Programme Schedule:

TimeSession Details & Speakers
9.00 AM – 9.30 AM Registration
9.30 AM – 10.45 AMInaugural session

Mr. M.N.Chaini - President, Indian Merchants Chamber, Welcome speech

Mr. M.K.Chouhan - Vice Chairman, Global Advisory Board, ACCGS, Conference Overview

Mr. Ernst Ligteringen - Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)Amsterdam, Key note address Theme: Board leadership & Role in ESG Strategy

Q & A 15 Minute

Vote of thanks – Mr. Gul Kriplani, CEO, Pijikay Exports & Vice President, IMC

10.45 AM – 11.15 AMTea Break
11.15 AM – 12.15 PMBusiness Session – 1

Topic - Sustainability a common agenda for Companies & Cities

Speaker - Mr. Nasser Munjee – Director, HDFC Limited

Topic - Tackling Global warming – opportunity for Indian Companies for a Sustainable future

Speaker - Mr. Shailesh Haribhakti – Executive Chairman, BDO Haribhakti Consulting (P) Ltd

Session Chair - Mr.S.Mohan – Director- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

12.15 PM – 1.15 PMBusiness Session – 2

Topic - Carbon Credits – Concept and International practice

Speaker - Mr. Gaurav Mehndiratta – Partner KPMG, New Delhi

Topic - Good Governance is Good Business

Speaker - Mr. M.K.Chouhan – Vice Chairman, Global Advisory Board, ACCGS

Session Chair - Dr. A.K. Khandelwal, Executive Chairman, Baroda Pioneer Asset Management

1.15 PM – 2.15 PMLunch Break
2.15 PM – 3.15 PMBusiness Session – 3

Topic Auditing – How to use both social and environmental audits to achieving positive long term Sustainability of a company.

Speaker - Mr. Sammy Medora – Chairman, Audit Committee Institute, KPMG Mumbai

Session Chair - R. Ramakrishnan – ED, Bajaj Electricals Ltd

3.15 PM – 3.30 PMTea Break
3.30 PM – 4.30 PMBusiness Session – 4

Topic Governing, Sustainability & Corporate Citizenship – Malaysian Experience

Speaker - Philip Koh – Member, PSAG, Global Corporate Governance Forum.

Session Chair M.K.Chouhan – Vice Chairman – Global Advisory Board, Asian Centre Corporate Citizenship – A Business Case

4.30 PM – 5.30 PM

Awards Function & Valedictory session( Release of Mumbai Sustainability & Corporate Citizenship Protocol)

  • Chief Guest: Mr Jayant Rao Patil- Hon. Minister for Finance & Planning, Govt. of Maharashtra to give Asian Centre Awards – 2008, on Corporate Governance & Sustainability and Release Mumbai Sustainability & Corporate Citizenship Protocol
  • Guest of honour : Mr. Ernst Ligteringen – Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Amsterdam
  • Ms. Chanda Kochhar, Chairperson Awards Committee & Deputy MD, ICICI Bank
  • Mr. M.N.Chaini – President, Indian Merchants Chamber.
  • Mr. M.K.Chouhan – Vice Chairman, Global Advisory Board, ACCGS
  • Mr. Sammy Medora, Chairman, Audit Committee Institute, KPMG Mumbai
  • Valedictory Speech Topic, Corruption is cancer, ways of containing it.
  • Speaker Ms. Nancy Boswell – Managing Director, Transparency International, USA
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