Subject: Webinar on Sustainability & CSR
Date: 4th March, 2021
Timings: 2.30 p.m.- 4.00 p.m.
Organizer: NBAI
In association with: INDEED – CSR Advisory & Implementation Arm of Dentsu Communications India
Program:
2.30 p.m.- Welcome Note – NBAI
2.35 p.m.- Address by the Chairman, NBAI
2.40 p.m.- Presentation by Indeed Solutions
- Ms. Shreya Basrur – Context setting & session flow
- Ms. Lekshmi Krishnan – Introduction to Indeed & Dentsu
- Mr. P.V Narayanan – Sustainability
- Mr. Vigneshwaran Ramalingam – CSR
TOPICS TO BE COVERED UNDER SUSTAINABILITY : Duration – 30 minutes
- Macro Picture
- Global and national contributory factors
- Sustainable development and sustainability
- Business & Sustainability
- Regulatory Interventions
- Mandatory disclosures
- Compliance requirements
- Business Case – focus on opportunities, markets and investors
- Integration with business model
- Product and process realignment
- Resource optimization
- Cost savings
- Responsible Business – communities, consumers, government and civil society
- Voluntary measures
- Best practices
- Sustainability reporting
- Corporate social responsibility SUGGESTED TOPICS TO BE COVERED
UNDER CSR : Duration – 30 minutes
- CSR as a Compliance Function
- Companies act 2013, Section 135
- Eligibility
- Schedule VII
- Recent amendments
- CSR as a Catalyst Function
- India’s annual CSR budget; growth over the years; cumulative size
- Sector-wise allocation of CSR funds
- State wise fund allocation
- Industry wise fund allocation
- CSR as a Social Impact Function
- Case studies
- CSR as a Business Impact Function
- Benefits for business and stakeholders
- Employee engagement 5. CSR as an Innovation and Transformation Function
- New age CSR approach – Designing, monitoring & evaluation and role of impact assessment
3.45 p.m. – Q & A session
4.00 p.m. – Vote of Thanks