Hindalco Industries Limited, the world’s largest aluminium rolling and recycling firm, in collaboration with Norway-based sustainability advisory agency Xynteo, introduced collectively a number of nationwide and worldwide leaders throughout enterprise, authorities and civil society to chart collaborative options for India’s inclusive and sustainable improvement by 2030 at the Exchange 2024 at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on February 15-16.
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(L-R) Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa for India together with Vipul Kumar, Senior Partner, Xynteo
Key discussions at the occasion centred across the theme “India@2030: Scaling Good Growth”. Speakers introduced insights on methods and options for reaching equitable and sustainable development in India by 2030, overcoming systemic boundaries to inclusive improvement throughout sectors akin to healthcare, training, renewable vitality, amongst others, harnessing innovation, know-how and entrepreneurship for social influence, and partnerships between enterprise, authorities and civil society to drive large-scale change.
At the occasion, Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa, shared, “India has a distinctive alternative to construct sustainability with out carbonising, to maneuver thousands and thousands out of poverty via round fashions that appeal to worth and capital. By embracing photo voltaic, EVs, and deliberate urbanisation for strolling and biking, India may be the one G20 nation to attain local weather targets by 2030. Business fashions, not mandates, will drive this round economic system the place sustainability continually improves. If corporations do not go inexperienced, it is not going to bode properly with their long-term market positioning. With clear and set targets, sustainability can turn out to be an integral a part of India’s future because the nation progresses.”
“India stands at the cusp of an economic rebound today. Realising an equitable and sustainable future now hinges on expanding opportunities through skilling, women’s leadership and financial inclusion,” mentioned Suman Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. He additional added, “With cross-sector collaboration, as seen at The Exchange, India can deliver on its vision of ‘Viksit Bharat’ and be a model for green development. I’ve retained the key elements – optimism about India’s growth, the need for inclusive policies, leveraging India’s strengths in tech and manufacturing, advocating for climate justice globally, and the importance of collaborative platforms like the Exchange.”
Satish Pai, Managing Director of Hindalco Industries and chair of Vikaasa Executive Committee, mentioned, “Our role as business leaders is to plant the seeds of sustainability across the entire value chain. ESG is a modern term, but at Hindalco, the “S” has been our precedence for the final a number of many years. We care concerning the individuals and the society at giant that’s straight or not directly related to us. This has led to many revolutionary initiatives that aren’t solely outstanding however a supply of fixed inspiration for me. We’re now increasing beneath ESG to areas like renewables, zero waste and decarbonisation. This evolution from CSR to ‘CSR Plus’ comes naturally, as our individuals drive influence as soon as empowered. The Exchange marked a vital milestone in our mission to allow equitable development in India in addition to our partnership with Xynteo. We consider enterprise has an obligation to be a drive for good. The commitments made through the occasion will catalyse collaboration for change at scale throughout sectors. It’s all about believing in one thing, planting the thought, letting the baton move on to individuals and watching it develop.”
Xynteo’s Senior Partner Vipul Kumar added, “At Xynteo, we believe business can be a force for good, delivering both commercial and social impact. The key is finding interventions at this intersection, ones with inherent environmental benefits and a sustainable business model, enabling replication and scale. We empower leaders committed to driving this change. Multi-stakeholder partnerships are key to systems transformation. No company can create change alone; collaboration is critical. Partners must come together across value chains and even competition to solve systemic challenges. Finally, we must have patience to try, fail, and persist until transformative solutions emerge. With passion and perseverance, we can move forward each day to build the equitable, net-zero future India wants to see. Though the road is long, initiatives like the Exchange are a powerful platform to unite leaders looking to drive this change, and prove no goal is out of reach if we work collectively.”
The occasion witnessed participation from notable audio system and visitors particularly Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa for India, Suman Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives & Rural Development, Nigar Shaji, Project Director, Aditya L1 Solar Mission, ISRO, Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM, Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist, WHO, Satish Pai, Managing Director, Hindalco Industries, Vikas Mehta, Executive Director, SED Fund, Rohit Jawa, CEO and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Auguste Tano Kouamé, Country Director for India, World Bank, Pramod Bhasin, Founder and former CEO, Genpact, Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairperson, India Sanitation Coalition, Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India, Sandeep Sethi, Division President, Work Dynamics, Asia Pacific, JLL, CVL Srinivas, Country Manager, WPP India, Ashish Dhawan, Founder and CEO, The Convergence Foundation, Abhijeet Sinha, National Program Director of Ease of Doing Business and Project Director of National Highways for EV (NHEV), Chhavi Rajawat, former Sarpanch, Soda, Rajasthan, Lt. Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd), PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & Bar, Member, National Disaster Management Authority, Neena Gupta, famend actor, and Viren Rasquinha, MD and CEO, Olympic Gold Quest, and former Captain, Indian Hockey Team,amongst different notable leaders throughout companies, authorities, sports activities, defence providers and civil society.
Insightful discussions, hearth chats, and speaker sequence captured the various methods for scaling accountable innovation, empowering MSMEs, advancing web zero targets, advocating circularity, bettering healthcare entry, bridging the digital divide, and enabling the way forward for work, amongst different systemic challenges going through the nation.
Attendees had been additionally invited to take a stroll via Xynteo’s a number of commercially viable and scalable influence initiatives with its companions over the previous six years, together with revitalising the livelihoods of Kosa silk artisans in Chhattisgarh’s rural interiors to exploring cutting-edge know-how to decarbonise last-mile cold-chain logistics.
A spotlight of the Exchange was the Marketplace – a curated platform showcasing 25 early-stage start-ups driving high-impact improvements throughout 4 key themes: vitality and decarbonisation, circularity, sustainable livelihoods, and healthcare. From various fuels and clear mobility options to applied sciences tackling plastic waste and advancing well being resilience, the Marketplace served as a dynamic hub connecting promising start-ups with buyers, firms and thought leaders. Beyond start-ups, the house additionally featured organisations akin to UltraTech Cement and Saint Gobain, and Xynteo’s clear hydrogen tech and enterprise accelerator Energy Leap, showcasing cutting-edge applied sciences within the vitality transition and sustainable building sectors.
The Studios – energetic working group classes for systemic drawback solving– had been a very important part spurring impactful dialogues at the Exchange. With participation curated throughout sectors to make sure range of expertise and insights, these roundtables aimed to incubate commercially viable and scalable options. Executives from main organisations throughout metals and mining, actual property, building supplies, client items and extra engaged within the Studios centered particularly on plastics circularity, metals and mining, in addition to pathways for decarbonising the constructed setting. With Xynteo facilitators guiding discourse, 15 tables hosted vibrant discussions on addressing complicated, industry-specific sustainability subjects. The Studios additionally supplied a collaborative sandbox to forge unconventional partnerships, co-create enterprise fashions, and put together market-facing transition plans on a few of India’s most urgent ESG challenges.
Additionally, Xynteo partnered with Grow-Trees.com, affiliated with the UN Environment Program and WWF’s Cities for Forests marketing campaign, to plant a tree for each attendee as a token of appreciation and a dedication to constructing a sustainable future for each individuals and the planet.
The Exchange, as an annual flagship occasion, will proceed to convene wider stakeholder teams annually to trace India’s progress and deepen cross-sector influence on sustainability priorities, overview commitments, take inventory of outcomes achieved, refresh targets, forge new collaborations and drive ongoing momentum in direction of the 2030 improvement agenda.
About Hindalco Industries
Hindalco Industries Limited is the metals flagship firm of the Aditya Birla Group. Along with its subsidiary Novelis, Hindalco is the worldwide chief in flat rolled merchandise and the world’s largest recycler of aluminium. With a world footprint spanning 52 manufacturing models throughout 10 international locations, the corporate is dedicated to driving sustainable improvement via revolutionary options. Hindalco was ranked the world’s most sustainable aluminium firm within the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) in 2020, 2021 and 2022. At COP28, Hindalco received the Energy Transition Change Maker award for its pioneering renewable vitality initiative in aluminium decarbonisation.
About Xynteo
Xynteo is a purpose-driven strategic advisory agency that helps world organisations, and their leaders, discover new methods to develop ahead as they deal with the societal and environmental challenges which can be too massive, too costly, and too complicated to unravel alone. We consider that enterprise is a drive for good when leaders suppose long-term, work with, not towards nature, and use their affect and sources for the various, not the few. For us, that is good development. Our coalitions and programmes embrace Build Ahead, Energy Leap, Europe Delivers, Leadership Vanguard, Vikaasa and Xynteo Exchange.
