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Climate Tech Convening India



August 26, 2022

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Climate change is the greatest challenge of our lifetimes, and presents both immediate crisis and near-term opportunity. As private enterprise assumes increasing leadership in addressing challenges and delivering innovative, low-carbon solutions, it is paramount that we facilitate collaboration between industry, government, entrepreneurs, research & development, and finance to achieve our shared goals. In this way, Environmental Defense Fund’s expertise in science and economics, coupled with our unique partnerships, enables us to deliver bold, game-changing solutions to help those facing climate threats today and curb climate pollution for a better tomorrow.

EDF is committed to support an Indian pathway to a shared, sustainable prosperity. We believe in demonstrating that a competitive advantage and stakeholder value creation can be driven by environmentally responsible business. An important effort towards this has been EDF’s Climate Tech Convening India – a program that strives to catalyze the climate tech ecosystem in India, and bridge the gap between climate innovation and investment.

Join us to participate in important conversations about scalable climate technology solutions that may help catalyze India’s commitment to a 45% carbon reduction by 2030 while sustaining its growth ambitions.

Featured speakers

  • Dr. Anish Shah, MD and CEO, Mahindra Group
  • Anjali Bansal, Founder, Avaana Capital
  • Ashish Dhawan, Founder, Chrysalis Capital
  • Ansu Archana, South Asia Supply Chain Strategy Program Director, Unilever
  • Ashwin Kak, Procurement and Sustainability Head India and Southeast Asia, AB InBev
  • Dhanpal Jhaveri, Vice Chair, Everstone Capital
  • Jayant Sinha, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha 
  • John Doerr, Chairman, Kleiner Perkins
  • Madhulika Sharma, CSO, ITC Group
  • Mahendra Singhi, MD and CEO, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited
  • Prabodha Acharya, CSO, JSW Group
  • Sanjiv Mehta, President, FICCI, CEO, Hindustan Unilever
  • Shloka Nath, Acting CEO, India Climate Collaborative 
  • Starlene Sharma, Founding Partner, Green Artha 
  • Una Galani, Associate Director, Reuters Breakingviews 
  • Amanda Leland, Executive Director, EDF
  • Hisham Mundol, Chief Advisor, India, EDF 

Events of the Day

Please join EDF and our partners on August 26, in Mumbai, for the following discussions

 

EDF Opening Address 

  • Amanda Leland, Executive Director, EDF 

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Inaugural Address 

  • Dr. Anish Shah, MD & CEO, Mahindra Group 

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Special Address 

The role of collaboration and innovation to create superior sustainable business performance.

  • Mahendra Singhi, MD and CEO, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited 

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Fireside Chat 

Perspectives on both the viability and business opportunity for a low-carbon transition for India.

  • Ashish Dhawan, Founder, Chrysalis Capital  

  • John Doerr, Chairman, Kleiner Perkins 

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Keynote Address 

The dawn of the “Sustainability Age” and Indian’s industry’s global leadership in it.

  • Sanjiv Mehta, President, FICCI & CEO, Unilever 

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Innovators in Climate Technology (Part One) 

Presentations from promising Indian start-ups, which are pioneering solutions to propel India in its green transition. 

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Investment Dialogue

  • Anjali Bansal, Founding Partner, Avaana Climate and Sustainability Fund 
  • Samir Shah, Managing Partner, Peak Sustainability Ventures 
  • Dhanpal Jhaveri, Vice Chairman, Everstone Capital 
  • Moderator: Una Galani, Associate Director, Reuters Breakingviews 

Practitioners’ perspectives on how investors can generate value through climate tech investments.

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Industry Panel

  • Madhulika Sharma, Chief Sustainability Officer, ITC Group 
  • Mahesh Kolli, Founder, Greenko 
  • Prabodha Acharya, Chief Sustainability Officer, JSW Group 
  • Moderator: Shloka Nath, Acting CEO, India Climate Collaborative 

Indian companies are beginning to realise greater profits and shareholder value from green operations, including by deepening partnerships with Indian research capabilities for climate tech.

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Freight Panel  

  • Ashwin Kak, Procurement and Sustainability Head, India and Southeast Asia, AB InBev 
  • Ansu Archana, South Asia Supply Chain Strategy Program Director, Unilever 
  • Moderator: Hisham Mundol, Chief Advisor, India, EDF 

Focused discussion on accelerating sustainable freight transition in India through electrification, software solutions and infrastructure development, including incubation and co-development with start-ups for climate tech.

Innovators in Climate Technology (Part Two) 

Presentations from promising Indian start-ups, which are pioneering solutions to propel India in its green transition. 

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Closing Remarks 

  • Jayant Sinha, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha  

Call to action for a wave of Indian innovation that fuels sustainable value creation and shared prosperity.  

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