High Level Corporate Dialogue (HLCD)
Since 2004, the High Level Corporate Dialogue (HLCD) has become an integral part of DSDS, bringing together over 1,500 international and Indian CEOs, senior government officials and luminaries from across the globe. The HLCD provides a platform for industry captains to brainstorm ideas for conducting business while protecting the environment.
The High Level Corporate Dialogue (HLCD) 2015 themed, 'Delhi to Paris: Corporate Vision on Climate Change', curtain raiser to the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, was held on February 4, 2015, provided a platform to industry captains to brainstorm ideas for conducting business while protecting the environment. The Dialogue witnessed over 250 participants from across the industry, 100 top corporates, more than 50 CEOs and over 120 senior colleagues from the business fraternity deliberating on short-term and long-term business actions to tackle climate change.
Speakers
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Dr Bibek Debroy
Member, NITI Aayog -
Dr Bindu N Lohani
Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development -
Dr Henrik O Madsen
Group President and Chief Executive Officer, DNV-GL -
Mr Rana Kapoor
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, YES BANK Limited & Patron Member, TERI BCSD -
Mr Susheel Kumar
IAS, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, India -
Dr Ajay Mathur
Director–General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India -
Mr R Mukundan
Managing Director, Tata Chemicals Limited & Chairman, Executive Committee, TERI BCSD -
Mr Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer, Unilever & Chairman, WBCSD -
Sir Jonathon Porritt
Founder Director, Forum for the Future -
Mr Suresh Prabhu
Hon'ble Minister of Railways, India -
Mr Onno Rühl
Country Director, World Bank India -
Mr Jayant Sinha
Hon'ble Minister of State for Finance, India
Verbatim
"I think our lifestyle has gone beyond the supporting status of this planet and whatever we can do to make that shift in change will lead to a sustainable planet in the future."
Mr R Mukundan
Managing Director, Tata Chemicals Limited
"The High Level Dialogue is a unique platform to bring forth critical issues. From a banking standpoint we need to recalibrate risk management to factor climate change. We also need to bring in more transparency in reporting."
Mr Rana Kapoor
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, YES BANK Limited
"Growth and sustainability need not be in conflict. In fact, we have seen that sustainability drives growth through opportunities for innovation, cost efficiency, and risk management"
Dr Henrik O Madsen
Group President and Chief Executive Officer, DNV-GL
"Business has to play a crucial role and certainly has to step up to the plate to address these twin challenges of climate and development."
Mr Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer, Unilever & Chairman, WBCSD
"Technology and sustainable growth are not in an adversarial relationship. They can be effectively used to complement one another."
Mr Jayant Sinha
Hon'ble Minister of State for Finance, India
"We should look at water, energy, and food as a nexus together."
Dr Bindu N Lohani
Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
"I loved the idea of setting targets for water use efficiency."
Mr Onno Rühl
Country Director, World Bank India
"It is about regulation on the one hand which is easily enforceable, and business models which allow learning and cost reductions on the other hand."
Dr Ajay Mathur
Director-General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India
"On the issue of national policy on recycling and reuse, we are in the process of revising e-waste rules and the municipal solid waste rules."
Mr Susheel Kumar
IAS, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, India
"We should not try to do some incremental changes but should try to go in for a transformative change."
Mr Suresh Prabhu
Hon'ble Minister of Railways, India
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