Gülsüm Azeri

Gülsüm Azeri

Innovation

Gülsüm Azeri, CEO of OMV Petrol Ofisi, a leading Turkish petroleum company, describes how how she took the very costly decision to change the environmentally hazardous production process for sodium bichromate.

Eva Arias

Eva Arias

Sustainability

Eva Arias, President of Compañía Minera Poderosa, discusses the importance of following environmental regulations and explains how the mine’s environmental impacts are mitigated and remedied, not neglected.

Susana Balbo

Susana Balbo

Sustainability

Susana Balbo, owner and chief wine maker of Susana Balbo wines, based in Argentia, discusses the important role that business leaders play in economic development, especially when it comes to sustainability. She focuses on the importance of creating business leaders who will commit themselves to human capital and protecting the environment.

Sanjay Bansal

Sanjay Bansal

Sustainability

Sanjay Bansal explains the drivers of the conversion of his Darjeeling tea estates in India to biodynamic agriculture, based on the Anthroposophic philosophy developed by Rudolf Steiner in the early twentieth century, and why this matters for sustainability.

Ela Bhatt

Ela Bhatt

Sustainability

Ela Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, discusses how the co-operative has facilitated recycling, the role of big business, and why this matters for sustainability.

Anand Burman

Anand Burman

Sustainability

Anand Burman, Chairman of Dabur, one of India’s largest manufacturers of natural medicine and consumer products, discusses the Ayevedic tradition behind his company’s products, how the company overcame shortages of fresh herbs and plants by establishing nursery greenhouses in India and Nepal, and the role of IP protection.

Mavath R. Chandran

Mavath R. Chandran

Sustainability

Mavath R. Chandran, a veteran executive in the Malaysian palm oil industry and an advisor to the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil, discusses sustainability in the palm oil industry and the challenge of greenwashing.

María Emilia Correa

María Emilia Correa

Sustainability

María Emilia Correa, co-founder of Sistema B, a Latin American organization promoting B Corporations and sustainability, discusses the impact of attending the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 on her thinking, and her personal journey to become the first vice president for sustainability in Grupo Nueva (an investment holding company specialized in forestry and wood derivatives) seven years later.

María Emilia Correa

María Emilia Correa

Sustainability

María Emilia Correa, co-founder of Sistema B, a Latin American organization promoting B Corporations and sustainability, discusses the origins of the B Corporation in the United States, and how she and her co-founders reached an agreement with the B Lab to take the concept to Latin America in the form of Sistema B. The ambition was to create a business system “where success is measured by people’s and nature’s well-being and not just profits.”

Sylvia Escovar

Sylvia Escovar

Sustainability

Sylvia Escovar, the President of the Colombia-based oil and gas distribution company Terpel, explains her company’s commitment to replacing the use of fossil fuels with electric cars, and the steps taken to facilitate the spread and use of charging stations.

Shinta Widjaja Kamdani

Shinta Widjaja Kamdani

Sustainability

Shinta Kamdani, owner of Indonesian-based consumer products and energy company Sintesa Group, discusses the commitment of her group to renewable energy.

Francis Okomo-Okello

Francis Okomo-Okello

Sustainability

Francis Okomo-Okello, Chair of the leading Kenyan luxury hotel group Serena and of the subsidiary of a major foreign bank, discusses how the Serena Group functions within the Aga Khan Development Network, which seeks to promote ethical and sustainable businesses.