XLRI Students' Blog on Corporate Sustainability

BETTER REPRESENTATION: WHAT’S IN IT FOR BUSINESSES Figure 1 For representation purpose only The proposed Sustainable Development Goal 5 says “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.” The UN has always been highly active in taking actions to address deep rooted gender inequalities in this society. Since time immemorial, roles have been distinctly defined as those of men and those of women. Owing to the preconceived physical capabilities of men, they became the first hunters and gatherers, and the women began cultivation. As times evolved, roles changed and events like wars forced women to take up the jobs otherwise done by men. With changing times came a change in responsibilities. However, the change wasn’t homogeneous across the globe. Nor did it receive the same acceptance across the globe. Several decades later today, women are largely underrepresented in managerial roles or government positions. This misrepresentation affects the multiple high impacting decision...

  SDG 13: Climate Action Authored by: Chinmayi Lanka (BJ21136), Ishita Thakur (BJ21143), Kashish Malhotra (BJ21145), Komal Modi (BJ21146), Nihar Raichada (BJ21152), Suraj Raiyani (BJ21175), Varun Mikkilineni (BJ21178) Introduction In the rapidly changing world of today, a cause for serious concern is the swiftly advancing climate ‘crisis’ which has already thrown early warnings of the perils in store if our planet is neglected and continued to be the subject of blatant abuse. This global warming has caused not only the temperature of oceans to rise but also increased ocean acidification. The global sea level has also risen due to the melting of ice with 1.07 million square kilometers ice loss every year.  To combat climate change and its impact on environment and the world as we know, the UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 13 seeks to keep the Global Community cognizant of the impending crisis and take necessary actions to curb it. This goal aims to break the vicious loop...