XLRI Students' Blog on Corporate Sustainability

  Authors: Harshita Ramrakhyani (BJ20019), Lavanya S (BJ20026), Mukund Sood (BJ20029), Prateek Bansal (BJ20036), Sharad Bang (BJ20047), Yash Chitnis (BJ20061) Fig 1: SDG-14 Source: United Nations Website Oceans form more than 90% of the habitable space on the planet, providing shelter to approximately 200,000 marine species [1]. Marine biodiversity provides livelihood to more than 3 billion people bringing in approximately USD 3 trillion per year [2]. Due to the considerable consumption pressure, fish stocks around the world are depleting at unsustainable levels. Overexploitation is only one of the several issues in the marine ecosystem, with increasing pollution levels adding fuel to the fire. Preservation of the marine ecosystem is one of the most pressing issues that need to be addressed to prevent fish stocks' extinction. The 193 member states of the UN decided to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals in 2015 to preserve the planet, end poverty...

 Authors: Aarushi A BJ2001, Debarpan Musib BJ20015, Sirisha Kolapalli BJ20024, Pranav D Kuriakose BJ20035, Rajit Das BJ20040, Swatik Pattnaik BJ20055.  It is imperative to realize that the world is in dire need of transformation. One could not have possibly fathomed a pandemic so vast and widespread in nature. The need for sustainability is far more pronounced now than ever before. With a similar vision in mind, the United Nations General Assembly had developed, back in 2015, a collection of 17 interlinked Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that served as a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all” [i] . These are the successors to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and are aimed to be achieved by 2030. Occupying the 6 th number in this list, “Clean Water and Sanitation”, is a crucial goal that lies as a top agenda for most nations, especially the developing ones [ii] . There is a widespread issue of water scarcity and is closely associated ...