XLRI Students' Blog on Corporate Sustainability

  Introduction: Energy has been the foundation for the development of civilization since the beginning of time. Humans have been doing wonders using this single tool of power that was provided to us by our environment. Starting form mere fire that helped us to save our lives at night and cook our meals, that encouraged us to give up the life of a nomad and settle down, that marked as the beginning of a civilization to the present era where energy is no more confined to what we touch or feel but beyond that, we, as a species have come a long way. But all of this came at a cost. Our evolution in terms of intelligence gave us means to exploit the resources available to us but the same intelligence compelled us to strive more to a point that this requirement changed from a need to greed. We grew in numbers, civilizations expanded into nations, technological advancements led to large metallic machines pumping out oils from the breasts of earth and we started to grow at a rapid pace. But...

The way to the future, together!   Authored by:  Aniket Biswas Burman BJ20007, Anugrah Agnihotri BJ20009, Nandana Varshney BJ20030, Nandu Krishnan A BJ20031, Praveen Kumar BJ20037, Rudrani Bose BJ20043 Sustainable Development Goal: 17- Partnership for Goals Leadership by individual nations and corporations in sustainability is laudable, but to drive transformational changes, companies and countries worldwide need to collaborate on a deeper level. In this blog, we discuss SDG-17: “Partnership for Goals,” which explicitly highlights that sustainable goals can only be achieved by forming meaningful relationships at a local, regional, national, and global level.[1] In a nutshell, the objective of this goal states that developed, developing, and underdeveloped countries and all the stakeholders in these economies must capitalize on the benefits of inclusive partnerships to mitigate the short-term and long-term issues. Sector-specific alliances and initiatives have been promising s...

  SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities The 11th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is aimed at making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. It is virtually impossible to achieve this sustainable goal without fundamentally changing the way we create and maintain our urban spaces. Cities are the pillars of growth. Business, culture, ideas, knowledge, all flourish here. Cities give residents chances to succeed financially and socially. As per the 2018 statistics, 55% of the world population resided in cities . This comes up to about 4.2 billion people, and the number is only expected to rise. It is projected to reach nearly 6.5 billion by the year 2050 . Cities and metropolitan regions also contribute about 60 per cent of global GDP . Unplanned urbanisation, however, will be harmful to national and international development as cities expand outside their established borders. But how does this impact our everyday lives, and why is it ...