Global Compact Network India Newsletter June 2012 - March 2013

1. GCNI 8th National Convention, ITC
Sonar, Kolkata
HIGHLIGHTS
will be better integrated with the principles of inclusive growth
and sustainability and will leverage partnerships, innovation and
new technology as key implementation tools. It is in this context
that Global Compact Network India (GCNI) adopted the theme
'Sustainable Development Goals and India: Accelerating Growth
through Innovation, Partnership and Human Development' for its
8th National Convention held on 11th March 2013 at ITC Sonar
BanglainKolkata.
Theconventionwitnessedparticipationfromleadingmembersof
Corporate India, academia and Civil Society organizations. The
ensuing discussion and deliberations emphasised on using
sound collaborations and global partnerships among diverse
stakeholders for successfully implementing the post – 2015
development agenda. These partnerships will be characterised
by innovative use of ICTs, engagement of the private sector in
making these technologies accessible and harnessing the power
ofnetworksforsharingknowledge,expertiseandresources.
GCNI has renewed its commitment to the MDG 8 by establishing
two new Regional Chapters at Chennai and Kolkata. GCNI
Chapters promote strong ties between local stakeholders, small
business and regional multilateral organizations and serve as
robust platforms for sharing information, best practices and
collaborating on policy design and implementation. New
Chapters extend the outreach efforts of GCNI toward propagating
the 'Ten UNGC Principles' to diverse parts of India and creates
opportunity for diverse multi lateral organizations and public
sector to leverage and expand collaboration with the business
community and generate sustainable Public – Private
partnership.
In our future endeavours, GCNI as the India network of the UNGC
is committed to promoting the post – 2015 development agenda
through customised events, capacity building programmes and
knowledge–sharingplatforms.
SudhirVasudeva
President,GCNIndia&CMD,ONGC
DearMember,
As we enter into the second
decade of the 21st century, we
witness a significant shift in the
context and framework of
development in many countries
worldwideincludingIndia.
It is becoming apparent that the
post – 2015 development agenda
PRESIDENT’S DESK
The 8th National Convention of the Global Compact Network India commenced
on 11th of March 2013 at ITC Sonar in Kolkata. Based on the theme of
“
Innovation, Partnership and Human Development”, the Convention was
inaugurated by Dr. Swaroop Rawal, Educationalist and Social Activist, as Chief
GuestandDr.BhaskarChatterjee,DGandCEO,IICA,astheGuestofHonour.
The convention was preceded by a pre-launch event on the 10th of March 2013
at Palladian Lounge, at the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The
pre-launch event witnessed a theme setting speech by Mr. Peter Kenmore, FAO
Representative in India on “Accelerating Millennium Developments Goals in
India: 2015 and Beyond”. The speech dwelled on the Millennium Development
Goals that were achieved by India or could be achieved by 2015. He concluded
by asserting that the new UN development goals will be framed in a manner
which will engage the governments and heads of the nations across the world to
emerge with innovative ideas and out of the box solutions which will increase the
momentum and align their respective policies and programmes in achieving
thesenewsetofdevelopmentgoals.
The Convention also marked the initiation of the GCNI's Eastern Region local
chapter, the 4th GCNI Local Chapter, in Kolkata by the distinguished guests
Dr. Rawal and Dr. Chatterjee along with Dr. Uddesh Kohli, Senior Advisor UNGC
and Mr. R Mohan Das, Chair of the GCNI National Convention Committee and
Director, Personnel and Industrial Relations, Coal India Ltd., and Mr. Pooran
ChandraPandey,ExecutiveDirectorattheGCNI.
In his inaugural address, Mr. Das introduced the theme of the 8th National
Convention, which was followed by Dr. Chatterjee's deliberation on the
possibilities of constructive collaborations among multi stakeholders such as
Corporates, Governments and the NGOs for the implementation of successful
Sustainable Development Goals and India: Accelerating Growth through
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2. CSR practices in India. Dr. Swaroop Rawal in her speech addressed the
audience on what constitutes corporate social responsibility, that it is not
solely the work of the government, but it is the duty of each and every
member. Mr. Pooran Chandra Pandey extended his vote of thanks to the
eminentdignitariesandtothemembersoftheaudience.
The Convention focused on three sub-themes namely, Innovation as Driver
for Sustainable Development which was chaired by Shubranshu Patnaik,
Senior Director Deloitte, Partnership: Key to Aggregated Social Benefits
chaired by Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, DG and CEO, IICA and Human
Development: Approaches to Inclusive Growth, chaired by Prof. Anup Kumar
Sinha, IIM Calcutta. The programme was attended by over 250 participants
and facilitated the sharing on practices, programmes and other operations
that have been carried out by respective participant organizations in the
realmofsustainabledevelopment.
GCNI takes this opportunity to express gratitude to ONGC, and Coal India as
our esteemed Platinum Sponsors, to our Gold Sponsors, Balmer Lawrie, ITC
and ESSAR and to our Silver Sponsors GAIL, PetronetLNG and BHEL of the
8th National Convention, for their generous support to the event and for
translating the event into a successful programme. We also sincerely
appreciate the support extended by Deloitte as our knowledge partner in the
8thGCNINationalconvention.
NATIONAL EVENTS
GCNI Western Regional Conclave
TCS and GCNI organized a Regional Conclave for the GCNI Western Region
on “Greening the Triple Bottom Line: Environmental Responsibility and
Sustainable Development” on 14th March, 2013 at the Yantra Park, Thane
facility of TCS, Mumbai. The event was co-sponsored by GCNI, TCS,
Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., Tata Chemicals Ltd. and Excel Industries Ltd
and witnessed participation from 130 participants from multilateral
organizations.
Dr. Preeti Soni, Advisor, Climate Change at UNDP delivered the keynote
speech for the event stressing the importance of conserving the environment
and reporting on all such practices for the purpose of knowledge sharing and
dissemination. The panel discussions were on the following topics;
Environmental Sustainability Methods (Preventive Action) on UNGC Principle
7, and on Corporate Environment Citizenship (Promotive Action) based on
UNGC Principle 8 and 9. The eminent panellists included Dr. Joy Deshmukh,
VP GCNI Western Region and Global Head (CSR), TCS, Mr. Pooran Chandra
Pandey, Executive Director, GCNI, Mrs. Beroz Gazdar, Senior VP, Group
Sustainability, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., Mr. Arunavo Mukerjee, VP, Tata
Quality Management Services, Mrs. Alka Talwar, Head Community
Development, Tata Chemicals Ltd, Dr. Meena Galliara, Director at Centre for
Sustainability Management and Social Entrepreneurship, School of
Business, NMIMS and Dr. Aniruddha Agnihotri, Head, Health, Safety and
EnvironmentatTCS.
Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs)
- Business Promotes Gender Equality
On International Women's Day, 8th March, 2013, GCNI in collaboration with
UN Women and CARE India organised a first of its kind national consultation
at IHC, New Delhi to deliberate on the Women's Empowerment Principles
(WEPs). Ms Sangeeta Jindal, Chairperson of JSW Foundation and
Chairperson of the WEPs in her opening remarks, deliberated for a strong call
for action for leading Indian companies to strengthen their engagement
towards empowerment of women and fostering principles of gender
Major GCNI Events
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3. The CEO Water Mandate, a UNGC initiative was launched in 2007 to promote
and facilitate the development, implementation, and disclosure of corporate
water sustainability policies and practices. To this effect GCNI , in partnership
with HCC and TATA Steel convened a meeting from 5th to 7th March 2013 at
SVKM Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. The
meeting witnessed an effective participation of 125 representatives
including some of the key GCNI member companies such as TATA Steel,
ESSAR, Novozymes, HUL, BPCL, TCS, Tata Chemicals, CWC, Partners in
Change and CCPL Worldwide along with other companies such as DLF,
CIPLA, Dalberg. Mr. Pooran Chandra Pandey, Executive Director, GCNI
represented the organization in this significant meeting. The meeting
explored critical and complex corporate water management issues and how
to advance effective and equitable solutions. The meeting also included a
half day field trip on 4th March at the Watershed Organization Trust's Tribal
Community, to apprise the participants on water management issues. The
multi-stakeholder conference focused on exploring the relevance of the
emerging corporate water stewardship paradigm in the “Post-2015
World”and canvassed the range of water-related challenges faced by India,
as well as the spectrum of actions the companies have taken in India and
elsewheretomitigatewaterrisks.
CEO Water Mandate Water
Stewardship in the Post - 2015 World
Volunteer for a Better India (VFABI Summit)
The Global Compact Network India in partnership with Art of Living (AOL), a
GCNI member organised a Youth Summit on 2nd & 3rd February, 2013.
GCNI was one of the knowledge partners along with several other UN bodies
such as UNICEF, UNODC, UNDP, showcased their participation in the event.
A dedicated workshop was organized for 200 young students at the Delhi
Technological University, Delhi on 2nd February, 2013. The workshop was
eventually followed by a Youth Summit – Volunteer For A Better India which
was held on 3rd February, 2013 at Ram Lila Maidan. The event focused on
equality. Mr. Pooran Chandra Pandey, Executive Director, GCN India
addressed the audience on the history of WEPs. Dr. Muhammad Musa, CEO
& Country Director, CARE India, shared the strategic vision that has been
collectively identified towards turning WEPs into a reality and into driving
“real effective change.” Dr. Santosh Mehrotra, Director-General of Institute
of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission provided keynote
address and helped set the context of the consultation. Ms. Alka Pathak,
Senior Advisor Advocacy and External Relations, CARE India and Ms.
Sushma Kapoor, Deputy Representative, UN Women along with 60 other
participantswerepresentintheconsultation.
the themes - Environment, Education, De - addiction, Girl Child and
Women's Safety, Senior Citizens, Good Governance and Voice against
Corruption. This event witnessed the presence of wide public participation of
more than 100,000 people in New Delhi. Mr. Pooran Chandra Pandey,
Executive Director GCNI in his deliberation addressed the audience about
the various activities undertaken by GCNI over the years which has led itself
toemergeasoneofthelargestvoluntaryinitiativeinthecountry.
India CEO Forum on Business and Human
Rights
The India CEO Forum is a two year Global Compact Network initiative,
chaired by Shri N.R. Narayana Murthy, Founder and Chairman Emeritus,
Infosys. Under this initiative, two Working Group Level meetings were
convened on 30th October, 2012 at Jindal Centre, New Delhi and on 17th
December, 2012 at HUL, Mumbai. Around 35 members comprising of
representatives from major corporate houses and leading member
companies of GCNI such as JSL, Vestas, Mahindra and Mahindra, HUL
attended both these meetings. The meetings were an opportunity to deepen
sharing, discuss and learn from common challenges pertaining to the
domain of human rights. The prime objective was to enable committed
business leaders and managers to seek support from each other resulting in
enhancement of their own policies, practices and initiatives aligned to
international and national developments with respect to human rights issues
inthecontextsofbusinesses.
Launch of GCNI Chennai Chapter
In collaboration with Service and Research Institute on Family and
Children (SERFAC), GCNI organized a seminar on the theme “Promoting
Empowerment of People in Poverty Eradication, Social Integration and
Full Employment and Decent Work for All”, in Chennai on 8th December,
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4. The 3rd Subir Raha Memorial Lecture
2012. Prof J. Phillip, Vice Chairman & President, XIME, Bangalore
inaugurated the event which witnessed the presence of 70 leading
academicians, experts and representations from leading GCNI member
companies. The seminar included presentations by Mr Pooran Chandra
Pandey, Executive Director, GCNI, on the GCNI's history, activities and future
plans and by Dr. Catherine Bernard, Founder Director of SERFAC on the role
of family towards eradication of poverty and in the context of post 2015
development agenda. The event also witnessed the initiation of the Chennai
Chapter, GCNI’s 3rd Local Chapter in India. The local chapter will be headed
byMr.NareshKumarPinisetti,Director,People&CultureAPAC,Vestas.
Instituted in the memory of Late Subir Raha, Former CMD ONGC and
Founder,GlobalCompactSociety,The3rdSubirRahaMemorialLecturewas
held on 6th November, 2012, on the theme “Sustainable Development
and Inclusive Growth in 21st Century: Possibilities and Challenges for
India”. This year the lecture was delivered by Dr. Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the
Prime Minister on Public Information, Infrastructure & Innovations. Mr.
Sudhir Vasudeva, President, GCNI and CMD, ONGC, welcomed the
participants and felicitated Dr. Pitroda. Dr. Pitroda in his evocative extempore
articulated his thoughts on the concept of sustainable development and
reinstated that innovation in IT and Telecom drives every piece of
development in contemporary times. The event also witnessed presence of
significant dignitaries such as Ms Lise Grande, UN Resident Coordinator and
UNDP Resident Representative. The event was supported by ONGC and
witnessed the attendance of over 250 participants. The lecture invoked
igniting questions from the audience and was well covered by reputed local
andnationalmediaagencies.
Annual General Body Meeting
The 8th Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) was held on 6th November,
2012 at Scope Complex, New Delhi. GCNI President and CMD, ONGC Mr
Sudhir Vasudeva chaired the meeting. The AGM considered the Annual
report for the year 2011-12 and the audited accounts for the above duration
and the financial year 2010-11. The meeting witnessed a well responsive
participation of 41 GCNI member organizations who unanimously agreed to
themotionsofthemeeting.
Global Green Inclusive Innovation (G2i2)
Summit
Global Compact Network India in partnership with Infosys and CxCatalysts
organized a two day summit on 25th & 26th October, 2012 at the Infosys
Campus, Bangalore India. The Summit brought forth innovative public
private partnerships in the domains of sustainability and green economic
growth. The Summit witnessed participation of 100 diverse worldwide
organizations and especially drew representation from multilateral GCNI
member companies and other organizations from the Indian private and
public sectors such as DLF, BPCL, Indian Oil, Tata Consultancy, Tata Steel,
NTPC, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Chemicals, and Elcomponics. One of the
highlights of the summit was collaboration and commitments from large and
small organizations towards building programmes, products and joint
technology in the realm of sustainable development and accentuating
inclusivegrowth.
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5. Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation
in Corporate Functioning
With support from Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
and Lead India, Global Compact Network India and its local chapter in
Hyderabad organized a two day Biodiversity Conclave in Hyderabad, was
held place from 11th to 12th October, 2012 at Hyderabad. The event
witnessed a participation of 200 multi stakeholders representing the private
and public sector companies along with other civil society organizations. The
conclave emphasised on the perspective, practices, challenges and issues
onBiodiversityConservationandtheCorporateSector,itinvolved expert-led
presentations and panel discussions, with special focus on varied themes
such as Energy, Infrastructure Development, Mining Sectors, Case studies
and examples of good practice and Focus on Clean Development
Mechanism(CDM),ClimateChange,andSustainability.
Southern Regional Conclave
Based on the theme “Essentiality of a Sustainable Business”, the GCNI's
Southern regional conclave was organized on 18th September, 2012, at
Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad and was directed to discuss the issues and
practices pertaining to businesses on heads of land availability, labour,
employment, resource optimization and sustainable environmental
practices. Mr. D.R.S. Choudhary Secretary, Ministry of Steel was the Chief
Guest of the event and deliberated on the issues pertaining to the importance
of sustainable business which is of prime significance for companies both
from public and private sector. Mr. N.K Nanda stressed upon the trusteeship
model advocated by Mahatma Gandhi and impressed upon the need that
corporate sector should act responsibly and add value to both stakeholders
and shareholders. Dr. Uddesh Kohli, Senior Advisor, UNGC spoke of the
principles of UN Global Compact advocated that sustainability of businesses
is possible through their persistence and adherence to ten universally
appealing principles of the Global Compact. The conclave focused on three
special sessions namely, Social Imperatives- Land Availability, Employment,
R&R Plan and other needs of the society; Ecology- Resource Optimization,
safe guarding the living environment and bio diversity and Economic -
Contributing towards income of society, enterprise and nation. The event
witnessed a participation of 200 participants and experts from leading
companies, government such as Midhani, Vestas, NMDC, and educational
institutessuchasXIME.
National Level Dialogue: Refining
Strategies and Family Inclusion for
Poverty Eradication
SERFAC in partnership with GCNI organized a two day national policy level
dialogue on the theme “Refining Strategies and Family Inclusion for
Poverty Eradication in India” from 27th August to 28th August, 2012 and
was hosted at The India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi. The meeting was
attended by experts from the area of Education, Health, and Social Services
along with Government and Corporate and UN representatives. The dialogue
focused on developing strategy for empowering the families to contribute
towards interventions that prevents the intergenerational transmission of
poverty. The two day dialogue concluded with a statement articulating the
needs and aspirations of the Indian family with a special emphasis on the
National policies. The aim of the document was to embed the 2015 and Post
2015 Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals
respectively and will be disseminated to Governments, UN Systems,
corporate community, religious bodies and civil society for future
collaborationsintheabovediscourse.
Launch of Children's Rights & Business
Principles
Developed by Save the Children, UNICEF and GCNI the “Children's Rights &
BusinessPrinciplesInitiative”wassuccessfullylaunchedsimultaneouslyin
three cities on 11th July in Chennai, 1st August in New Delhi and 7th August,
2012 in Mumbai, India. The event marked the unveiling of the book
“Children's Rights and Business Principles”. These are the first
comprehensive principles to guide companies on the full range of actions to
be undertaken to respect child rights within their workplace through strategic
socialinvestments,publicadvocacyandpartnerships.
Mr. Thomas Chandy, CEO, Save the Children, India delivered an inaugural
address on the perspectives of children's rights and role of businesses. An
invigorating presentation on the above theme was showcased by Ms Eija
Hietavuo, Corporate Alliance Specialist, UNICEF Geneva. The program
markedsuccessfulcollaborationofsignificantdignitariessuchasDr.Swarup
Rawal, Brand Ambassador UNICEF, Ms Syeda Hamid, Member Planning
Commission, Dr. Shanta Sinha, Chairman National Commission of
Protection of Child Rights and Mr. Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD ONGC & President
GCNI.
5th Business Responsibility Summit
In partnership with AIIMA, GCNI organized a summit on the theme “Enabling
Responsible Business for a Sustainable Future: Challenges and
Opportunities”on6th&7thJuly2012inNewDelhi.Dr.BhaskarChatterjee,
DG & CEO, IICA, Ministry of Corporate Affairs steered this as distinguished
Chairman at the Summit. The key Knowledge Partners of the Summit was
Ernst & Young. The Summit deliberated on the responsible business
practices and creating positive impacts and outlooks. The Summit also
entailed deep engagement of the multi stakeholder for channelizing
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6. Caring for Climate Meeting - COP 18
This year the Cop 18 meeting was held on December 5, 2012 at Doha, Qatar
and was chaired by Mr. Achim Steiner UNEP Executive Director, UNEP and
Ms. Christiana Figueres Executive Secretary UNFCCC. H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-
moon, Secretary-General, United Nations stressed that the technologies are
a backbone to solve global climate challenges and encouraged each Caring
for Climate company and participants of the UN Global Compact to continue
to lead by example and challenge Governments to do more. The Secretary-
General reiterated the significance of collaborations and partnerships
between United Nations, Governments, business and civil society for
effectively combatting the global climate challenge. The meeting drew more
than 60 senior representatives from business, civil society, Government, and
the UN. The Indian local network was represented by Mr. Pooran Chandra
Pandey, ED, GCNI. The event offered a platform for signatory companies,
Governments and the UN to exchange ideas and to discuss a path forward on
concrete ways to elevate existing efforts and to inspire more commitments
andeffectivepublic-privatepartnershipsinsupportoftheUNFCCCagenda.
Asia Oceania Regional Meeting
A joint Exchange Programme and a Regional Meeting of the UNGC Local
networks was held on November 18th - 24th 2012 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Mr Pooran Chandra Pandey, Executive Director, GCNI represented the India
GC Local Network. The prime objective of the programme was to explore
how Global Compact Local Networks can further engage their participants in
partnerships that contribute to UN goals with a special emphasis on UN-
business partnerships. The Local Networks provided feedback and
showcased Best Case Practices with an overview of key activities, resources
and engagement with the Ten Principles of the UNGC. UN Global Compact
Local Networks can play a central role in engaging companies. The meeting
emphasised on the significance of Local Networks in engaging companies to
adopt responsible business practices in challenging operating environment,
eventually generating a positive impact on diverse communities through
creation of jobs, supporting social enterprises and stimulating sustainable
growth.
Knowledge, Sharing
and Networking
February 2013
In carrying forward the GCNI's sustainability mandate, a knowledge sharing
meeting on the theme “Achieving Business Objectives in Harmony with
People and Planet”, was held on 28th February at GAIL, with a favourable
attendance of 53 members. The programme commenced with the Welcome
Address delivered by Mr. Shantanu Roy, General Manager, Corporate
Planning, GAIL (INDIA) Limited & Dr. Uddesh Kohli, Senior Advisor, United
Nations Global Compact. The interactive session included presentations of
two GCN member companies and the diverse initiatives undertaken by the
them. The presentation of GAIL focussed on the diverse sustainability
initiatives and programmes undertaken by the company which was followed
by the presentation of Ms. Jyoti Sethi, Corporate Affairs Department, Tata
Teleservices Limited on the various corporate social responsibility initiatives
undertaken by the company in the areas of health care, livelihoods,
employability,andcommunitydevelopmentandmanymore.
business resources and outlook towards the creation of sound corporate
sustainableleadership.
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
GCNI MONTHLY MEETINGS
January 2013
The first GCNI monthly meeting to be hosted outside Delhi was organized at
the Institute for Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) on 31st January in
Gurgaon and was centred on the theme “Together, We Empower Rural
India”. The meeting witnessed the participation of 30 members and was
chaired by Mr. Pooran Chandra Pandey, Executive Director, GCNI and Ms.
Jane E. Schukoske, CEO, IRRAD. The meeting was facilitated to understand
how NGOs and Corporates could come together to further the goal of
sustainable rural development. IRRAD presented their work towards
developing sustainable model villages. Lt. Gen. Rajinder Singh, CEO DLF
Foundation made an insightful presentation about the organizational
objectives and vision of DLF Foundation. As highlighted by IRRAD and
reiterated by DLF, skill building becomes an important channel for facilitating
progressive development of the rural population. Brig. Rajiv Williams,
Director CSR, JSL highlighted the company's efforts in facilitating the
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7. December 2012
On December 26, 2012 Global Compact Network India held its monthly
meeting at Thapar House, New Delhi which was co-hosted by CII-ITC Centre
for Excellence for Sustainable Development. The theme of the December
meeting was “Ethics, Transparency and Accountability: Creating a road
map to a sustainable future”. The participants were welcomed by Ms
Seema Arora, Executive Director at CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for
Sustainable Development and Dr Uddesh Kohli, Senior Advisor, United
Nations Global Compact. Mr Shikhar Jain, Senior Counsellor at CII-ITC
Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Development made a presentation on
the various laws and guidelines present in India such as SEBI Clause 55 and
international guidelines such as the UNGC principles. Ms Jot Prakash Kaur,
Research Associate, GCNI presented on the GCNI's Collective Action Project
which is largely focussed on the UNGC principle 10-Anti Corruption. She
spoke about the stakeholder consultations that CAP facilitated across the
country along with its regional partners. The meeting was concluded by a
vote of thanks extended by Mr Deep Chand Papnoi, Programme Coordinator
GCNI.
November 2012
The meeting hosted by All India Management Association (AIMA) on 30th
November, 2012, titled “Changing Business Practices for Sustainable
Development – Contribution by Business Schools” construed on similar
lines of the much wider UNGC initiative - Principles for Responsible
Management Education (PRME). The participants were welcomed by Ms.
Rekha Sethi, Director General, All India Management Association (AIMA) and
Dr. Uddesh Kohli, Senior Advisor, United Nations Global Compact. Dr. Raj
Agrawal, Director, Centre for Management Education, AIMA highlighted that
academic activities should incubate multi disciplinary approach and foster
sustainable innovations and development within their folds. Prof Rihan Khan
Suri showcased an inspiring presentation on the theme of sustainable cities.
He stressed on the need to generate more courses to advocate sustainability
in various universities and business schools. In the closing session, Dr. S. S
Mantha AICTE Chairman, outlined the need of generating innovative ideas by
process of skill development. Mr. Sanjay Nagi, Principal Consultant,
Marketing Insight retreated that inclusive growth should preserve the
livelihood and habitat of the rural people and this can be achieved by
encouraging traditional knowledge and skills like agriculture and handicrafts.
Mr. Ankur Sethi, Head, Common Job Tests highlighted that there is a huge
gap between the criteria desired by the corporate sector and the skills
possessedbytheindividuals.
the private sector in their CSR programmes, one amongst many such ideas
was the emphasis laid on the vast segments of informal economy - a
potentialCSRtargetgroupfortheprivatesector.
October 2012
The monthly meeting based on theme “Sustainable Development through
Innovative Business Practices”, convened on 31st October at NTPC
Limited. The meeting was initiated with a welcome address by Shri. N K
Sharma, Executive Director, NTPC Limited & Mr. Satish Rao, Secretary,
Global Compact Network India. Mr. D.K Patankar, AGM (CSR)-CC NTPC
Limited presented on the CSR activities carried out by NTPC in various parts
of India. Ms Bhawana Luthra, Director Programme and Operation, LEAD
India in her stimulating presentation emphasised that sustainable
development can be achieved only through sound leadership by those
equipped with skills through wise training in private sectors. Eventually these
leaders will be responsible for facilitating sustainable decision making and
will ensure that the present requirements are fulfilled without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The meeting was
attendedby34participantsoftheGCNImultilateralmemberorganizations.
September 2012
The monthly meeting convened on 28th September, 2012 at India
International Centre and was based on the theme “Affirmative Action of
India Inc through Corporate Social Responsibility”. The welcome address
was extended by Mr. Ashok Bharti, Chairman, NACDOR who insisted on the
inclusive commitment from both the industry and the community. The
meeting commenced with the opening remarks of Dr. Joy Deshmukh, Vice
President- West, GCNI & Global Head (CSR), TCS, she addressed the
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8. On 31st August, 2012 the GCNI monthly meeting was hosted by Partners in
Change at the India Social Institute. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Laura
Donovan, Chief Executive, Partners in Change and Mr. Satish Rao,
Secretary, Global Compact Network India. The host organization presented
about their organization and its activities. Ms. Dona John, Research and
Development Associate (South Asia), presented on UL Quality Assurance
Pvt. Ltd's innovative approach and state-of-the-art facilities that ensures
safety and quality standards at domestic and international fronts. The vote of
thanks was extended by Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui, Project Director Global
CompactNetworkIndia.
August 2012
audience on the affirmative action undertaken by the company towards
strengthening community livelihoods in the realm of CSR. In her keynote
address Prof Inderdeep Chatrath (PhD), Director, Office of Institutional
Equity, Duke University, USA enlightened the audience on the international
perspective on CSR. The highlight of the meeting was a thought provoking
documentary film by NACDOR showcasing the plight of those at the bottom
of the pyramid and marginalized sections of society. Mr. Kurt Soderlund,
Founding CEO, Safe Water Network, USA in a special address asserted the
need of channelizing CSR programmes towards providing safe drinking and
clean water especially in the rural areas. After an intriguing discussion, the
vote of thanks to the 68 event participants was extended by Mr. Pooran
ChandraPandey,ExecutiveDirectorGCNI.
July 2012
The meeting was hosted by Jindal Stainless Limited on 27th July 2012 and
was chaired by Dr. Uddesh Kohli, Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact and
Brig Rajiv Williams, Corporate Head- CSR, JSL. A presentation on JSL
Limited was showcased by Brig Rajiv Williams. The meeting highlighted the
Rio+20 Summit Experience – a three day event which was held in the capital
city Rio De Janeiro, Brazil with over 2,700 participants comprising of
business and investor community, civil society, academia, governments and
theUnitedNations.TheRio+20Summitcoveredover120sessionsandwas
focused on six thematic tracks Energy & Climate, Water & Ecosystems,
Agriculture & Food, and Economics & Finance of Sustainable Development,
Social Development, and Urbanization & Cities. Mr. Sudhir Kumar Sinha,
Corporate Head CSR, CIPLA and Ms. Aparna Khandelwal, Sr. Associate,
cKinetics were some of the key participants in the monthly meeting. Mr
Pooran Chandra Pandey Executive Director, GCNI extended a vote of thanks
to the presenters and to the 34 invited participants of the GCNI monthly
meeting.
Insitutional - 3
Training & Workshop
Business Leaders Workshop - Human
Rights in a Business Context: From
Why to What to Whom
Under the 2 year Global Compact Network India initiative, India CEO Forum
on Business and Human Rights organized the training workshop from the 5th
- 7th March, 2013 at Infosys, Bangalore, for business leaders, senior
personnel from leading companies of India. The workshop focused on
addressing the significance of human rights policies and programme in the
context of businesses. Around 27 participants attended the workshop
comprising of GCN member companies such as JSL, TCS, HUL, TATA
STEEL, Mahindra, Sesa Goa, and others such as ACC. The workshop
included hands on exercises, impact assessment analysis, role play and
other training exercises which enabled the participant to address the
significance of Human Rights and in what manner it can be integrated into
Business policies, processes and management systems. One of the major
outcomes of the workshop was to aim towards designing and developing a
road map in the next 12 -18 months to guide action in the domain of human
rightswithintheircompanies.
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9. Training Programme on Sustainability:
Building Commerce and Communities
A three day long Training Programme on Sustainability was held between the
12th - 15th December 2012, and was hosted at the Amrita Business School,
Amrita University, Coimbatore under the auspices of the “International
Conference on Sustainable Development and Governance (ICSDG) :
Building Commerce and Communities”. Global Compact Network India
was one of the significant knowledge partners amongst other national and
international organizations such as TERI, Deakin University, and UNGC
Australia. The programme was addressed by some of the leading
management and sustainability thinkers such as Professor Michael Porter,
Professor Nava Subramaniam, Professor Doren Chadee and Professor Craig
Deegan. Mr Pooran Pandey, Executive Director, GCNI also delivered a talk on
the role of corporate sectors in achieving millennium development goals.
Several key GCNI member organizations participated in the event such as
Vestas, ESSAR, BPCL, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, IRRAD,
Hyderabad Business School, SERFAC, Gandhi Vidya Mandir and Art of
Living.
Collective Action
Project
Expert Group Consultation on the
Handbook on “Best Practice on Anti
- Corruption Incentives and Sanctions”
An expert consultation for increasing acceptability and usefulness of the
Handbook on 'Best Practice on Anti-Corruption Incentives and Sanctions'
was organized from 18th - 21st March 2013 in Berlin, Germany by The
HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA School of Governance (HVSG). The handbook
showcased the “Best Practices on Anti-Corruption Incentives and
Sanctions” project of the Siemens Integrity Initiative. Ms. Shabnam
Siddique,DirectorrepresentedtheCollectiveActionProject(CAP)andGCNI.
5th Global Organization of
Parliamentarians Against Corruption
(GOPAC) Conference
The 5th Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC)
Conference was held from 30th January to 2nd February, 2013 and was
hosted in Manila, Philippines. The three day conference was attended by
500 delegates representing 40 countries worldwide, and included sessions
on UNCAC, Anti-Money Laundering, Role of Women Parliamentarians, and
Parliamentary Ethics and Civil society. GCNI and the Collective Action Project
wererepresentedbyMs.ChitraNair,ResearchAssociates,CAP.
11th Meeting of the UN Global Compact
Working Group on the 10th Principle
against Corruptions
The UN Global Compact convened the 11th Meeting of its Working Group on
the Tenth Principle from 10th - 11th December, 2012 at UN Headquarters,
in New York. The two day Working Group meeting marked the occasion of
International Anti-Corruption Day and was attended by business executives,
UN officials, civil society leaders, anti-corruption experts and academicians.
The expert dignitaries at the event included H.E. Macharia Kamau,
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the UN; Georg Kell,
Executive Director, UN Global Compact, Olav Kjørven, Assistant Secretary-
General, UNDP, Samuel DiPiazza, Vice-Chairman Institutional Clients Group;
Daniel Kaufmann, President, Revenue Watch; Jermyn Brooks, Chair of
Business Advisory Board, Transparency International; Jiang Heng, Vice -
President,BeijingNewCenturyAcademyonTransnationalCorporations;and
Keith Darcy, Executive Director, Ethics and Compliance Officers Association.
Ms. Shabnam Siddique, Director, CAP, GCNI , represented GCNI and CAP at
themeeting.
Book Launch
The Collective Action Project India's first publication, “Raising the Bar
through Collective Action: Anti-corruption Efforts in Action in India” was
launched by veteran journalist Mr Kuldip Nayar on 4th October, 2012 at PHD
House, New Delhi. The book brought together companies from both private
and public sector, to share their respective anti-corruption good practices in
their business operations. The case studies involving Infosys, Tata
Chemicals, Siemens and Tata Steel enumerated their efforts to fulfill the
international transparency criteria. GAIL, a Nav Ratna Company, shared its
Bill Watch System (BWS) which attempts to make payment to the suppliers
within a stipulated time and reduce the supplier-employee interaction which
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could help in mitigating the room for bribery. One of the highlights of the book
is a case study in which the anti-corruption employee awareness program
was instrumental in nabbing the embezzlement of funds in the organization,
whichhadanti-corruptionpolicyinplace.
GCNI along with International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) held its first
regional stakeholder consultation with the support of Thought Arbitrage
Research Institute (TARI) and hosted by XIMB on 13th October, 2012 in
Bhubaneswar. The workshop began with welcome address by Fr. P.T.
Joseph, SJ, Director of XIMB, and Bhubaneswar. A comprehensive
discussion on land acquisition, corruption in the private sector, local
challenges in Odisha, increasing poverty and uneven wage scale was
organised. Further discussion ensued on committed bureaucracy, bringing
down corruption especially in the engineering sector, need for social audit,
effective grievance mechanism, key figures from the study, need for fast
track justice system, respect for whistleblowers and the importance of
responsibleauditorstocurbcorruption.
REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS
CONSULTATION
Mumbai Consultation
GCNI along with International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) held the
second regional stakeholder consultation with the support of Thought
Arbitrage Research Institute (TARI) and hosted by Bombay Chamber of
Commerce and Industry on 23rd,October 2012, Mumbai. The consultation
revolved around fraud and bribery in India and how collectively private, public
sector and civil society can address this issue in the country. The discussion
brought about various interesting ideas which could curb corruption in the
Delhi Consultation
On 9th November , 2012, GCNI along with International Business Leaders
Forum (IBLF) held the third regional stakeholder consultation with the
support from Thought Arbitrage Research Institute (TARI) and was hosted by
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) at Royal Plaza, New Delhi. The
consultation aimed at sharing the good practices followed by various private
and public sector companies to tackle fraud and bribery, bringing
stakeholders together and discuss about whistle blower mechanism in India.
The consultation touched upon the introduction of new technology which
could serve as a tool in countering corruption such as Unique Identification
(UID) cards. There was a detailed discussion on the present whistle blower
policies and the changes required for the future. The importance of private
memberbillwasalsohighlightedinthisconsultation.
Bhubaneswar Consultation
private sector. It highlighted firstly, the role of stock exchanges in being key
instruments for implementing various anti-corruption policies. Secondly,
encouraging the participation of private sectors in the policy making and
ensuringtransparencyindaytodayoperations.
Hyderabad Consultation
The fourth Regional Consultation was held at Hyderabad on 19th November
2012 and was hosted by NMDC. After the three regional consultations in
Bhubaneswar, Mumbai and Delhi, emphasis was laid on business practices
and anti- corruption policies pertaining to companies based in South India.
Loopholes in the existing legal frameworks, the social religious setting,
vigilance, top level policy making, valuation of natural resources,
empowerment of ordinary stakeholders, role of responsible auditing,
absence of political will, long drawn legal battles and rush for profits were
discussed at the consultation. Some key recommendations that came forth
from the Hyderabad Consultation were enhanced protection for
whistleblowers, anonymity of whistleblowers, increased transparency,
separate judicial system for white collar frauds for speedy prosecutions,
need for oversight by SEBI, comprehensive education for people on
guidelines, Collective Action for concerted action against corruption in India,
settingtherighttoneatthetoplevelandtuningindividualorientation.
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Principle1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally
proclaimedhumanrights;and
Principle2: makesurethattheyarenotcomplicitinhumanrightsabuses.
Principle3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective
recognitionoftherighttocollectivebargaining;
Principle4: theeliminationofallformsofforcedandcompulsorylabour;
Principle5: theeffectiveabolitionofchildlabour;and
Principle6: theeliminationofdiscriminationinrespectofemploymentandoccupation.
Principle7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental
challenges;
Principle8: undertakeinitiativestopromotegreaterenvironmentalresponsibility;and
Principle9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly
technologies.
Principle10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including
extortionandbribery.
HumanRights
Labour
Environment
Anti-Corruption
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