Sustainability 100+ – Building a Better World: Setting a New Benchmark for Sustainability in India

The Sustainability 100+ Summit set the agenda for sustainability and our efforts to curb climate change.

For AB InBev, sustainability isn’t just a part of its business; This is their business. The Sustainability 100+ – Shaping a Better World platform was introduced to bring together all sustainability activists and influencers to bring in effective solutions and interventions to address sustainability challenges. The first year of the platform, a collaboration between AB InBev India and Network18, wrapped up with the first edition of the annual Sustainability 100+ Summit, efforts over the last 10 months to help transform lives through sustainable initiatives in smart agriculture. The culmination of events, water management, circular packaging and climate action.

Bringing together policy makers, business leaders, climate experts, innovators and academics, the summit touched on various aspects of corporate and social responsibility that help reduce the environmental footprint and accelerate India’s UN Sustainable Development Goals. can help.

The event included several engaging and insightful sessions with top leaders, including the inaugural Leadership Session, in conversation with Karthikeya Sharma, President – ​​India & South Asia, AB InBev, CNBC-TV18 Managing Editor, Sherin Bhan Were how corporates could do it. paves the way for stability.

Panel Discussion on ‘4 Ps of Sustainability: Public, Private, People and Their Partnerships’ brought together decision makers from all stripes like Jan Kleisner, VP – Procurement & Sustainability – APAC, AB InBev, Aaditya Thackeray, Minister of Tourism. and Environment, Government of Maharashtra, and Dushyant Chautala, Deputy Chief Minister, Haryana. Cyrus Brocha lightens the mood with ‘The World That Should Be’ segment, discussing sustainability in her trademark quirky style with AB InBev’s innovators and supplier partners.

An exclusive panel joins Sherin Bhan for a fiery chat on the topic ‘Embedding Sustainability in Corporate Goals for Achieving the UN SDGs’. The final panel discussion of the Sustainability 100+ Summit took the conversation forward, talking about ‘How States Can Champion UN SDGs’.

Several keynote speeches were delivered on the occasion – NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant talked about India’s road to achieving SDGs while AG Barsenas, Chief Sustainability Officer, AB InBev spoke on ‘A Global Perspective on Sustainability’ . Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Shekhawat also participated in the Sustainability 100+ Summit to remind the audience of the need to conserve water.

More sustainability insights flowed in during an exclusive one-on-one conversation between Ashwin Kak, Procurement & Sustainability Head – India & South East, AB InBev, and a champion of sustainability, Sonam Wangchuk, Director, Himalayan Institute of Alternatives. All the positive results were cemented through a Memorandum of Understanding between AB InBev and Ball Beverages. , The summit culminated with the unveiling of The Action Manifesto, produced in association with KPMG.

Over 34,000 viewers tuned in for the live broadcast of the Sustainability 100+ Summit, with thousands more mobilized through a pre-event registration drive. This was part of a larger goal of climate change mitigation efforts and a greater goal to start conversations about sustainability and eventually put into practice the ideas and solutions supported at the summit.

The Sustainability 100+ – Shaping a Better World platform continues to push the limits of how we as a community need to collaborate and act and negotiate sustainability and build a better and brighter future for generations to come.

Please visit www.sustainability100plus.com to know more.

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