet Pruthi

Senior Regional Manager, DEI, Human Resources, VMware India Software Pvt Ltd

"ESG is the future of all businesses. Therefore, with the help of proper communication, we can explore what ESG means in business, how it affects trade and commerce and what the individual role would be in communicating ESG effectively. ESG is ever-evolving, complex in construction and technical in nature. Besides, the biggest challenge is to make it simple to understand among all levels of organizations. Therefore, it becomes difficult to communicate about ESG. Climate Communication is relevant, situational and very important for understanding the implications that can lead to a significant change in the mindsets and behavior of people."

Veena Iyer

Director- Head of Communication and Citizenship, Societe Generale Global Solution Centre

"Communication is important to ESG because it underpins transparency, accountability, stakeholder management and the overall success of the initiator. Moreover, it allows organizations to demonstrate their commitment to Mother Nature."

Sunil Raveendran

Head of Architecture and Innovation, Allianz Technology

"Communication is the key to success in implementing any initiativeideaprocess. The same goes for ESG space. Since this field is still nascent in the Indian context, the need for continuous communication becomes more imperative."

Kirti Agarwal

Corporate HR and BPR Team Member, Bank of Baroda

"There is a huge awareness gap about this topic. It is frequently misconstrued with CSR. Besides, it is still at a nascent stage in the Indian context. As it evolves and penetrates better, it will become more widely accepted in the business world. Therefore, the combination of these factors makes it difficult to communicate about ESG."

Anil Shishodia

Executive Director, J.P. Morgan

"As our planet is getting highly affected by climate change sooner than ever now, people have started to take it more seriously. In fighting the climate crisis, climate communication, thus, has become one of the key factors."

Uday Kumar K

Founder- President, Way for Life

"Any discussion related to ESG and related topics should be initiated by appropriately designed communication related to climate action. The impact on life caused by the industries, driven by data, should be the basis of communicating the need for taking impactful steps towards rectifying the situation and preventing further damage. We should also take responsibility for our actions while communicating on climate action."

Prasanna Rao

MD, Nirantara Ecoventures Pvt Ltd

"The Programme has been wonderful. We got an overall understanding of ESG. I look forward to the details of how to implement it in an integrated and sustainable manner"

Prashant Sankaran

Executive Director, Interweave Consulting Pvt Ltd