(DAY 1) 02 FEBRUARY 2023, THURSDAY

09:30 Hrs

Registration

10:00 – 11:30 hrs

Inaugural

Opening Remarks

·  Mr Mahesh K. Patil, Chairman, Goa State Pollution Control Board

Keynote Address

·  Shri Nilesh Cabral, Minister for Environment & Climate Change, PWD and Judiciary, Government of Goa

·  Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister, Government of Goa

·  Mr Dominic Waughray, Special Advisor to CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)*

·  Dr Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Scientist*

·  Ms Shoko Noda, Resident Representative, UNDP India

11:30 – 11:45 hrs

11:45 – 13:00 hrs

Climate Action: Pathways towards Net Zero

Tackling climate crisis is now one of the greatest challenges that humankind has facing. For transitioning to carbon neutrality, economic growth of a country must be centered around climate-smart approaches, such as producing and consuming clean energy, moving to fuel-efficient transport systems, sustainable mining, climate-smart agriculture, and water systems, and many more. To achieve India’s commitment of net-zero emissions by 2070, it is important for stakeholders like government, businesses, investors to come up with stringent and workable means of cutting down on emissions and accelerate climate action. The session will bring together thought leaders that will deliberate on the urgent actions required to achieve net-zero commitment and deliver tangible outcomes.

Chairman & Moderator

·  Mr. Masood Mallick, CEO, Re Sustainability Limited, Hydearabad.

Keynote Address

·  Ms Leena Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India*

Panellist

·  H.E. Jan Thesleff, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden*

·  Mr Koushik Chatterjee, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Board, Tata Steel Limited

·  Mr Bikas K Singh, VP & Head of Government Affairs, SAP India

·  Ms Divya Sharma, Executive Director, Climate Group India*

·  Mr Suvojoy Sengupta, Partner, McKinsey & Company*

·  Ms Anjali Pandey, Vice President Engine Business and Components Business, Cummins Technologies India Pvt Limited*

13:00 – 14:30 hrs

Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:30 hrs

Resource Efficiency & Circularity: The Imperative for the Future

Globally there is growing consensus on the potential contribution of material resource efficiency and adoption of circular economy principles. Transitioning to a circular economy allows industry to decouple resource consumption from economic growth while remaining competitive.  The G20 resource efficiency dialogue established in 2017 with the aim of exchanging good practices and national experience to improve the efficiency and sustainability of natural resource use across the entire product life cycle, and to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns. Industries in India are trying to integrate circular economy principles into their operations to help achieve targets related to emission reduction, biodiversity conservation and water conservation. The session will deliberate on the importance of transitioning to a more resource-efficient and circular economy and the initiatives taken by industry to accelerate this transition.

Chairman & Moderator

·  Dr Punnet Kumar Goel, Chief Secretary, Goa

Panellist

·  Dr Michael Bucki, Counsellor, Head of Section, European Union Delegation to India*

·  Dr Anurag Priyadarshi, Chair, Advisory Committee, India Plastics Pact and Deputy General Manager, Community Services, TATA Sustainability Group*

·  Mr Pradeep Bhargava, Chairman, CII-GreenCo Council*

·  Mr Angelo George, CEO, Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd.*

·  Mr Hemant Chaudhary, Founder & Manging Director, Circular Economy Alliance, Australia*

·  Maj Neil Christopher, Senior Director, Corporate & Govt Affairs, Flipkart*

16:30 – 17:00 hrs

Tea Break

17:00 – 18:30 hrs

Sustainability Reporting: Voluntary and Regulatory Framework (GRI) 

·  Perspectives by Mr. Peter Paul Van De Wijs, Chief External Affairs Officer, GRI*

Chairman & Moderator

·  Dr. Aditi Haldar, Director, GRI, South Asia

Panellist

·  Ms. DeekshaVats, Chief Sustainability Officer, Aditya Birla Group

·  Mr. Raj Mullick, Vice president, Reliance Industries Ltd.

·  Ms. Madhulika Sharma, Chief Sustainability Officer, ITC Limited.

 
·  Dr. Pradeep Panigrahi, Head, Corporate Sustainability, Larsen & Toubro