Raising

SDG Ambition
for India

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REPORT
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CONTENTS
I. President's Address 3

II. Major Annual Events 6

III. Capacity Building Trainings and Workshops on SDGs 11

IV. International Events and GCNI's Participation 17

V. Awards, Recognition, and Innovative Platforms 27

VI. Partnerships and Collaborations 32

VII. Monthly Knowledge Sharing Meeting and Webinars 50

VIII. UNGC Global Impact Initiatives (GII) 56

IX. Research and Publications 60

X. GCNI's Governance 64

XI. Annexures 66

1. Audited Accounts Report 67

2. Members List 78

3. GCNI Governing Council Members 84

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President's Address

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President’s Address
17th Annual General Meeting
Dear Members,
I welcome you all to the 17 th Annual General
Body Meeting of the Global Compact Network
India (GCNI).
As we approach 2030 to achieve the 17
Sustainable Development Goals, the world is
clearly not on track to ful ll their promise.
Even though governments and businesses
acknowledge the criticality of incorporating
social and environmental goals into decision
making, there is limited evidence of this intent
translating into action. India contributes to a
major share of the global SDG gap and
therefore has an obligation to take lead in this
global ght. Even though signi cant progress
has been achieved in this ght over the last few
years, there are still huge challenges across
p ove r t y, n u t r i t i o n, s a n i t a t i o n, a n d
infrastructure.
An 11.5% growth rate has been projected
for India by the IMF, making us the only
country with a double-digit growth rate.
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This tells us that our country has immense
potential not just economically but also in
other projects that will shape the world and
provide us all with societal and environmental
bene ts.
With the vaccine rolling out e ciently in the
country, the economy is set to rebound, and it
is essential to keep businesses in continuity. It
is essentially the responsibility of businesses
to align their objectives with the 17 SDGs and
aim for sustainability.
We are on our way to becoming ‘Aatmanirbhar
Bharat’ and as our honorable Prime Minister
leads by example, it is our responsibility to
inculcate environmentally friendly strategies
in our idea of progress and self-su ciency. I
draw tremendous strength from all that we
represent and our achievements together, we
must now cast our eyes to the future with
hope.
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In the past one year, GCNI took to the online
platform and worked tirelessly towards the
SDGs as we inch closer to the set target of
2030. I am pleased to inform that the stature of
GCNI has grown signi cantly in India as well as
globally with its sustained contribution in
promoting UNGC Principles &
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The
initiatives have gathered momentum and are
helping organisations appreciate both, their
responsibilities, and opportunities, around the
SDGs.
GCNI successfully implemented Global Impact
Initiatives that includes Young SDG Innovators
Programme India, SDG Ambition South Asia,
SDG Pioneers and Target Gender Equality for
companies championing the SDGs and
inspiring others to advance the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development.
In order to accelerate efforts
towards partnership of the Goals,
GCNI signi cantly increased a
record number of partnership with
many of the signatories including
UN Women, UNESCO, UNDP, UNGC,
UNICEF, World Food Programme,
Ministry of Housing and Urban
Af fa i rs ( M o H UA ) , N I T I A ayo g ,
University Grants Commission
(UGC), ONGC, Accenture, KPMG,
Deloitte, Diageo, ReNew Power,
Capgemini, Bayer India, FM
Logistics, Sterlite Technologies,
CSR Vision, Alliance for Integrity
(AfIN), SABERA, Save the Children
ICCo, Taru Foundation, Aquakraft
Projects Pvt Ltd, BIMTECH, All India
Council for Technical Education,
IILM University, IIHMR University
(Indian Institute of Health
Management Research) and NIUA
( N at i o n a l I n s t i t u t e fo r U r b a n
Affairs).
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It has been a year full of achievements for us at
GCNI and this should provide us with a strong
and effective platform in the times to come.
I would like to gratefully acknowledge the
support of my colleagues in the Governing
Council, Chairpersons of various Committees,
Members of Core Groups and Partners and
Sponsors, Knowledge Partners, Academic
Partners and GCNI team led by Ms. Shabnam
Siddiqui whose support and expertise has
been crucial in taking the Global Compact
movement in India forward. I also acknowledge
the support of our partners and members who
supported us in more than one way in our
various initiatives during the year.
I am con dent that we shall acquire greater
heights in our commitment towards scaling up
the partnerships for achieving SDGs in India.
As always, I look forward to your continued
involvement in shaping and accelerating the
pace of achieving SDGs targets going forward.
We must come together in solidarity to turn the
tide on this pandemic, surely, we also have
what it takes to achieve the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and create a
Sustainable and Responsible Planet. Until
then, let us remain focused on the immediate
tasks at hand and continue monitoring the
health and safety of our families-near and dear
ones, teams, communities, and society in
leaving no one behind!
Finally, I would like to place on record my
sincere appreciation to all of you present here
today, for investing your time in engaging with
the Global Compact Initiative and I look
forward to your continued association with us
in years to come.
I now request Ms. Siddiqui to share the major
milestones of GCNI held in the past one year
2020-21.
Subhash Kumar
President, Global Compact Network India
and CMD, ONGC Group of Companies Ltd
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Major Annual Events

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Major Annual Events
15th National Convention on “Raising the SDG Ambition-
Pathways for Sustainable Recovery and Growth”
4th -5th February 2021
Global Compact Network India (GCNI), a local
Network of the United Nations Global
Compact, hosted its 15th edition of National
Convention virtually on February 4-5, 2021. The
overlying theme for the convention focused on
'Raising the SDG Ambition-Pathways for
Sustainable Recovery and Growth’. The
convention was graced by Mr. Sudhanshu
Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and
Public Distribution (DFPD), Ministry of
Consumer Affair, Govt of India, Mr. Shashi
Shanker, CMD, ONGC Group of Companies and
President, GCNI and Mr. Ranjan Kumar
Mohapatra, Director (HR), IOCL.
This National Convention of Global Compact
Network India stands for collaborative efforts
and solidarity where our leaders come
together and exchange ideas for a better
tomorrow. To step up in the Decade to Deliver,
the convention has highly engaging and
solution-driven sessions. The business
leaders showcased their action plans for more
signi cant action and came together to
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in
time. The convention was attended by the
eminent personalities including CEOs. CXOs,
and Heads from the PSUs, Corporates,
Academia, Civil Society Organizations and UN
entities from across the world.
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Some Learning & Recommendations
• The MSME sector saw diminished
work by 35 per cent. There was huge
digital gap in the business model
structure as some were comfortable
with the virtual/remote way of
working but largely was not.
Digitization is a big thing and the
growing importance of resilient
infrastructure like Atmanirbhar
Bharat campaign we have to think of
and reimagine business models to
cope up with the challenges like covid
pandemic.
• Public Private Partnership bene ted
all at state and national level as well
as at industry level and hence MSME
has become the backbone of India.
Building the capacity of more
vulnerable ecosystem is important,
be it, nancial capacity, digital
capacity of ecosystems to
strengthen and improve MSME.
• Investment in Healthcare,
equipment's and logistics that
became such an important element
during covid pandemic gives a new
perspective to the ecosystem from
the infrastructure point of view.
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 Key Outcomes:
• Over 2000 delegates from Government,
Corporate, UN Agencies and its systems,
Civil Society organizations, and
representatives from Academia and
environmental agencies attended the
Convention got bene tted with the
insightful knowledge and experience
sharing by the global leaders from across
the sectors.
• Special Session on Young SDG Innovators
Programme -YSIP: India's Chapter Kick off
• Launch of GCNI-Accenture
white paper on “Raising India's
SDG Ambition- Pathways for
S u s t a i n a b l e R e c ove r y a n d
Growth” was a unique feature of
the National Convention.
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• The leaders from businesses and non-
businesses as well as Govt showcased
their best practices and way forward to
achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals.
• Leveraged industry deep dives and leaders
insights to identify innovative solutions to
drive SDG ambitions in the wake of
business disruption caused by COVID.
• Uncovered opportunities to drive self-
reliant, resilient and sustainable economic
growth.
• Discussion on how decarbonization,
energy sector reforms and sustainable
supply chains can drive the green
economy.
• Discussion on how disruptive, tech-based
business opportunities can accelerate
India's SDG ambition.
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Gender Equality Summit
COVID-19 and new gender equations: Adversity to Opportunity”
9th-10th March 2021
Global Compact Network India (GCNI) hosted
the fourth edition of Gender Equality Summit
(GES), virtually, on March 9 and 10. The Theme
of this Gender Equality Summit is 'Covid and
New Gender Equations: Adversity to
Opportunity' aligned with the theme of
International Women Day-2021 'Women in
Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a
COVID 19 world'.
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The Summit was by graced by Smriti Zubin
Irani, Union Cabinet Minister of Ministry of
Women & Child Development, and Ministry of
Textiles. Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary,
Ministry of Women and Child Development,
GoI, Shashi Shanker, CMD ONGC groups of
companies and President, GCNI, Olajobi
Makinwa, Chief, Intergovernmental Relations
& Africa, UN Global Compact (New York) and
Susan Ferguson, Country Representative, UN
Women, India were also in attendance.
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• Over 1400 participants from all over India
and across the world:
• First ever virtual Gender Equality Summit
of GCNI with e cient use of technology
• Inaugural Address by Hon'ble Minister Ms.
Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Cabinet Minister,
Ministry of Women & Child Development,
GoI & Ministry of Textiles and Valedictory
Address by Special Guest of Honour Mr.
Ram Mohan Mishra Secretary, Ministry of
Women and Child Development, GoI
• 40+ distinguished speakers across the
world participated in the Summit inclusive
of 12 CEOs and a gender ratio of 13 (Men): 27
(Women)
• GCNI ensured healthy gender balance
across all plenary sessions according to
Global standards
• For the rst time GCNI hosted the Special
Session on "Advancing diversity and
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Major Annual Events
gender inclusion", wherein
representatives from other Gender shared
their journeys, challenges and way forward
to set the new milestone for the inclusion
of gender diversity
• Launch of Report on 'COVID & new gender
equations: Respond, Recover, Thrive' by
GCNI & Deloitte, India
• Showcasing of virtual booths on best
Gender Diversity Practices by Businesses
• Exclusive media coverage of the Summit in
Business Standard, Dainik Bhaskar and
other media Partners including
SheThePeople, CSR Times, People Matters
and Power Talk with Archanna
• Excellent feedback from participants in
terms of content and designing of agenda
and also the stellar speakers who
participated.
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Capacity Building Training and
Workshop on SDGs and CSR
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Capacity Building Training and Workshop

III
on SDGs and CSR
Aligning CSR with Sustainability and SDG + Framework
13th June 2020

Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of govt and civil society organizations is

India, came up with recommendations by 2nd
High Level Committee, CSR followed by
proposed Amendments to CSR Rules 2020
based on ground feedback and assessment by
it since rollout in April 2014. While the time to
bring in CSR amendments has been right, the
Covid-19 pandemic took the CSR discourse
and implementation to a totally new and
unchartered terrain.
It is vital to understand how CSR can not only
assist Covid combat, but also facilitates other
'normal' activities to get back into action. The
role businesses can play in partnership with
immense. While many corporations have
stepped up to this challenge, there is a larger
need to evaluate the opportunity to contribute
within the CSR framework.
UN GCNI in collaboration with its
partners SBI and Sattva organized a
webinar to bring together key
stakeholders and have a dialog on
topics related to collaborative
efforts and long-term sustenance
and resiliency.

1st Row L-R: Nikhil Pant, SSC Parthiban, Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy
2nd Row L-R: Kamal Singh, Anirban Ghosh and Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee

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 Capacity Building Training and Workshop on SDGs and CSR

The Session was moderated by Mr. • Sponsors: SBI

Nikhil Pant, Former Chief Prog.
Executive, Nat. Foundation for CSR, Key Discussions held on:
IICA, and featured the following
eminent speakers: • Implications of proposed new CSR Rule
• Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, Amendments
Former DG and CEO,
IICA • Rethinking CSR Strategy for now and beyond

• Understanding reporting and impact from

• Mr. SSC Parthiban, ED- compliance perspective especially for COVID
Chief CSR, ONGC responses made by corporates

• Mr. Anirban Ghosh, • Tax implications of contributions / donations

CSO, Mahindra & made by businesses
Mahindra
• Challenges and Opportunities for business with
CSR in current and evolving circumstances
• Mr. Srikrishna S.
Murthy, Co-Founder • Rebuilding resilience through CSR programs –
and CEO, Sattva Data and virtual platform for Impact
Consulting
• Experiences from the ground

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 Capacity Building Training and Workshop on SDGs and CSR

“Virtual Workshop: Setting Business Goals and

Targets in Pursuit of the SDGs”
10th July 2020
Covid-19 has thrown a spotlight on the organization's including businesses an
interdependence between business, nature understanding of how business is contributing
and society. If we didn't think that encroaching positively to, and how it is hindering, progress
on natural ecosystems or protecting public toward the SDGs.
health were relevant to our business and
society, we almost certainly see the links now.
It is time businesses and institutes set
measurable, ambitious and business-relevant
SDG commitments and also report on them in a
credible and compelling way.

Keeping the above imperative in mind, a virtual

practical workshop was jointly organized by
GCNI and Future-Fit Foundation, UK to give

Key Highlights: Eminent Speakers at the Webinar were:

• Importance of integrated Development • Christopher Davis, International Director

and role of Civil society in development of
Rural Economy.
• E x p l o re h ow to s et a m b i t i o u s a n d
business-relevant SDG commitments –
and measure and report on their
achievements in a credible and compelling
way – through the use of the Future-Fit
Business Benchmark.
• The participants were given a clear
understanding of how to develop a clear
view of business priorities and what steps
they need to take to align their strategy
with the uni ed vision of Sustainability and
SDGs.
of Corporate Social Responsibility and
Campaigns, The Body Shop
• Dr Sandeep Sancheti, Vice Chancellor,
SRMIST Chennai
• Mr Atul Anand, Director -Solutions,
Operations Excellence & QHSE, FM India
Supply Chain
• Ms. Shalini Singh, Chief-Corporate
Comm.& Sustainability, The TATA Power
Co. Ltd.
• Mr. Martin Rich, ED, Future-Fit Foundation

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“FACTSHALA Workshop cum training session
on Fighting Against Misinformation Through News
and Information Literacy”
29th January 2021
Centre of Excellence for Governance, Ethics
and Transparency (CEGET) at Global Compact
Network India (GCNI) is dedicated to promoting
transparency and ethical business practices,
implementation of United Nations 10th
Principles (Anti-Corruption) and Sustainable
D eve l o p m e n t G o a l s ( S DG s ) a s we l l a s
promoting Corporate, Urban and
Environmental Governance in India. For over a
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decade CEGET-GCNI has not only been taking
diverse initiatives for promoting transparency
and integrity in businesses to eradicate
corruption but also encouraging and guiding
different stakeholders towards promoting
responsible and transparent practices which
lead to a strengthened collective action
against corruption in India.
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Centre of Excellence for Governance, Ethics
and Transparency (CEGET) at Global Compact
Network India (GCNI) is dedicated to promoting
transparency and ethical business practices,
implementation of United Nations 10th
Principles (Anti-Corruption) and Sustainable
D eve l o p m e n t G o a l s ( S D G s ) a s we l l a s
promoting Corporate, Urban and
Environmental Governance in India. For over a
decade CEGET-GCNI has not only been taking
diverse initiatives for promoting transparency
and integrity in businesses to eradicate
corruption but also encouraging and guiding
different stakeholders towards promoting
responsible and transparent practices which
lead to a strengthened collective action
against corruption in India.
Standing committed to the ght
against corruption through
promoting transparency and
accountability among the citizens as
well as the key stakeholders from
across the sectors, CEGET-GCNI, in
collaboration with AGAM, has
organized a FactShala Literacy
P r o g r a m m e
(https://factshala.com/about-us/#)
on 29th January 2021.
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The aim of this programme was to educate
professionals and others about media literacy
and empower them to consume information
critically. This FactShala Literacy Programme
helped in spreading the all-impor tant
message of recognizing and shifting through
misinformation and fake news from the daily
dose of information that we consume online,
o ine and through our friends, family, and
contacts.
Mr. Jatin Gandhi, Trainer, FactShala facilitated
the sessions and covered the following
topics/issues:
• Information, news, and opinion: The
information ecosystem, Facts versus
opinion
• Critical Thinking and understanding bias
• Fact checking: Verifying fake photos and
videos.
Further Mr. Jatin Gandhi facilitated the
training and shared how this workshop will
help them to protect them from
misinformation and fake news.
Over 40 professionals from different sectors
had participated in the workshop and learnt
about media literacy. The programme was
appreciated by each once and they also
admired CEGET for taking such initiative
around it mandate of good governance.
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International Events and
GCNI's Participation

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International Events and GCNI's Participation
UN Virtual Forum
“Responsible Business and Human Rights”
10th June 2020
Due to the COVID-19 virus, supply chains have
been paralyzed and development almost
stopped, and the durability of our global
economy has been called into doubt. But its
effect on the still faltering economy might be
the most signi cant long-term consequence.
Since exchange and development was
resumed after the COVID situation, supply
chain standards that encourage and uphold
human rights need to be revamped and
restructured. Throughout the pre-COVID
Key Highlights
• Increased opportunities for multi-
stakeholder engagement on Business
and Human Rights in India.
• Build an increased appreciation and
appetite for Human Rights and Business
by supporting businesses to frame and
embed Human Rights policies and values
in its value chain
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process, transnational and multi-stage supply
chains were confronted throughout order to
exercise due diligence e ciently, including
the bene t and capacity building of supply
chain stakeholders.
In order to prepare for the new normal and
address this long-term implication on global
supply chain, GCNI hosted the breakout
session addressing Responsible Business and
Human rights on 10th June.
• Decoding resilient supply chain and its
potential to tide over crisis – people and
production
• U n d e r s t a n d i n g h ow s u p p l y c h a i n
accountability has the potential of
making the business responsible.
• What are current trends with regards to
labor and sustainability?
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Eminent Speakers at the Webinar were:
Moderator: Brig. Rajiv Williams Corporate
Head, CSR, Jindal Stainless Limited
• Ms. Shubha Shekhar, Director Human and
workplace rights, Eurasia and North
America, The coca cola company
• Dr. Prince Augustin, Executive Vice
President, Group human capital and
leadership development, Mahindra &
Mahindra Limited
UNGC Leaders Summit 2020
16th June 2020
Marking the 20th Anniversary of The UN Global
Compact Leaders' Summit, the virtual summit
will bring together leading voices from
Business, Government, the United Nations,
Civil Society and Academia, on 15th – 16th June
2020 for a 26-hour conversation on how we can
rebuild more inclusive economies and
societies to set a new course for a socially just,
low-carbon and climate resilient world, where
no one is left behind to achieve the SDGs.
Global Compact Network India (GCNI) - A local
arm of United Nations Global Compact, New
York hosted the India Session of 20th
Anniversary of Virtual Leaders' Summit on
June 16th, 2020, from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM,
allowing participants and Global Compact
Local Networks to participate from India at the
UN Global Compact 20th Anniversary Leaders'
Summit happening in New York.
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• Ms. Madhulika Sharma, Chief-Corporate
Sustainability Tata Steel Limited
• Dr. Harpreet Kaur Business and Human
r i g h t s s p e c i a l i s t s , U n i te d n a t i o n s
Development Programme
• Dr. Uddesh Kohli, Chair, Admin Committee,
GCNI
• Mr. Kamal Singh, ED, GCNI
The theme of GCNI's Virtual Leaders'
S u m m i t 2 0 2 0 w a s “ To w a r d s
Resurgent India: Aligning Business
with SDGs", keeping in line with
UNGC's Virtual Leaders' Summit that
focuses on – 'Recover Better,
Recover Stronger, Recover
Together' in response to COVID 19.
GCNI recognizes the power of
uniting business as a critical means
to not only respond but also recover,
rebuild, and resurge stronger from
the impact of Corona.
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With more than 18,000 attendees already
registered for more than 100 global, regional
and local sessions, UNGC's 20th Anniversary
Virtual Leaders' Summit provides a platform
where leaders from business, civil society and
the United Nations will be challenged to
increase their ambition to achieve the SDGs.
The India Session, hosted by UNGCNI, will
present India Inc.'s collective effort to employ
SDGs and 10 UNGC Principles as an effective
response to this dreaded pandemic and
showcase Indian Best Practices and inspiring
case studies on how India Inc plans to use the
current learning from COVID 19 to sustain the
New Normal in the near future.
Late Kamal Singh, Executive Director,
Global Compact Network India said,
"We need to foster a new
generation of partnerships and
the role of the corporate
sector is crucial to achieve our
common goals. If we can come
together in solidarity to turn
the tide on this pandemic,
surely, we also have what it
takes to achieve the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable
Development and create the
world we want".
Through Sustainable Development Goals, we
are trying to commit to build a peaceful and
prosperous future for all on a healthy planet. To
achieve these Goals, private sector
engagement and leadership engaging
together to cope with the pandemic. By
embedding the Ten Principles of the UN Global
Compact into corporate strategies,
companies are setting the stage for inclusive
and equitable social and economic growth.
Around the world, innovation, investment and
partnerships are driving transformation. Let
us build on this momentum and 'make the
Global Goals local business.
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India's commitment to the SDGs is re ected in
its convergence with the national
development agenda as re ected in the motto
of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikaas (Collective
Efforts for Inclusive Growth). Based on the
evidence from the SDG India Index, which
measures progress at the subnational level,
the country has developed a robust SDG
localization model centered on adoption,
implementation and monitoring at the State
and district levels.
Key Takeaways:
• Facilitating a more inclusive
a n d c o n n e c te d n at i o n by
leveraging networks that can
allow corporates to truly make
a difference during these times
• Utilizing virtual and digital to
their fullest potential to drive
environmental and social
challenges agendas as well as
ensure essential information
reaches those it is intended for
• Collaborating and collective
action for better and wider
outreach
The Summit had participants
including CEOs, CXOs, and Heads of
Corporate organizations including
the Public Sector besides
representatives from Academia,
Civil Society and UN entities from
across India.
UNGC's 20th Anniversary Virtual
Leaders' Summit provides a platform
where leaders from business, civil
society and the United Nations will
be challenged to increase their
ambition achieve the SDGs.
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UN Global Compact Expert Network, 2020 Programmatic Activity Plan

17th June 2020
UN Global Compact seek to support the initiative vision to
mobilize a global movement of responsible companies and
organisation to create the world we want. UNGC developed a
programmatic plan for 2020 strategy in consultation with the
expert committee members.

Dr. Uddesh Kohli, Chair, Admin Committee, GCNI participated in

the 2020 Programmatic Activity Plan and Expert Network
Retreat which was developed with consideration to the
outcomes of the Inaugural Retreat in July 2019.

International Panel Discussion

“Promoting Transparency, Ethics, and Integrity in
Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Sector”
17th September 2020

Around its mandate of promoting good
governance and transparency in business,
Centre of Excellence for Governance, Ethics
and Transparency (CEGET) at Global Compact
Network India (GCNI) in Collaboration with
IIHMR (Indian Institute of Health Management
Research) University organized a virtual
webinar on Transparency, Ethics and Integrity
in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Sector on
September 17, 2020 wherein Experts from
across the world (Prof. Wolfgang C. Amann,
Academic Programme Director, HEC Paris,
Prof. Matthias Kleinhempel, Director, Centre
for Governance and Transparency, IAE
Business School, Argentina, Prof. Ronald E.
Berenbeim, Adjunct Professor, NYU Stern
School of Business and Senior Fellow,
Conference Board, USA, Ms. Ashley Ann
Demming, Project Manager, United Nations
Global Compact, New York, Ms. Sarah
Steingrüber, Independent Global Health
Consultant, Germany) were the panelists in the
webinar.

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The discussion was moderated by Prof. Dr. Shiv
K. Tripathi, Dean (Training), IIHMR University
and Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui, Director, CEGET-
GCNI.
Besides sharing the insights and experience on
corruption in healthcare sector, the speakers
emphasized that transparency is a vital
component to build an effective and e cient
h e a l t h c a re syste m , a n d t h e l a c k of
transparency in healthcare threatens to erode
public trust. They said healthcare
organizations need strong ethical foundations
to reinforce the culture of 'trust' between the
caregiver and the community.
The panel shared their views and suggestions
on following relevant issues in healthcare
sector-
• Ethical challenges in management of
healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors in
post COVID-19 scenario, especially in
telehealth and telemedicine.
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• Important areas for improving integrity in
healthcare and pharmaceutical value
chains.
• Role of collective action in promoting
transparency in healthcare organizations.
• Growing in uence of the pharmaceutical
industr y on medical education and
research and its negative impact on ethics
and integrity in the healthcare sector.
• Need of community accountability and
control mechanisms for strengthening
healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.
• Potential stakeholders and effective
strategies to control corruption in
healthcare sector.
• Why price transparency is important to
enhance ethical practices in healthcare
sector?
This webinar provided a platform to learn
global challenges in healthcare sector and
recommendations from the global leaders to
promote and strengthen transparency
through collective action in healthcare sector.
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Uniting Business LIVE
“Target Gender Equality in India and the Way Forward”
22nd September 2020
GCNI conducted 'Uniting Business LIVE' at the
Global Impact Forum from 21st September
2020 - 23rd September 2020, on the occasion
of the 75th Anniversary of United Nations and
also marking 20 years of UN Global Compact in
uniting business for a better world.
Over a series of three forums, leading Chief
Executives, corporate sustainability experts
and business leaders came together to take
stock of the state of the world, address gaps in
progress, drive business ambition on the SDGs
and highlight cooperative and actional
solutions that are ready — today. These
themes ran throughout the multi-stakeholder
panels, live General Assembly presentations
and CEO interventions, and encouraged a
global cross-sector dialogue through
programme-themed meet-ups, interactive
breakout-sessions and exposition booths.
On Tuesday 22 September, the Global Impact
Forum showcased our four key impact
initiatives: SDG Ambition, Target Gender
Equality, Young SDG Innovators, and Climate
Ambition for a 1.5 Degree Future. This special
online event virtually (and sustainably!)
convened leaders from business, government,
civil society and the United Nations to
showcase and inspire support for the UN's
mission.
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Target Gender Equality was launched at a
critical point in time since the COVID-19
pandemic has unveiled and exacerbated
inequalities and is threatening progress that
has been made towards the achievement of
the Sustainable Development Goals. To build
back better, the adoption of inclusive business
models that embed gender equality into
business strategy and operations is more
important than ever. Recognizing these
imperatives, GCNI hosted the Spotlight
Session on the theme 'Target Gender Equality
in India & Way forward' on 22nd September
2020 from 16:00 - 16:25 PM IST at the Target
Gender Equality Lounge of Global Impact
Forum.
The moderator for the event was Vaishali
Nigam Sinha- Chair, GCNI Gender Equality
Forum; Founding Chair, ReNew Foundation
and Chief Sustainability O cer, ReNew Power.
The Panelists for the event were-
• Ashwin Yardi, CEO – India and Chief
Industrialization & Automation O cer,
Capgemini.
• Gagandeep K. Bhullar – Founder & CEO,
Superhuman Race
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“International Anti-Corruption Day'2020”
Recover with Integrity: A Talk Show with Experts
09th December' 2020
Centre of Excellence for Governance, Ethics
and Transparency (CEGET) at Global Compact
Network India (GCNI) on International Anti-
Corruption Day 9th December 2020 organized
a Talk Show on “Recover with Integrity” aligned
with the theme of International Anti-
Corruption Day-IUCD (wherein eminent
experts from ve sectors affected most by
Covid 19 pandemic (Business, Health, Sports,
Gender and Education) shared their insights
and best practices that helped them recover
with integrity. Mr. Arya Dev, Legal Analyst
CEGET was the host of the Talk Show.
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The discussion held and insights shared by the
eminent experts from different sectors helped
in
• Raising awareness on the importance and
relevance of International Anti-Corruption
Day and minimizing/reducing impact of
Covid-19 pandemic on human capital.
• Improving knowledge and enhancing
ownership for scaling up Anti-Corruption
Collective Action in India.
• Increasing people's engagement in GCNI's
initiatives for improving transparency and
accountability in Business and non-
business sectors.
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“2021 OECD Global Anti- Corruption & Integrity Forum”

25 March 2021
th

Global Compact Network India (GCNI) as c h a l l e n g e s a n d t h e o p p o r t u n i t i e s fo r

knowledge partner with 2021 OECD Anti-
Corruption and Integrity Forum conducted a
session on “Collective Action to ght
healthcare corruption post Covid” on 25th
March 2021. This forum discussed the
strengthening and restoring integrity,
responsible business conduct, and anti-
corruption efforts in the ongoing context of
COVID-19.

The session began with a welcome address to

the speakers and audiences by Dr. Somnath
Singh, Programme Manager, GCNI. Further he
outlined the achievements of GCNI in last
decade on Anti-Corruption Collective Action
Initiative. He shared about the major initiatives
of GCNI that it had taken during different
projects like Collective Action Project (CAP)
with the UN Global Compact (UNGC); the Anti-
Corruption Project with UK Prosperity Fund
and Centre of Excellence for Strengthening
Transparency and Ethics in Business: Scaling
up the Collective Action Agenda in India
(Siemens Integrity Initiative). He shared that
with these projects GCNI could:

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1. Provide a platform for anti-corruption • The panel was moderated by Mr. Suhas
dialogue to public and private sector Tuljapurkar, Managing Partner, Legasis
businesses and incentivizes their ethical Partners & Founder Director, Legasis
behavior, develop business case for Services, and the panelists were:
transparency and take up pressing
corruption issues in Indian context; viz.
public procurement, bribery and fraud in
the private sector and supply chain

2. Promote the relevance of Integrity Pact

among public and private sector in India. • Ms. Sarah Steingrüber,
Independent Global Health Consultant,
3. Promote Governance and Ethics in Steingruber Consulting.
Businesses by establishing a robust
framework of governance and
transparency in smart city development in
India and also provide an advisory service
to Pune Smart City (PSCDCL) on its
compliance, accountability and public- • Mr. Neville Gandhi,
private partnership framework etc. Vice President-Compliance,
Siemens India.
Ms. Ashley Ann Demming, Manager (Anti-
Corruption) at UNGC spoke about the UNGC
Project and brie y shared information on the
upcoming launch of the UNGC ACCA Playbook.
Further the panel discussion took place and
the eminent speakers from different sectors • Prof. Dr. Christian Hauser,
shared their knowledge and insights on the Professor, SIFE, University of Applied
need of ACCA to strengthen healthcare sector Sciences HTW Chur.
post covid.

The panel focused on

• Reviewing and examining the existing
corruption challenges in healthcare
and pharmaceuticals sector as • Dr. Narendra Malhotra,
Managing Director,
experienced during COVID-19
Global Rainbow Healthcare.

• Discussing the role of collective

action in minimizing corruption risks
in healthcare value-chains. Sharing
the importance of technology related
innovations for ghting emergency • Dr. Shiv Tripathi,
Professor and Dean (Training),
response corruption in healthcare and
IIHMR University, Jaipur.
emphasizing on regional issues in
dealing with healthcare sector
corruption.

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Awards, Recognition,
and Innovative Platform

V
Awards, Recognition and Innovative Platform
Joint Certi cate in CSR and Sustainability, UNGCNI and IMT-CDL
• Batch 1 completed with 25 participants
(Nov 2020 – Jan 2021)
• G C N I p a r t n e r e d w i t h I M T C D L fo r
implementing the course (50:50)
• The program was fee based
• Participants were practitioners from the
NGO and corporate sector
Entrepreneurship & Sustainability for School Students,
GCNI and EnPower
The Entrepreneurship & Sustainability
Program was a virtual step-by-step learning
process, for school children, in 'Innovation',
'Design Thinking' and 'Entrepreneurship'
aligned to the UN SDGs.
Two Batches were completed with 42
participants in Batch 1 (Aug 2020 – Sept 2020)
and 11 participants in Batch 2 (Nov 2020 – Dec
1 Sustainable and Innovative HR Practices Case Study Contest
st
7 November 2020
th
It also clearly established that it is only through
Innovative, Sustainable and Responsible
Business Practices aligned with SDGs and 10
UN Global Principles that we can respond,
recover, rebuild and restore the health both of
our planet and its people. HR being a critical
strategic partner of a business had to
therefore play a critical role to further enable
culture of Responsible Leadership with a
par ticular focus on people within the
organization and across the ecosystem. It was
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• The course curriculum was development
for sustainability consultants from the
academic sector
• Sessions/Classes were taken by – Senior
Corporate Leaders and academicians
• Batch 2 admissions done in April 2021.
Batch to begin from May 1, 2021. Technical
orientation of students done.
2020). The course is for School Students and
due to their encouraging response and
feedback a second batch was conducted. The
learning modules were structured through
series of Games, Fun Learning Activities, Real
L i fe C a s e S t u d i e s , D I Y P r o j e c t s a n d
Collaborative Interactions that were engaging
for all participants.
with this intent that in September 2020,
UNGCNI initiated an HR Sustainable Innovative
Practices Case Study Contest to recognise
and reward organizations with responsible and
sustainable HR practices.
Accenture was the knowledge partner,
BIMTECH was academic partner and IFIM was
B-School Partner for this program.
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Key Highlights:
• Virtual Grand Finale held on Nov 7, 2021
• Partners: BIMTECH, IFIM Business School
and Accenture
• Round 1 saw 58 case study entries received
from 41 organizations across India
• One jury round for shortlisting top 25
entries. Judged by 13 professionals from
across India.
Manthan 2020
“Responsible Management Education in a Post COVID World:
Emerging Innovative Practices in Management Schools”
27th November' 2020
As coronavirus pandemic affected educational
systems worldwide, leading to the near-total
closures of schools, universities, and colleges;
Like many countries in the world, India
followed the path of Lockdown leading to the
closure of primary, secondary, and tertiary
schooling which led to cancellation of exams,
deferring admission entrance, etc to stem the
spread of COVID-19 through non-
pharmaceutical interventions and preventive
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• To p 2 5 te a m s m e n to re d by s e n i o r
Accenture management to revise their
case study
• Grand Finale round judged by 6
professionals from across the globe and
chose:
• Top 3 winners and Top 2 winners in ve
categories: PSU, Industrials, Auto,
Business & IT and Consumer Goods &
Services
measures such as social-distancing and self-
isolation. As the days pass by with no
immediate solution to stop the outbreak of
Covid-19, school and university closures not
only have a shor t-term impact on the
continuity of learning for more than 285 million
young learners in India but also engender far-
reaching economic and societal
consequences.
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Recognizing this imperative, under Principles for Responsible

Management Education (PRME), an initiative of United Nations
Global Compact (UNGC), UN GCNI organized Manthan 2020, a
unique competition to understand the COVID -19 impact on
education sector with Atal Innovation Mission (a agship
initiative of NITI Aayog ), AIU, AICTE, UGC & UNESCO as
Strategic Partner & KPMG India as Knowledge Partner. The
theme of the competition was 'Responsible Management
Education in a Post COVID World: Emerging Innovative
Practices in Management Schools'.

The objective was to understand the impact of the COVID and

bring out the best and most innovative ideas and solutions to
the ground by the future entrepreneurs and budding
managers. It also provided an opportunity to showcase one's
leadership skills among the students and faculty along with a
creative professional Prowess. Besides, the Competition
enabled them to showcase their imagination & creativity for
the scenario post-COVID-19.

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FINALE JURY

Dr. Pankaj Mittal

Secretary General,
Association of
Indian Universities

Nidhi Pundhir
Director,
HCL Foundation

Dr. Furqan Qamar

Professor of Management,
Jamia Millia Islamia

Huma Masood
Programme O cer,
UNESCO

Sangeeta S Thakral
Head CSR &
Sustainability (DiS),
DIAGEO India

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VI
Partnerships and Collaborations
“Challenges and Opportunities for Delivering Quality Higher Education
in India now and post COVID-19”
08th May 2020
1st Row L-R: Mr. Harshvendra Soin, Mr. Kamal Singh and Dr. Atish Chattopadhay,
2nd Row L-R: Dr. Ranjan Banerjee, Dr. Sandeep Sancheti and Dr. H. Chaturvedi
The Institutions of higher learning have had a
mammoth task on hand – to minimize the
impact of Covid 19 on the Higher Education
system in India and planning the way forward
for the future of young professionals. Many
Institutes delt with this by switching to digital
platforms for conducting classes/exams etc.,
but a huge number of such institutions across
the country have and are truly struggling.
At United Nations Global Compact Network
India (UN GCNI), we believe that it is the need
now more than ever before to come together
with a coordinated response to ensure that the
UN SDG – 4 Quality Education can be achieved
in India in times of such crisis by embracing the
call of Agenda 2030 to Leave No One Behind.
Recognizing the above imperatives, BIMTECH
and UN GCNI organized a webinar on the
theme: 'Challenges and Opportunities for
Delivering Quality Higher Education in India
now and post Covid 19'
Speakers:
Moderator: Dr. H. Chaturvedi, Director-
BIMTECH
• Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, VC- SRM University
• Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay, Director – IFIM
University
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• Mr. Harshvendra Soin, Chief People
Person, Tech Mahindra
• Dr. Ranjan Banerjee, Dean SPJIMR
Sponsored by: BIMTECH
Discussions by the above eminent speakers
focused on the following pertinent issues:
• A critical take on response, recovery,
resilience and restoration of Higher
Education in India now and post COVID
• How can the Higher Education Institutions
come together to align with the UN SDG 4 -
Quality Education to respond and recover
now and post Covid-19
• How to leverage technology and nd
practical solutions for - teaching, student
engagement, university/ institutions
operations and make these available
across the country?
• As the institutions adapt to the challenges
posed by the Covid-19, possible changes
required in the Assessment and
Accreditation norms?
• Pa r t n e rs h i p s w i t h C o r p o rate s a n d
Technology Platforms
• How to ensure last mile delivery of Quality
Higher Education in India now and post the
Covid-19 situation?
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Target Gender Equality Webinar
“Women in the Changing World of Work”
15th May 2020
1st Row L-R: Ms. Hema Ravichandar, Vaishali Sinha and Dr. Alka Mittal,
2nd Row L-R: Anjali Singh, Arundhati Bhattacharya and Ms. Nishtha Satyam
COVID-19 has created an
unprecedented scenario for
the women work force, which
has served as a catalyst in the
creation of an unexpected
work from home culture. The
sudden adaption of this
model has come as a shock to
various sectors of business,
but it's a welcome change
which needs to be openly
embraced in the times to
come. Women can join and
re-join the workforce (if they
left) because of the option to
work from home.
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As per estimates, over 120 million Indian
women with at least secondary education do
not participate in the workforce. Work from
home (WFH) roles for women will create more
roles for women. It will overhaul a system
which does not cater to customized needs of
women from different strata. However, there
are many challenges as well. Though, exible
hours of work, the facility to work remotely and
saving time of commuting, are an asset to the
WFH model, the heavy reliance on digital tools
and technologies and issues like productivity
and e ciency might be an impediment to the
sectors which are not accustomed to working
from home. Recognizing these above
imperatives GCNI in partnership with ReNew
Power and UN Women organized the webinar
“Webinar in the
on the theme
Changing World of Work” on 15th
May 2020. The session was attended by over
700 participants.
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Key Highlights
• How will the Work from home policy
improve the gender gap in the industry?
What changes will be required for the
overhauling of HR and employment
policies post Covid-19?
• What are the opportunities, challenges,
and bene ts of women labor-force
participation in the implementation of
WFH policy?
• What are the socio-economic trends
emerging from the sectors which have a
higher concentration of women
employment?
• How will the integration of WFH lead to
mainstreaming of a huge untapped
workforce across the country? Can we turn
t h e s e u n fo r t u n a t e t i m e s i n t o a n
opportunity to create new and enhanced
streams of talent?
• How do we leverage technology, apart
from telecommunication, to escalate
remote work capability?

Eminent Speakers at the Webinar were:

Moderator
Ms. Vaishali Sinha,
Chair, GES, Founding Chair,
ReNew Power Foundation and Chief
Sustainability O cer, ReNew Power

• Ms. Anjali Singh,

• MD, Deutsche Bank

• Dr. Alka Mittal,

• Director HR,
• ONGC

• Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya,

• CEO, Salesforce India

• Ms. Hema Ravichandar,

• Independent Director,
• Titan

• Ms. Nishtha Satyam,

• Deputy Representative, UN Women
• MCO for India, Bhutan, Maldives and
• Sri Lanka

• Late Mr. Kamal Singh,

• ED, GCNI

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Virtual Session
“Nutrition Imperatives in the time of COVID-19 and Beyond”
19 May 2020
th
Covid -19 poses an additional threat to the
existing issues of food security, poverty, and
nutrition especially in developing countries
like India. This pandemic has disrupted a lot of
1st Row L-R: Mr. Bishow Parajuli, Ms. Geetanjali Master and Mr. Simon Wiebusch,
2nd Row L-R: Mr. Piyush Patnaik, Mr. Kamal Singh and Mr. Aseem Kumar
Malnutrition and Undernutrition among
children, adolescents, pregnant women and
lactating mothers has been a longtime
problem in India. Poshan Abhiyan was
launched by the Indian Government in 2018
with the very aim to address this issue. The UN
Sustainable Development Goal No. 2: Zero
Hunger also focuses to end malnutrition and
provide access to Nutritious food for all by the
year 2030.
At UN Global Compact Network India, we
believe that it is now more than ever that
organizations should come together and ght
the pandemic to protect the most vulnerable
population and be true to the Agenda 2030 –
Leave No One Behind.
Sponsored by: Bayer India
Partners: WFP (World Food Prog), UNICEF and
Impact4Nutrition
Objectives of the Webinar were:
• To understand the challenges on the
ground to provide access to food and
nutrition to the most vulnerable
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agricultural activities and its supply chains.
Due to the nationwide lockdown our farmers
struggled to bring the food grains and
vegetables to 'mandi's' and thereby to the
people.
population and has Covid-19 ampli ed
these challenges?
• To analyses the impact of the Covid 19
pandemic on socially vulnerable
populations speci cally in terms of access
to food and nutrition
• To explore strategies and strategic
interventions to improve or supplement
access to food and nutrition for the most
vulnerable population
The 90 minutes Virtual Session was hosted on
SustainEverse, moderated by Ms. Geetanjali
Master, Head Strategic Partnerships, UNICEF
and featured the following eminent speakers:
Speakers:
• Mr. Simon Wiebusch, COO India,
Bangladesh & Sri Lanka, Bayer
• Mr. Bishow Parajuli, Country
Head India, WFP
• Mr. Piyush Patnaik, MD, Cargill
India
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Webinar on COVID-19: From Response to Resilience –
"Building Community Resilience using Last Mile Connectivity"
29 May 2020
th
Building community resilience to respond and
recover from the pandemic both now and post
Covid-19 is a critical task at hand primarily for
Businesses across the world. To this end, last
mile connectivity must be addressed and
enabled rst. It is important to ensure that
everyone is connected and feeling secure in
1st Row L-R: Ms. Noopur Jhunjhunwala and Mr.
Atul Rastogi,
2nd Row L-R: Ms. Akanksha Sharma and Mr. Eric
Falt
Higher Education Leaders Forum
'Heartful Leadership: Transforming Education and Supporting
Sustainability'
20 June 2020
th
Higher Education leaders today have a great
responsibility to drive changes across the
entire education value-chain for two reasons:
rst, the sector helps in capacity building for
primary and tertiary education; and second,
higher education has a great role in
accomplishing the sustainable development
goals (SDGs) directly through SDG4 (Quality
Education) and indirectly through capacity
building and knowledge creation to support
the rest of the SDGs.
Heartful Leadership cares about the greater
good. It emphasizes empathy, ethical
intelligence and emotional intelligence.
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times of crisis. Technology should be
leveraged to ensure last mile connectivity of
businesses with all its stakeholders like -
customers, its employers and also the
communities they serve through the CSR
programs. Technology can be a catalyst in this
attempt by all organizations and people. As
part of its endeavor of leveraging Technology
and Sustainable Business Practices to build
co m m u n i t y re s i l i e n ce u s i n g l a st m i l e
connectivity, UN GCNI in collaboration with
Sterlite Technologies Limited hosted this
Webinar. The 90 minutes Virtual Session was
hosted on SustainEverse, moderated by Ms.
Noopur Jhunjhunwala, UN Women and
featured the following eminent speakers:
Sponsored by: Sterlite Technologies
Speakers:
• Ms. Akanksha Sharma, Head CSR &
Sustainability, Sterlite
• Mr. Eric Falt, Country Head India, Bhutan &
Bangladesh UNESCO
• Mr. Atul Rastogi, ED, TCIL
An organization can do well if it has the heart
capital of its faculty, staff and other important
stake holders. In order to transform education
at large, higher education leaders may nd
Heartfulness-focused leadership to be quite a
pragmatic approach. Heartful leaders can plan
and implement changes in the sphere of higher
education, based on the optimum integration
of modern knowledge creation and with
ethical and moral principles at their base.
Sponsors: IIHMR University
Partner: Heartfulness Institute
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Key discussions were held on the
following:
1. What are the most important issues
in higher education, which need
immediate attention?
2. What are the required changes in
approach (including philosophy,
contents and delivery methods) of
higher education institutions (HEIs)
under the current changing
scenario?
3. What are the main pillars of Heartful
Leadership? How can Heartful
Leadership be adopted and aligned
in leading HEIs?
4. What should be role of HEIs in
fostering sustainability through
education, research and training?
5. How can Heartful Leadership drive
the desired transformation in HEIs?
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The forum was moderated by: Dr. Pankaj Gupta
Eminent Speaker
Dr Bhushan Patwardhan,
UGC Vice Chairperson
Dr. (Mrs.) Pankaj Mittal,
AIU Secretary General
Dr. Kamlesh D. Patel
Founder & Guide, Heartfulness Institute
Dr. H. Chaturvedi,
Director, Birla Institute (BIMTECH) and
Alternate President EPSI
Dr. D. P. Goyal,
Director, IIM Shillong, India
Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, Vice Chancellor, SRM
Institute, Chennai (Former President, AIU)
Dr B. Metri,
Director IIM Trichi, India (Also, Chairman Board
of Management, AICTE)
Dr. Ravi Gupta,
Founder, CEO & Editor-in-chief, Elets
Technomedia Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Geoffrey Clemants,
Chairman Commonwealth Infrastructure
Partners, London, UK
Late Mr. Kamal Singh,
Executive Director, United Nations Global
Compact Network India
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“Vibrant Economy and Integrated Social Development”
03rd July 2020
GCNI collaborated with Taru Foundation for
the webinar on the theme ' Vibrant Economy &
Integrated Social Development. As we are
aware that social sector is one of the most
important sectors of the Indian economy and
includes several important components such
as education, health, medical care, water
supply, sanitation, poverty alleviation etc.
Social sector may also refer to the value
system of an economy which fosters values
such as philanthropy, social business, social
entrepreneurship etc. The elements of
liberalization and economic reforms have
played a key role in the areas of social
infrastructure and development. Important
aspects of human development are now
governed within the economic sphere where
market and private philanthropy play a vital
role. Due to the rapidly globalizing competitive
marketplace coupled with the increasing need
to expand quality of life at the grassroots level
and to spur innovative thought, policy makers
in India are slowly but surely setting the social
sector on the reform track. The private sector
too is not left behind either. Several well-
known impact funds and venture philanthropy
funds have also shown interest in this unique
and emerging business opportunity, which
balances investor returns with social
responsibilities and aims to uplift
communities. Therefore, the session focused
Shaping a Sustainable Business Post COVID 19:
Response, Recovery, Resilience
An international Panel Discussion Series
• Business Resilience – 8th July 2020
• Supply Chain Disruption – 14th July 2020
• Reskilling and Digitalization – 23rd July
2020
• Sustaining SME's – 30th July 2020
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on the importance of Integrated development
in order to facilitate social upliftment.
Key Highlights
• Importance of integrated Development
and role of Civil society in development of
Rural Economy.
• Discussion about vulnerable
communities, and gender disparities
a f fe c t i n g t h e i n te g r a te d S o c i a l
Development.
• Social Innovation and Development
Models for Rural development.
• Challenges for Social entrepreneurs to
facilitate Rural Development.
• Importance of a skilled workforce and
technology in rural development.
• Necessity of creating long term
sustainable programs and initiative.
Eminent Speakers at the Webinar were:
• Mr. Nitin Dewangan - Founder Director,
Taru Foundation
• Dr. Manorama Bakshi - Sr Advisory Tata
Trust
• Mr. Ganga Charan Sharma - Vice
President - TÜV Rheinland Group
• Dr. Subramanya K. Kusnur, Founder
Chairman & CEO, AQUAKRAFT Projects
Pvt Ltd
I n D e c e m b e r, 2 01 9 C E G E T d eve l o p e d
Knowledge Partnership with Alliance for
Integrity (AfIN), India to promote business
integrity and transparency in the economic
system and to foster collective action of
relevant actors from the private sector, public
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sector, and civil society organizations. Under
the MoU commitment AfIN India and CEGET-
GCNI have facilitated various initiatives like
workshops, events and trainings on
Compliance, Transparency, and Integrity in
business.
Uniting business in this Decade of Action is
crucial, especially in post Covid times and
therefore, with this understanding, CEGET-
GCNI and Alliance for Integrity (AfIN) India
organized an International Panel series on the
theme of “Shaping a Sustainable Business Post
Covid” in the month of July 2020. The
Panelseries had four exclusive panels which
comprised of public and private sector
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business operating from India, as well as
representatives from Africa, Latin America
and Asia.
The 1st panel on Business Resilience on 8th
July 2020 set the tone, the 2nd panel deep
dived into Supply Chain Disruption on 14th July
2020, 3rd panel explored the skills required
and the quintessential move towards
digitalization and the 4th panel on Sustaining
SMEs provided a platform to understand
relevant schemes and the crucial and dynamic
role of SMEs in the growth of Global Economy.
More than thousands of people registered,
from 15 countries, participated in this panel
series.
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Special Virtual Session
“Impact of COVID-19 on Child Labour and Human Tra cking:
Time of Crisis, Time to Act”
5 August 2020
th
UNGC India and Save the Children organized a
special virtual session on 'Impact of COVID-19
on Child labour and Human tra cking: Time of
th
Crisis, Time to Act', on 5 August 2020 at 5:00
P.M.- 6:30 P.M. (IST). The theme of the event
was centered around the increase in
vulnerability of children to tra cking and
exploitation in the aftermath of COVID-19
pandemic. Increased poverty, low levels of
education, dropping out of children from the
education system and a lack of awareness of
child-rights increased the risk of tra cking
for children; with children accounting for 27%
of all the human tra cking victims worldwide,
and two out of every three tra cked children
being girls. Children are often tra cked for
commercial sexual exploitation or for labour,
such as domestic servitude, agricultural work,
factory work and mining, or they are forced to
ght in con icts. The speakers for the event
were-
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• Priyank Kanoongo- Chairperson NCPCR
• Ashish Srivastava- Jt. Secretary Ministry
of WCD
• Manisha Singh- Head of Corporate
Communications & CSR (NOKIA)
• Rumi Mallick Mitra- Leader, Strategy and
New Initiatives (IBM)
• Shubha Sekhar- Director Human and
Workplace Rights, Eurasia and North
Africa (The Coca-Cola Company).
• Rumi Kumari- Child
Champion/Ambassador
• Late Kamal Singh- Executive Director,
UN GCNI.
The Moderator for the event was Dr. Namrata
Jaitli- Director Policy and Programme Impact
(Save the Children).
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“Decoding the Voluntary National Report”
29 August 2020
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NITI Aayog presented India's second Voluntary
National Review (VNR) at the United Nations
H i g h - l eve l Po l i t i c a l Fo r u m ( H L P F ) o n
Sustainable Development, 2020. The HLPF is
the foremost international platform for follow-
up and review of progress on the 17 SDGs. The
report highlights the important role which
businesses and the private sector are
envisaged to have in this Decade of Action.
Leveraging science, technology and
innovation for SDGs, and costing and nancing
of SDGs are the two levers of strengthening
means of implementation which have been
introduced this year. While we have a mission
to meet the 2030 goals, the Covid-19 pandemic
has brought forward a series of challenges for
the entire global community. Therefore, it
becomes imperative that we review the
interventions of the CSR sector during
these times on how CSR activities can
also be oriented towards SDGs and
support the various developmental
programs initiated by our government
and Leave No One Behind.
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In this aspect, CSR Spark, UN GCNI, Sattva and
REACHA conducted a virtual session for
corporates, CSOs and donor organizations to
understand this vision and take decisions
based on the directions suggested in India
Voluntary National Review 2020.
Key Points Discussed:
• Introduction: Purpose and take away from
VNR2020
• Progress Update against Paris 2030 goals
• The SDG index and aligning CSR Strategy
for now and beyond
• Guidance on achieving the social impact
goals and strategies for transformative
models of social change.
• Alignment to Govt initiatives for Health
initiatives, social and nancial inclusion
and overall newer initiatives (like clean
energy)
• Key Challenges and opportunities for us
• Rebuilding resilience through
collaborative programs between govt,
corporates & CSOs
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“Scaling-up Anti-Corruption Collective Action within Global Compact
Local Networks Promoting Transparency and Community Accountability
in healthcare sector”
10 November' 2020
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Under the partnership with United
Nations Global Compact (UNGC) for
Scaling Up Anti-Corruption
Collective Action within Global
Compact Local Networks Project,
“Promoting Climate Smart Cities Alliances Framework 2.0"
While Indian cities are preparing for present
challenges and are yet to prepare for future
urbanization prospects, the impacts of
climate variability and environmental change
manifesting in the instances of cyclones,
oods, heat waves, and drought have had
adverse impacts on many Indian cities. India is
the sixth most vulnerable country facing
extreme weather events as per latest climate
index report. Further, curbing air quality
deterioration pose serious challenges for city
administrators as 43 smart cities in India are
already facing poor air quality. The current
Covid-19 outbreak has also severely impacted
cities and further emphasized the need for
building urban resilience in India.
While Indian cities are preparing for present
challenges and are yet to prepare for future
urbanization prospects, the impacts of
climate variability and environmental change
manifesting in the instances of cyclones,
oods, heat waves, and drought have had
adverse impacts on many Indian cities. India is
the sixth most vulnerable country facing
extreme weather events as per latest climate
index report. Further, curbing air quality
deterioration pose serious challenges for city
administrators as 43 smart cities in India are
already facing poor air quality. The current
Covid-19 outbreak has also severely impacted
cities and further emphasized the need for
building urban resilience in India.
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t h e C e n t re of E xc e l l e n c e fo r
Governance, Ethics and
Transparency (CEGET) at Global
Compact Network India (GCNI)
undertook following initiatives.
To facilitate cities in understanding these
challenges of where cities stand and may
improve, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA) launched Climate SMART Cities
Assessment Framework (CSCAF) in 2019 with
30 diverse indicators across ve categories
namely; (i) Energy and Green Buildings, (ii)
Urban Planning, Green Cover & Biodiversity, (iii)
Mobility and Air Quality, (iv) Waste Management
and (v) Water Resource Management. The
CSCAF is a step to adopt, implement and
disseminate the best practices adopted by our
cities and fur ther to set standards in
comparison to the international efforts
towards the green, sustainable and urban
resilient habitats.
C e n t re of E xce l l e n ce fo r
Governance, Ethics and
Transparency (CEGET) at Global
Compact Network India (GCNI)
entered into knowledge sharing
partnership with NIUA (National
Institute of urban Affairs) and
became a part of alliance with C-
Cube under the ambit of Climate
Smart Cities Alliance to support
mainstreaming of Climate
Actions in Indian Cities.
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Through this partnership CEGET contributed to

the following areas:
1. Development and sharing of knowledge products, tools, toolkits,
and modules for the capacity building of urban local bodies
(ULBs), Smart City SPVs, city managers of line departments and
urban practitioners in India for mainstreaming climate resilience.

2. Handholding cities for formulating, implementing and

performance monitoring of local climate strategies and action
plans under the umbrella of Climate Smart Cities Assessment
Framework.

3. Development and implementation of innovative practices, data,

and technology frameworks for addressing climate impacts in
cities, including mitigation and adaptation aspects.

4. Advocacy, communication, and outreach on mutually agreed

themes around urban climate resilience. The Climate Smart
Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF) is a step towards holistic,
climate responsive urban development that focuses on three
pillars of performance – Liveability, Economic Ability and
Sustainability.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on 11th September

2020 launched the Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework
(CSCAF) 2.0, in a virtual event organized by the Smart Cities Mission,
GoI and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA). 139 cities including
all Smart Cities, State Capitals and other cities with more than 5 lakh
people had participated in this phase of assessment.

CEGET-GCNI, under the knowledge sharing partnership with NIUA,

kick-started coordination with its networked smart cities with
respect to its capacity building on waste management.

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1. India-Ukraine Knowledge Sharing Meet: GCNI best practices on AC CA and Discussion on
Siemens Integrity Initiative.
Global Compact Network India (GCNI) has been
a part of Anti-corruption collective action
projects, especially Siemens Integrity
Initiative for a decade now. The Indian Local
Network has matured over the years in driving
systematic interventions and consistent
dialogue on Collective Action on Anti-
corruption, especially since the Centre of
Excellence for Governance, Ethics and
Transparency (CEGET) established in 2015 at
GCNI. This background led to an introductory
call with Global Compact Network Ukraine, as
they have embarked on their maiden project on
Anti-corruption.
A meeting was held between Global Compact
Network -Ukraine and Global Compact
Network-India on 17th November 2020. The
meeting was attended by Ms. Alexandra
Onyschenko. Programme Manager and Ms.
Tatiana Sakharuk, CEO from Global Compact
Network-Ukraine and Dr. Somnath Singh,
2. Ideation Meetings: Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Healthcare Value Chain.
Global Compact Network India (GCNI) under
UNGC's supported 'Scaling up Anti-Corruption
Collective Action within Global Compact Local
Networks' project conducted two ideation
meetings with the theme of promoting
transparency and accountability in Healthcare
th th
Value Chain on 25 and 30 November 2020. In
these two meetings forty experts represented
various stakeholder groups such as Patient
Representatives from organizations; Service
providers (Medical College and Hospitals);
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Programme Manager and Mr. Arya Dev,
Programme Analyst from Global Compact
Network-India.
Dr. Somnath Singh shared CEGET-GCNI's
understanding and experience regarding Anti-
Corruption Collective Action and suggested
proper approach towards fostering trust and
buy-in of participants for the project. He also
shared the kind of anti-corruption collective
action initiatives taken by GCNI in India.
GCN-Ukraine is now the part of the current
UNGC-Siemens 'Scaling up Anti-Corruption
Collective Action within Global Compact Local
Networks' project, which builds upon the
previous collective action activities by
supporting collective actions from GCLNs and
promoting public-private cooperation in
ghting corruption. The mentioned project is
being implemented by the Local Network,
India, Brazil, Kenya, and Ukraine.
Manufactures/Suppliers (Pharmaceutical
c o m p a n y, M e d i c a l d e v i c e e q u i p m e n t
company, Wholesaler distributors and
suppliers); Payers/Insurance (PSUs/Govt
Health Programs/ Insurance Companies);
Policymakers and Regulators; Global and India
anticorruption and transparency experts; and
Academia/Institute, shared their insights and
re co m m e n d at i o n s fo r p ro m ot i n g
transparency and accountability in healthcare
value chain.
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These ideation meetings not only provided a The meetings were moderated by the Project
platform for developing a roadmap of the Lead Dr. Somnath Singh and strategical
project but also enhanced project's reach to direction was provided by the Executive
the potential stakeholders those may Director, GCNI, Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui.
contribute to the achievement of project
deliverables in the future and strengthening
Anti-Corruption Collective Action Agenda in
India.

Goalkeeper Calendar Launch on Sustainable Development Goals

18 December 2021
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Global Compact Network India (GCNI) together
with its Member-Partner, Citizens Foundation
are ready to bring out the second edition of
their Calendar 'Goalkeepers 2021'”. The
Calendar aims at advocacy for Sustainable
Development Goals with a brand new theme:
'Landmarks in India's SDG Journey' for the year
2020'. This calendar marks a few such
Landmarks in India's SDG Journey over the
year that was not only full with hurdles and
challenges but is also testimonial to the
resilience we showed together as a nation to
help achieve the UN Sustainable Development
Goals.
Work No Child's Business (WNCB):
Virtual Roundtable Dialogue Series with stakeholders from the Apparel
Sector in Delhi NCR
23 November 2020
rd
25 February 2021
th
A two-part online Dialogue Series was
supported by ICCo and implemented by GCNI
by bringing together leading experts and
practitioners from the apparel brands,
medium and small apparel enterprises, NGOs
and academicians from the sector to
understand the current set of challenges in
eradicating child labour which are ampli ed
due to Covid-19, especially in the supply chain
of the apparel industry.
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Each achievement is marked with the
corresponding SDGs that they address across
various sectors, and celebrate the tiny steps
taken so that we can make a huge leap
together, as partners. With goals of promoting
and advocating Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) 2030, the rst edition of
Goalkeepers Calendar was conceptualized
jointly by Late Kamal Singh, ED, UN Global
C o m p a c t N et wo r k a n d Te a m C i t i z e n s
Foundation back in 2019 as a joint effort by the
advocates of SDGs.
• Roundtable 1 held on November 23, 2020
• 11 representatives from the brands and
NGO sector participated in the discussion
• Roundtable 2 held on February 25, 2021
• 9 representatives from the MSME sector
and NGO sector participated in the
discussion
A detailed report for both the roundtables was
prepared by UNGCNI and submitted to ICCo.
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Project: Water Stewardship – Water Conservation Project in Maharashtra

Supported by Diageo
On ground Implementing Partner is Aquakraft | M&E Partner is Ideas to Impact Foundation

The project's aim is to improve and strengthen
Sustainable Access to Water and Sanitation in
rural communities around Diageo India's plant
areas of Nanded and Baramati in Maharashtra
(MH), to create water replenishment capacity
of 170,000 m3. The project started in January
2021 and will be completed in June 2021
bene ting around 50,000 people with Access
to Water and Sanitation.
Intended outcome of the project:
• Create a water replenishment potential of
170,000 m3 through construction of water
harvesting infrastructure – farm ponds
(desilting), contour bunds, Gully plugs,
restoration of check dams, roof rain water
harvesting structure)
• Increase in ground water level and
improved access to water for irrigation
• Improved health with access to WASH
facilities - Drinking water stations of
capacity 500 LPD (liters per day) and Bio-
toilets in 6 government schools
• Environment sustainability – Afforestation
by planting 5000 trees
• Decreased soil erosion and improved soil
moisture and nutrient content
• Improved economic status (bene t to
farmers)
• Improved access to water will ensure –
women spend less time in travelling to
fetch water

Project: Water Stewardship – Water Conservation Project in Maharashtra

Supported by Diageo
On ground Implementing Partner is Aquakraft | M&E Partner is Ideas to Impact Foundation

The project's aim is to improve and strengthen capacity 500 LPD (liters per day) and Bio-
Sustainable Access to Water and Sanitation in toilets in 6 government schools
rural communities around Diageo India's plant • Environment sustainability – Afforestation
areas of Nanded and Baramati in Maharashtra by planting 5000 trees
(MH), to create water replenishment capacity • Decreased soil erosion and improved soil
of 170,000 m3. The project started in January moisture and nutrient content
2021 and will be completed in June 2021 • Improved economic status (bene t to
bene ting around 50,000 people with Access farmers)
to Water and Sanitation. • Improved access to water will ensure –
women spend less time in travelling to
Intended outcome of the project: fetch water
• Create a water replenishment potential of
170,000 m3 through construction of water
harvesting infrastructure – farm ponds
(desilting), contour bunds, Gully plugs,
restoration of check dams, roof rain water
harvesting structure)
• Increase in ground water level and
improved access to water for irrigation
• Improved health with access to WASH
facilities - Drinking water stations of

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Project: Yuwaah
Supported by Capgemini
Implementing Partner UNICEF India

YuWaah's mission is to enable India's youth and

connect them to aspirational socio-economic
opportunities and engage them as active
change makers.
Two–pronged strategy is
core to what YuWaah does:
YuWaah's objective is to build multi-sector
partnerships and enable collaborative action I) identify successful,
with the mission to 'enable India's youth and
connect them to aspirational socio-economic scalable initiatives and
opportunities and engage them as active enable breakout scale and
change makers'. ii) identify white spaces
and foster breakthrough
By 2030, YuWaah will:
innovation
• Build pathways for 100 million youth to
aspirational economic opportunities O cial Launch of the
•
• Facilitate 200 million youth to gain relevant
Partnership was done on
skills for productive lives and the future of March 3, 2021 and the
work project time period is for
• three years i.e. 2020- 2023.
• Pa r t n e r w i t h 3 0 0 m i l l i o n yo u t h a s
Changemakers and create spaces for
developing their leadership

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Monthly Knowledge Sharing and Networking Meetings
“Leadership in the Face of Adversity Challenges for Business Continuity”
10th April 2020
1st Row L-R: Mr Rajeev Dubey, Mr. Prasad Pradhan, Ms. Madhulika Sharma
2nd Row L-R: Mr Shravan Charya, Ms. Roma Balwani
At a time of crisis, it is the leadership and
management of any organization which plays a
major role in guiding the organization toward
stability. Businesses are not just about pro ts;
it is about leadership and it is true that a
manager's character and response during
adversity affects the company's sustainability
and pro tability.
Therefore, UNGCNI organized its 1 Webinar on
st
10 April, 2020 on the theme: Leadership in
th
the Face of Adversity: Challenges for
Business Continuity. Where industr y
stalwarts discussed and shared existing and
new approaches to leadership in a time of
global crisis.
The Webinar focused on the following
pertinent issues:
• How business leaders can respond to the
COVID-19 crisis: Focusing on both people,
and pro ts
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• Challenges and Solutions for Business
Continuity in the face of such adversaries
• Increasing Role of Technology for All and
need for Skill Development
• Business Response to the Needs of
Community during the Pandemic
The 90 minutes Virtual Session was hosted on
Sustaineverse, moderated by Mr Shravan
Charya, Founder SocioLadder Foundation and
featured the following eminent speakers:
• Mr. Rajeev Dubey, Principal Advisor,
Mahindra & Mahindra, Chairman Mahindra
Insurance Brokers
• Ms. Roma Balwani, Director-
Communications & Brand, Vedanta
• Ms. Madhulika Sharma, Chief Corporate
Sustainability, TATA Steel Ltd.
• Mr. Prasad Pradhan, Director Sustainable
Business, Hindustan Unilever
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GCNI Virtual Knowledge Sharing Session
“Learnings from COVID-19 for Climate Change and other Global
Environmental and Health Challenges”
22 April 2020
nd
From L-R: Dr. Pankaj Gupta, Dr Mukund Rajan, Mr. Shankar Venkateswaran and Brig. Rajiv Williams
As the world is struggling to face up to the
global threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, UN
Secretary-General António Guterres has
rightly declared an all-out war against the
pandemic, the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
In India as well, under the leadership of the
Prime Minister and strong efforts across the
States, a country-wide response is being
crafted. We at GCNI is committed to support all
such initiatives to thwart the spread of this
virus.
Recognizing these imperatives, GCNI
organized its 1st Virtual Knowledge Sharing
Session on the theme “Learnings from COVID-
19 for Climate Change and other Global
Environmental and Health Challenges” on
22nd April 2020. Over 500 participants
attended the webinar.
Key Highlights
• Major learnings on dealing with pandemics
in India including the state of healthcare
infrastructure in India, and the need to
GCNI Virtual Knowledge Sharing Session
“Adverse effects of COVID -19 on Girl Child Education and Efforts
to Mitigate”
22 May 2020
nd
Our current female literacy rate is pegged at
64.60%. Even though, this is quite a jump from
our previous year's performance, when
compared with the rest of the world, the
female literacy rate is considerably low in India
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equip frontline healthcare providers with
adequate protective equipment.
• Preparing society for the draconian
measures required to stem the spread of
diseases.
• Use of digital technology to e ciently
deliver aid where required.
• Key interventions by companies through
CSR spending and through their own
supply chains.
• Need to secure the interest of those at the
bottom of the pyramid.
Eminent Speakers at the Webinar were:
• Moderator: Dr Mukund Rajan, Chairman,
ECube Investment Advisors
• Mr. Shankar Venkateswaran, Chairman,
Oxfam India
• Dr. Pankaj Gupta, President, IIHMR
University
• Brig. Rajiv Williams, Corporate Head CSR,
Jindal Stainless Ltd.
at it is 22 percentage points below the world
average. Lower income countries like
Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka perform better on
these parameters than us.
Displaced families, the economic downturn,
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innumerable number of migrant laborers
families being left stranded our country is in
the midst of witnessing one of worst
catastrophes of the recent times. As per the
latest gures shared by the World Bank- close
to about 40 million internal migrant laborers
stand affected by the ensuing lockdown post
1st Row L-R: Ms. Kritika Padode Bhandari and Dr. Neelam Gupta
2nd Row L-R: Mr. Kamal Singh and Mr. T. Krishna Prasad
Recognizing the above imperatives GCNI in
partnership with Aroh Foundation and KP
Foundation organized the 2nd Vir tual
Knowledge Sharing session on the theme
“Adverse effects of COVID-19 on Girl Child
Education and Efforts to Mitigate” on 22nd
May 2020. The session was attended by over
500 participants.
Key Highlights
• With families losing their source of
livelihood, mass displacement taking
place what will be the effect of this
pandemic on access to education for girl
children in our Country.
• To deal effectively with the helpless
situation of families and many mouths to
feed may force parents or relatives to push
girl children towards tra cking or esh
trade.
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the outbreak. With increased economic
inequality and disparity, it is highly likely that
the women folk will face increased hardships.
It is also likely that the female literacy rate is
likely to decrease further than the current
65%.
• Figures on female literacy in India clearly
reveal that once education is to be paid for
at a secondary and higher education level,
we notice a sharp drop in gures. With
increased inequality, it is likely that fewer
wo m e n w i l l e n r o l l t h e m s e l ve s fo r
secondary and higher education in the
future. How can we effectively tackle this
problem?
Eminent Speakers at the Webinar were
• Moderator - Ms. Kritika Padode Bhandari -
Advocate, Member, Founding Team of
V aybhoomi University
• Dr. Neelam Gupta – President, Aroh
Foundation
• Mr. T. Krishna Prasad - IPS Retd, Founder,
K P Fo u n d at i o n & Fo r m e r DG P a n d
Chairman
• Road Safety Authority, Telangana State
• Late Mr. Kamal Singh, ED-GCNI
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“Special Virtual Knowledge Sharing Session 'Democratizing Higher
Education through Digital Solutions”
26th June 2020
The pandemic Covid-19 has made all of us in
the last few months, to plan and organize our
education system. Education is bound to
change. Now, our policy makers, accreditation
bodies, citizens and youth have to work in
1st Row L-R: Dr. Soumitra Dutta, Dr. Indira Parikh, Dr. A Parasuraman
2nd Row L-R: Ms. Kritika Padode Bhandari, Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth and Mr. Krishna Kumar
Democratization of technology is now an
important issue in the present scene which
includes internet connectivity, telecom
infrastructure, affordability of online system,
availability of laptop/desktop, software,
education tool, online assessment tools etc.
But it is a fact that technology-based
education is more transparent and does not
make a difference in front vs backbencher or
girls vs boy. Thus, Aa concept of Digital
university will come into existence in the near
future.
Key Highlights
• Role of AI and Algorithms to manage data
better
• Importance of collaboration between
academia, Industries and bene ciaries in
online education system development.
• Effects of Digital technologies on
standard classroom teaching patterns.
• The role of 3 A's (Aspirational, Accessible &
Affordable) in democratizing higher
education.
• How Pedagogy of education in digital
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tandem with open mind. GCNI in association
with V aybhoomi University organized a
Special Virtual Session on June 25, 2020 to
discuss how digital solutions can be applied to
democratize higher education.
education is an important link between
course contents, educationist,
technology, and course taker in a
classroom education is different from
technology-based education.
Eminent Speakers at the Webinar were:
Keynote Address: Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth,
Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business
Emory University
• Moderator: Ms. Kritika Padode Bhandari,
Advocate, Member, Founding Team of
V aybhoomi University
• Dr. Soumitra Dutta, Former Founding Dean
of the SC Johnson College of Business,
Cornell University, New York
• Dr. A Parasuraman, Pro-Chancellor
Academics, V aybhoomi University &
Emeritus Professor of Marketing and
James W. McLamore
• D r. I n d i ra Pa r i k h, Fo r m e r Fo u n d e r
President of FLAME & Former Dean, IIM-
Ahmedabad
• Mr. Krishna Kumar, Founder & CEO,
Simplilearn
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“Special Knowledge Sharing session on Impact of COVID on Public Health
Education: Challenges and Opportunities”
30 June 2020
th
Health is determined not only by medical care
but also by determinants outside the medical
sector. Public health approach is to deal with
all these determinants of health which
requires multi-sectoral collaboration and
interdisciplinary coordination. COVID19, a
public health crisis has been snowballed into a
humanitarian crisis, presenting social,
economic public health, and other hitherto
1st Row L-R: Dr. Joe Thomas, Ms. Mohini Daljeet Singh, Dr. Rakesh Kumar
2nd Row L-R: Prof. K Srinath Reddy, Mr. Kamal Singh and Dr. Swarup Sarkar
Key Highlights
• Inclusion of all the domains of society in
times of crisis.
• Cooperation of various stakeholders in
order to have functional public health
sector.
• Interdisciplinary training of public health
practitioners.
• Role of Robotics in Public Health system.
• Effects of lack of funds and natural
resources on the public health system and
its stakeholder.
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unheard challenges. Public Health Education
faces some unique challenges in the context of
Covid19 pandemic.
In order to discuss challenges and
opportunities in the Public health sector GCNI
organized this special virtual knowledge
sharing session in partnership with MIT World
Peace University.
Eminent Speakers at the Webinar were:
Moderator: Ms. Mohini Daljeet Singh, Trustee
and Advisor, Max India Foundation
• Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Chief Advisor, United
Nations Development Programme
• Prof. K Srinath Reddy, President, Public
Health Foundation of India
• Dr. Swarup Sarkar, CG Pandit National
Chair & Global Health Adviser at ICMR &
Former Director, Communicable Diseases
WHO
• Dr. Joe Thomas, Associate Dean, Faculty
of Sustainability Studies & Professor of
Public Health and Sustainable
Development, MIT WPU
• Late Mr. Kamal Singh, ED-GCNI
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VIII
UNGC Global Impact Initiatives (GII)
Young SDG Innovators Program
January 2021 – October 2021

Global Compact Network India (GCNI) has Development Goals (SDGs).

c o m m e n c e d i t s r s t eve r Yo u n g S D G
Innovators Programme India in partnership
with BIMTECH which is an opportunity for
participating companies of the UN Global
Compact to identify young talent within their
organizations to collaborate and accelerate
business innovation towards the Sustainable
This ten-month accelerator programme
activates future business leaders and
changemakers to develop and drive innovative
s o l u t i o n s t h r o u g h n ew te c h n o l o g i e s ,
initiatives, and business models and deliver on
their company's sustainability objectives.

SDG Ambition South Asia Track (India & Bangladesh)

January 2021 – June 2021

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Global Compact Network India commenced its
rst ever SDG Ambition South Asia programme
along with Global Compact Network
Bangladesh from January which will be a
6month journey for participants. Led by the UN
Global Compact in partnership with SAP and
SDG Pioneers
15 December 2020
th
Global Compact Network India is proud to
recognize and announce Mr. Sumant Sinha,
CMD, ReNew Power Pvt. Ltd. India's SDG
Pioneer 2020 — a business leader who is
championing the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and inspiring others to advance
t h e 2 0 3 0 A g e n d a fo r S u s t a i n a b l e
Development.
He founded ReNew Power in 2011 with the
vision to transform India's energy landscape
and contribute to the battle against climate
change. Since then he is responsible for the
exponential growth of the organisation
which is today India's 2nd largest renewable
energy producer with an aggregate
portfolio of 10+ GW and generates 1% of
India's total annual electricity and in doing
so helps mitigate 0.5% of carbon emissions
annually. His efforts have led to lighting up 13
million homes in India through clean power
thereby mitigating a total of 25 million
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UNGC Global Impact Initiatives (GII)
Accenture, SDG Ambition aims to challenge
and support participating companies of the
UN Global Compact in setting ambitious
corporate targets and accelerating
integration of the 17 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) into core business management
10+ GW
and generates 1%
of India's total annual
electricity
tonnes of carbon emissions, contributing
to a better planet.
Mr. Sinha is also responsible for running a
robust CSR programme through his
organisation that impacts 250,000 lives
across 171 villages through digital literacy
and better academic environment for
children, entrepreneurial training and
support for rural women, scholarships for
talented youth and provision of safe
drinking water.
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Mr. Sinha has set up CoE for clean energy
and environment at IIT Delhi, India's
premium academic institution, to
sensitize the youth about the
environment and foster research efforts
in clean energy. He has also authored a
book “Fossil Free” that chronicles the
history of energy transitions and over
hundred opinion articles published in
national and international media. He is a
proli c speaker at top forums like the
Climate Week NYC, Economist SDG
Summit, WEF Annual Meet at Davos
where he has contributed to the
narrative on the necessity of reducing
GHG emissions and shared the India
energy transition story.
Target Gender Equality
March 2020
Target Gender Equality is a gender equality
accelerator programme for participating
companies of the UN Global Compact. In India,
15 companies participated in TGE in 2020 ( rst
round).
Given the long-standing relationship with UN
Women, alignment was assured from the
beginning to jointly implement the program.
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UNGC Global Impact Initiatives (GII)
As the winner of the national round, Mr.
Sumant Sinha will now compete in the global
round along with other candidates for the title
of 2020 UN Global Compact SDG Pioneers. The
global winners will be announced in January
2021 in New York.
The distinguished external jury members
were:
• Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee - GCNI Governing
Council Member and EX-DG IICA
• Ms. Madhulika Sharma - GCNI Governing
Council Member and CSO Tata Steel Ltd.
• Ms. Huma Masood - National Programme
O cer, UNESCO India
• Dr. Asif Zameer - Dean, IMT CDL
• Mr. Alay Barah - Executive Director, ICCo
The program was also being aligned with
existing interventions & initiatives such as the
Annual Gender Equality Summit. India
Network completed the rst TGE round at its
4th Gender Equality Summit 2021.
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Research and Publications

Outcome Report:
15 National Convention
th

The report collates the proceedings and the

th
outcomes of the 15 National Convention organised 15th National Convention
on the theme of ''Raising the SDG Ambition: Raising the SDG Ambition –
Pathways for Sustainable Recovery and Growth
Pathways for Sustainable Recovery and Growth'. February 4-5, 2021

The report in detail captures the proceedings of the

National Convention and its outcomes.

GCNI-Accenture WHITE PAPER on Raising India's SDG Ambition -

Pathways for Sustainable Recovery and Growth
Global Compact Network India in association with
Accenture presented its knowledge theme paper on
“Raising the SDG Ambition: Pathways for
Sustainable Recovery and Growth'” that highlights
the COVID-19 crisis which is a transformational
moment in history, from where the businesses and
societies can pivot towards a fair and sustainable
world. With the growing support and incentives from
the government, India is rising as an attractive
destination for many major private players for their
sustainability focused products and services. Such
an ecosystem is conducive to very attractive,
sustainable and implementable pathways to recover
and grow towards realizing our SDG ambitions. It is
time to seize the emerging opportunities, capitalize
on our capabilities and strengths, and reimagine a
more equitable, inclusive and greener world.

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GCNI-Deloitte Knowledge Theme Paper:

Gender Equality Summit 2021
Global Compact Network India in association
with Deloitte as the knowledge partner
presented its knowledge theme paper on
“'COVID and New Gender Equations: Adversity to
Opportunity' that will provide its readers with
critical insights on the gender-based
consequences of the pandemic. It will also help
readers to understand that gender inclusive
solutioning is key to address the long- lasting
repercussions of the current pandemic and be
better prepared for the unforeseeable future.

Outcome Report: 4th GES Summit 2021

The report collates the proceedings and the
outcomes of the 4 GES Summit on the theme
th

of '“'COVID and New Gender Equations:

Adversity to Opportunity' The report in detail
captures the proceedings of the Summit and its
outcomes.

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SDG Assessment and Sustainability Framework for Smart Cities
Centre of Excellence for Governance, Ethics
and Transparency (CEGET) at Global Compact
Network India (GCNI) has been engaged with an
SDG assessment of Thane Smart City Limited
(TSCL) since mid-2019.
Whilst assessing the cities' sustainability
performance at all levels, it became clear that
there are both bene ts and barriers with
regard to implementing SDGs in cities.
However, SDGs assessment is necessary for a
city to gauge the extent to which the SDGs will
improve the sustainability of a city, or how
cities actively contribute and get involved in
the global challenges, such as the recent
pandemic. The multiple activities undertaken
during the project facilitated city o cials
getting in-depth knowledge of the SDGs and
provided the frontline leaders a platform to
prioritize SDG/s for Thane Smart City.
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The Sustainability Framework developed for
Thane Smart City by CEGET-GCNI shall serve
as a policy tool to support TSCL in collecting
and integrating data, and using those data sets
to de ne a vision, set targets, monitor
progress, and forecast trends—all while being
able to compare themselves with peer cities
around the world.
This 'SDGs sustainability
framework' will enable city to
measure its progress over time and
through analysis and sharing allow
for the dissemination of best
practices and set standards for
progress in meeting the SDGs at the
city level.
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GCNI's Governance
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GCNI's Governance
The governance of the Global Compact The Secretariat also in its day to day
Network India (GCNI), a local arm of operations is supported and guided by an
United Nations Global Compact is led by a Operations Committee. The Committee in
Governing Council elected every two practice meets whenever matters seeking
years by the General Body, supreme body immediate resolution are brought up by the
Secretariat. To further the Global Compact
of the GCNI's governance structure,
and carry forward the Global Compact's
consisting of GCNI's members. The
mandate on the day to day functioning, the
Governing Council members include Global Compact Network India is supported by
President, Vice Presidents representing a Secretariat headed by an Executive Director.
four regions (North, South, East, West)
Treasurer, Secretary, co-opted members
and special invitees. Team Global Compact
Network India
Governing Council is mandated to execute the • Late Mr. Kamal Singh,
general policies of the society in conformity • Executive Director (February
with the objects of the MOU, pass and 2017- 26th October 2020)
deliberate on organisational resolutions, • Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui,
appoint Chief Executive and determine their Executive Director (1st March
power and responsibilities, constitute 2021- till date)
committees and delegate powers and • Mr. Aseem Kumar,
manages nances. The Governing Council • Head - APRC
meets in practice once every four months, in a • Mr. Deep Chandra Papnoi,
meeting convened by the Secretary. To Programme Manager
support and facilitate the Governing Council • Mr. Somnath Singh,
there is an Administration Committee. The • Programme Manager
Administration Committee guides the • Ms. Shreya Verma,
Secretariat on functional matters and • Programme Manager
supports it to carry out the Global Compact's • Ms. Tamanna Girdhar,
mandate in India. The Administration • Assistant Programme Manager
Committee in general meets six times a year or • Ms. Ankita Kumari,
as the need may be to discuss and deliberate • Assistant Programme Manager
on matters affecting the e ciency and • Ms. Panchali Sharma,
effectiveness of the Secretariat and evaluate Membership O cer
its work and staff. • Ms. Bhumika Pawar,
• Programme O cer
To provide the Secretariat with support and • Mr. Arya Dev,
guidance, dedicated sub-committees have • Programme Analyst (Legal)
been constituted on key areas of • Mr. Rajendra Singh,
interventions. These committees, constituted • Accounts O cer
of Global Compact Network India's member • Mr. Hariraj
organisations and experts, work on key areas • Admin Assistant
of concern, premised on the UNGC principles.

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2. MEMBERS LIST
S No Organisation Name Organisation Type
1 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited - BHEL Corporate
2 Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. Corporate
3 Indian Oil Corporation Limited Corporate
4 Infosys Ltd Corporate
5 NTPC Ltd Corporate
6 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Corporate
7 Oil India Limited Corporate
8 Vedanta Ltd. Corporate
9 Tata Chemicals Corporate
10 Tata Consultancy Services Corporate
11 Tata Motors Ltd. Corporate
12 Tata Steel Corporate
13 Wipro Limited Corporate
14 YES BANK Limited Corporate
15 Jindal Stainless Limited Corporate
16 Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. Corporate
17 GAIL (India) Limited Corporate
18 HCL Technologies Ltd. Corporate
19 Mindtree Limited Corporate
20 Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited Corporate
21 Tech Mahindra Corporate
22 HAVELLS INDIA LIMITED Corporate
23 SAP India Pvt Ltd Corporate
24 Dabur India Limited Corporate
25 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited Corporate
26 UPL Corporate
27 National Mineral Development Corporation Limited Corporate
28 Central Warehousing Corporation Corporate
29 Power Grid Corporation of India Corporate
30 Tata Chemical Limited Corporate
31 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited Corporate
32 Sesa Goa Limited Corporate
33 Engineerings Project India Limited Corporate
34 Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Corporate
35 Petronet LNG Corporate
36 The Tata Pigments Limited Corporate
37 The Shipping Corproration of India Limited Corporate
38 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Corporate
39 Siemens Limited Corporate
40 Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Limited Corporate
41 JSW Steel Limited Corporate
42 Maruti Suzuki India Limited Corporate
43 BASF India Limited Corporate
44 Accenture Services Private Limited Corporate
45 TATA Petrodyne Limited Corporate

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S No Organisation Name Organisation Type

46 Jindal Steel and Power Limited Corporate
47 Ambuja Cements Limited Corporate
48 Hindustan Unilever Limited Corporate
49 Aditya Birla Management Corporation Limited Corporate
50 Balmer Lawrie and Company Limited Corporate
51 Hindustan Zinc Limited Corporate
52 Mangalore Re nery and Petrochemical Limited Corporate
53 Veero Metals Pvt. Limited Corporate
54 Jubilant Life Sciences (Jubilant Organosys Limited) Corporate
55 Arcelor Mittal India Limited Corporate
56 Elcomponics Sales Pvt. Ltd. Corporate
57 Mercedes-Benz Corporate
58 BMW India Private Limited Corporate
59 CSS Corp Pvt. Ltd Corporate
60 ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd. Corporate

61 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (Adani

Corporate
Vizhinjam Port Pvt Limited )
62 Cyient Limited Corporate
63 IPM Wholesale Trading India Pvt Ltd Corporate
64 Brillio Technologies Corporate
65 GRP Limited Corporate
66 Aarti Industries Limited Corporate
67 Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd Corporate
68 Hexaware Technologies Ltd Corporate
69 Sterlite Technologies Ltd Corporate
70 Gujarat Fluorochemicals Pvt Ltd Corporate
71 Trent Limited Corporate
72 Grant Thornton Corporate
73 Adani Green Energy Limited Corporate
74 Suhana (Praveen Masale Waale) Corporate
75 Carlsberg India Pvt Ltd Corporate
76 Vakrangee Limited Corporate
77 Nektor Engineers & Project Consultants Corporate
78 FM India supply chain private limited MNC’s Corporate
79 Zensar Technologies Limited Corporate
80 Mayur Uniquoters Limited Corporate
81 Avaada Energy Pvt. Limited Corporate
82 Salesforce MNC’s Corporate
83 SB Energy Private Limited Corporate
84 Bayer CropScience Limited MNC’s Corporate
85 Amrutham Group of Companies Corporate
86 Hetero Labs Private Limited Corporate
87 Hetero Drugs Private Limited MNC’s Corporate
88 Ideal Cures Pvt. Ltd Corporate
89 Bansal Ship Breakers Pvt. Ltd. Corporate
90 MSC India Consulting Private Limited Corporate
91 Mahindra and Mahindra Limited Corporate

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S No Organisation Name Organisation Type

92 Madras Hardtools Pvt. Ltd. SME
93 In nity Advertising Services Pvt Ltd SME
94 WOW Factors India Pvt. Ltd SME
95 Paharpur Business Centre SME
96 R R Kabel Limited SME
97 Value Network Venture Advisory Services LLP SME
98 KAARAK Enterprise Development Service Pvt Ltd SME
99 CSR Times SME
100 International Institute of Projects& Program Management (I2P2M) SME
101 Kariwala Industries Ltd SME
102 Mahalakshmi Logistics Pvt Ltd SME
103 Thinkthrough Consulting Pvt. Ltd SME
104 Biogrow Substrates Pvt. Ltd SME
105 Worldview Education SME
106 twenty fty SME
107 Matexnet Private Limited SME
108 Simply Suparnaa Media Network India SME
109 Manorama Industries India SME
110 Findoc Investmart Pvt Ltd SME
111 Enlearning Skill Development Pvt Ltd SME
112 Apna Organics Pvt Ltd SME
113 Cygni Energy Private Limited SME
114 SuperHuman Race Private Limited SME
115 Sage Publication SME
116 Swani Rubber Industries SME
117 Strategic Alliance Management Services Private Limited SME
118 CDE Asia Limited SME
119 Dhanush Infotech Private Limited SME
120 Alphonsa Cashew Industries SME
121 Milan Laboratories (INDIA) Pvt Ltd SME
122 Ecofev Services Pvt. Limited SME
123 Matangi Industries LLP SME
124 CEASE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS & SYSTEMS INDIA PVT LTD SME
125 Wishtree Technologies SME
126 Histare Group SME
127 Mindler Education SME
128 Tisha Corporate Services SME
129 Mrida Greens and Development Private Limited SME
130 Bio D Energy SME
131 Fandoro SME
132 Gulp Juice India SME
133 E Waste Social Pvt. Limited SME
134 Rohstoffe International Private Limited SME
135 3M SME

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S No Organisation Name Organisation Type

136 Athena Infonomics India Private Limited SME
137 Loyal Corporate Consultants Pvt. Ltd. SME
138 Maithri Aquatech Pvt Ltd SME
139 Global Bar Drafting Service SME
140 Center for Green Economy opc pvt ltd SME
141 Eurocert Inspection Services Pvt Ltd SME
142 Shiroi Energy SME
143 Khyati Chemicals Private Limited SME
144 Network for Engineering and Economics Research and SME
Management (NEERMAN) Private Limited
145 Hausos Ventures Private Limited SME
146 BCS Electrical SME
147 Asia Paci c Institute of Management Institutional
148 Hyderabad Business School Institutional
149 GANDHI VIDYA MANDIR Institutional
150 Birla Institute of Management and Technology Institutional
151 Goa Institute of Management Institutional
152 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Institutional
153 Xavier University Bhubaneswar Institutional
154 IILM Institute of Higher Education Institutional
155 IFIM Business School Institutional
156 PSG Institute of Management Institutional
157 Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad Institutional
158 Amity University Institutional
159 Fortune Institute Of International Business Institutional
160 All India Management Association Institutional
161 Indian Society for Training and Development Institutional
162 Construction Industry Development Council Institutional
163 Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Institutional
164 National Research Development Corporation Limited Institutional
165 Standing Conference of Publice Enterprises Institutional
166 Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore Institutional
167 Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) Institutional
168 Arihant Education and Research Foundation, Bangalore Institutional
169 Master School of Management Institutional
170 Fore School of Management Institutional
171 PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry Institutional
172 University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Institutional
173 TERI University Institutional
174 Shri Vishwakarma Skill University Institutional
175 S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research Institutional
176 Institute of Technology and Science(ITS), Gaziabad Institutional
177 Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur Institutional
178 Jaipuria School of Business Institutional
179 KIIT School of Management Institutional
180 International Institute of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Institutional

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S No Organisation Name Organisation Type

181 Ambedkar University Institutional
182 International Management Institiute(IMI) Institutional
183 Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (IIMT) Institutional
184 Delhi Technological University Institutional
185 Manav Rachna University Institutional
186 Mats Institute Of Management And Entrepreneurship Institutional
187 Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur Institutional
188 ISBM University Institutional
189 Athena School of Management Institutional
190 Indian Institute of Management Kashipur Institutional
191 Mody University of Science and Technology Institutional
192 Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong Institutional
193 ASN Senior Secondary School Institutional
194 NTPC School of Business, Noida Institutional
195 MIT World Peace University Institutional
196 Cambridge University Institutional
197 Mount Abu Public School Institutional
198 Chaudhary Bansi Lal University Institutional
199 Fire and Safety Forum Institutional
200 St. Joseph's College of Commerce- Banglore Gesuit Educational Society Institutional
201 Institute for Integrated Rural Development Institutional
202 Chandigarh University Institutional
203 Asian Business School Institutional
204 Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, Sikkim Institutional
205 Central University of Jammu Institutional
206 ICA University Institutional
207 Charities Aid Foundation India NGO
208 World Alliance for Youth Empowerment (WAYE) NGO
209 VYAKTI VIKAS KENRA INDIA NGO
210 PRAKRUTHI NGO
211 ESSAR Foundation NGO
212 Foundation for MSME Clusters NGO
213 Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP) NGO
Society for Integrated Developmental Activities Research &
214
Training (SIDART) NGO

215 The Centre for Rehabilitation and Advancement of Disables (The Cradle ) NGO
216 Jagran Pehel: A Division of Shri Puranchandra Gupta Smarak Trust NGO
217 Dilasa Janvikas Pratishthan NGO
218 ChildFund International NGO
219 Fleet Forum NGO
220 Pramanit Foundation NGO
221 Max India Foundation NGO
222 Partners-in-Change NGO
223 S M Sehgal Foundation NGO
224 Save The Children - Bal Raksha Bharat NGO
225 Aide et Action (India) NGO

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S No Organisation Name Organisation Type

226 Plan International NGO
227 Habitat for Humanity India Trust NGO
228 SEED NGO
229 Protsahan India NGO
230 ICCo India NGO
231 Citizens Foundation NGO
232 Everest Foundation NGO
233 SYNERGIE Institute NGO
234 India Water Foundation NGO
235 Cyber Peace Foundation NGO
236 Udgam Charitable Trust NGO
237 Axis Bank Foundation NGO
238 Foundation for Community Consensus NGO
239 World Neem Organisation NGO
240 Nagrik Foundation NGO
241 AROH Foundation NGO
242 Hope for the Children Foundation NGO
243 Dhanpatmal Virmani Education Trust NGO
244 K P Foundation NGO
245 Jaipur Rugs Foundation NGO
246 AKGEC Skills Foundation NGO
247 SEAA Trust NGO
248 Shri Ram Murti Smarak Trust NGO
249 Transform Foundation NGO
250 Mumbai Smile Foundation NGO
251 Rakshak Foundation NGO
252 Reach to teach foundation NGO
Global Foundation for Advancement of Environment and
253 NGO
Human Wellness
254 HCL Foundation NGO
255 Amrit Foundation NGO
256 Green Mantra NGO
257 Mrida Heart and Soil Fondation NGO
258 Board of Sustainability NGO
259 Atal Foundation NGO
260 Sarthi Foundation NGO
261 Vishwa Manavadhikar Parishad NGO
262 M wan Welfare Society NGO
263 RNB Project Aspire NGO
264 SBI Foundation NGO
265 Enabling Child and Human Rights with Seed Organizations
(ECHO) NGO
266 Action for India NGO

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3. GCNI Governing Council Members

President

Mr. Shashi Shankar

Chairman & Managing Director
ONGC Group of Companies
5th Floor, Pandit DeenDayal Upadhyaya Urja Bhawan
5A, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj,
New Delhi - 110070

Vice Presidents
Northern Region Eastern Region

Mr. Vinod Pandey

Director - Government and Ms. Madhulika Sharma
External Affairs, CSR Chief Corporate Sustainability
BMW Group India Tata Steel Ltd.
DLF Cyber City Phase II MD o ce, Corporate Centre
Building 8 Tower B 7th Floor General o ce, Jamshedpur
Gurgaon, 122002 Jharkhand – 831001

Western Region Southern Region

Mr. SP Shukla Mr. DK Hota

Group President & CEO - Aerospace Chairman and Managing Director, BEML
& Defence Sectors BEML Soudha, No 23/1, 4th Main S R Nagar,
Member of the Group Executive Board Bengaluru, 560027
Mahindra & Mahindra
5th Floor, Mahindra Towers,
G.M. Bhosale Marg, Mumbai – 400018

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Secretary Treasurer

Dr. Balvir Talwar Ms. Sabitha Natraj

General Manager Executive Director
(Corporate Administration, HSE &CSR) Corporate Communications
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
BHEL House, Siri Fort 3079/3, Sadiq Nagar, J B Tito Marg
New Delhi - 110 049 New Delhi – 110049

Members

Brig. Rajiv Williams Dr. Uddesh Kohli

Corporate Head Chairman Emeritus
Jindal Stainless Limited Construction Industry Development Council
12, BhikajiCama Place, Jindal Centre 801 (8th Floor) Hemkunt chambers,
New Delhi – 110066 89, Nehru Place, New Delhi – 110019

Co-opted Members

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak

Senior Director Director (Projects)
IILM Institute for Higher Education GAIL (India) Limited
Higher Education 3, Lodi Institutional Area GAIL Bhawan, 16, Bhika iCama Place
New Delhi – 110003 R.K.Puram, New Delhi-110066

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Special Invitees

Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee Ms. Rekha Sethi

Director General Director General
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) All India Management Association
23, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road 14, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road
New Delhi – 110003 New Delhi – 110003

Dr. H Chaturvedi Ms. Vaishali Nigam Sinha

Director, BIMTECH
Noida-Greater Noida Expy, Plot No. 5,
Knowledge Park II
Noida, Uttar Pradesh - 201306
Chief Sustainability, CSR and
Communications O cer
ReNew Power
ReNew Hub Commercial Block -1
Zone 6, Golf Course Road, DLF City Phase-V
Gurugram-1222009

Ms. Renata Lok-Dessallien Dr. Alka Mittal

UN Resident Coordinator Director- HR
UN House ONGC Limited, 5th Floor
55, Lodhi Estate Pandit DeenDayal Upadhyaya Urja Bhawan
New Delhi-110003 5A, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj
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Mr. Dilip Chenoy Mr. Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra

Secretary General, Director (HR), Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce & Industry

Late Mr. Kamal Singh (till 26th Oct 2020) Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui
Ex-O cio O ciating Executive Director
Executive Director, (28th Oct 2020 – 28th Feb 2021)
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About Global Compact Network India
Global Compact Network India (GCNI) is the local arm to function as the Indian Local Network of the UN
Global Compact, New York. It is the rst Local Network in the world to be established with full legal
recognition. It also serves as a country-level platform for businesses, civil society organisations, public
and private sectors, and aids in aligning stakeholders, responsible practices towards the Ten Universally
Accepted Principles of UNGC in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti–corruption,
broad UN goals including Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other key sister initiatives of the
United Nations and its systems. GCNI is working hand in hand with the Government of India to balance the
three dimensions of sustainable development, the economic, social and environmental, to take the UN
Agenda of SDGs forward. At Present, the Indian Network as the Pan India membership of 500 Leading
Business and Non-Business Partners and 341 Signatories.

Acknowledgements
Report Lead
Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui,
Executive Director, GCNI

Report Coordination
Mr. Deep Chandra Papnoi,
Programme Manager, GCNI
Ms. Tamanna Girdhar,
Assistant Programme Manager, GCNI
Ten Principles of the
United Nations Global Compact

Human Rights
Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect
the protection of internationally proclaimed human
rights; and
Principle 2: Make sure that they are not complicit
in human rights abuses.

Labour
Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom
of association and the effective recognition of the
right to collective bargaining;
Principle 4: The elimination of all forms of forced
and compulsory labour;
Principle 5: The effective abolition of child labour;
and
Principle 6: The elimination of discrimination in
respect of employment and occupation.

Environment
Principle 7: Businesses should support a
precautionary approach to environmental
challenges;
Principle 8: Undertake initiatives to promote
greater environmental responsibility; and
Principle 9: Encourage the development and
diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

Anti-Corruption
Principle 10: Businesses should work against
corruption in all its forms, including extortion and
bribery.
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