Centre for Sustainable and Responsible Organisations (CSaRO) Conferences
Governance and Sustainable Development: Building Commerce and Communities
In December 2012, a team of CSaRO researchers led by Professor Nava Subramaniam hosted an International Conference on Sustainable Development and Governance in partnership with the Amrita School of Business at Amrita University, India. The 3-day conference titled Sustainable Development and Governance: Building Commerce and Communities was held in Coimbatore, India at Amrita University on the 12 - 14th December, 2012. As part of the conference proceedings, delegates from Deakin University led a workshop on Corporate Social Reporting (Sustainability in Action). The conference was a huge success and was supported by numerous large Indian organisations including Tata, Infosys, Birla and SKF, as well as the non profit sector, UN Global Compact Network and research institutes such as TERI. News of the conference gained media releases in 7 different South Indian newspapers including the Hindu (national paper). The conference was also supported by high profile keynote speakers such as former president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva and Dr. Arunabha Ghosh CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water. Based on connections made at the conference, several CSaRO members are now actively pursuing joint research collaborations with TERI and Amrita University, UN Global compact and Ernst and Young Accounting Firm. Amrita University has also agreed to support the establishment of a Sustainability and Governance Research Hub which is currently in the planning process.
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