Professor, Mahindra University
During his work Anirban developed an award-winning sustainability framework, enabled the organization to be the first in the world to commit to doubling energy efficiency, the first in the country to adopt a carbon price and commit to Science Based Targets. He has helped harness more water than is consumed in the Group and has started a program to make Mahindra a zero waste to landfill, carbon neutral, nature positive organization.
Under Anirban’s guidance Mahindra World City, a 1500-acre integrated township, has become a food waste free city and this is being replicated all over India. In partnership with the World Bank, he helped create the “Sustainable Housing Leadership Coalition” to accelerate the spread of green buildings and has been recognized as “Senior Fellow” by the Indian Green Building Council.
Anirban has implemented of a national award-winning rural development project that tripled per capita income for more than 40,000 Indians and has helped create an EHS+ centre, in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Communities, to spread sustainability in the supply chain.
Anirban has been an invited speaker at international events like the COPs, the Global Climate Action Summit, The Climate Week, World Circular Economy Forum and GRI Global. He has featured in Al Gore’s “Climate Reality Project”, has written opinion pieces for publications like Financial Times, Huffington Post, Green Biz and Eco-business, and has conducted sustainability sessions for students at INSEAD, Nalanda University, Indian School of Business and Indian Institutes of Management. He has been acknowledged as a “Thought Leader”, a “Distinguished Sustainability Officer” and a “Global C-Suite Sustainability Champion”.
Bishal Thapa
Fred Sherman
Sumedha Malaviya
Satish Kumar
The three main global energy concerns of providing access to modern energy, enhancing the security of the energy supply, and minimising the impact of energy systems on the climate have an impact on both national and international energy governance. To develop solutions that address the many facets of these difficulties, however, a variety of actors and stakeholders must be included due to the complexity of the energy challenges.
Cities are responsible for more than 70% of the world’s energy consumption and 40% to 50% of its greenhouse gas emissions. Managing increasing urbanisation is a challenge, and nations must deal with the effects it will have on the environment in terms of energy and climate.
Our transition to a future with lower carbon emissions depends heavily on buildings. They are our places of residence, rest, and employment; they also account for around one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 40% of the world’s energy usage.