Mint Sustainability Summit to deliberate on climate change and the green imperative
Live MintUnion minister Pralhad Joshi will deliver the keynote address at the Mint Sustainability Summit 2024 on Tuesday, amidst a full day of intense deliberations, debates and conversations around one of the most pressing themes of the day—climate change and the green imperative. Giving them company will be a galaxy of experts from PSUs and the private sector, who will deliberate and brainstorm on the multiple aspects of sustainability in this third edition of the Mint Sustainability Summit. Beginning with climate The day will begin with a power-packed deliberation on climate change with stalwarts from the subject such as Hisham Mundol, chief advisor, Environmental Defense Fund India; Saurabh Kumar, vice-president, India, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet ; Amit Prothi, director general, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure ; Aarti Khosla, director, Climate Trends; and Arun Sharma, group head for sustainability & climate change, Adani Group. Financing sustainability Further, there will also be sessions on water credits as a financing mechanism towards sustainability goals by Angelo George, CEO of Bisleri International; a session on responsible mining by Priya Agarwal Hebbar, non-executive director, Vedanta & chairperson of Hindustan Zinc; a panel discussion on whether India Inc. is really doing enough from a sustainability perspective, with panellists from Larsen & Toubro, ITC Hotels, Deloitte India, Savills India and Achilles Information Ltd. Also read | India's renewable energy space received ₹ 7 trillion in 10 years: Pralhad Joshi There are also sessions on clean mobility, with leaders from PMI Electro Mobility Solutions, Greenline Mobility Solutions, and Blusmart.