Fortune Institute of International Business (FIIB) with MBAUniverse.com as online media partner organized the 5th edition of Annual Sustainability Summit at FIIB ‘Green Campus’ on 21st February 2015 to mark the 21st Founder’s Day of the Institute. Over 200 representatives from Industry, Not-for-profit Organizations, Academia and Public Authorities participated in the pan-India level Summit. This year’s Summit laid great emphasis on the theme -‘From the Green Line to the Bottom Line: Creating Value through Sustainability’
The Annual Sustainability Summit witnessed speakers from renowned organizations reflect and debate upon initiatives that aim in creating profitable ventures through the route of sustainability. The aim of the Summit was to confer on topics leading to interactive business level discussions generating insights into critical issues that affect the society at large and eventually come up with implementable solutions that may leave a better footprint for future.
The Summit was inaugurated in the college by Ms. Radhika Shrivastava, Executive Director, FIIBDelhi. Through her inaugural address, Ms. Shrivastava spoke about the various initiatives at the institute that have helped the FIIB campus to become a ‘Green’ Campus. She said, “It has been 4 years since FIIB adopted Sustainability as its key pillar, and pledged to abide by a policy that was approved by the Institute’s Board and mandated us to imbibe sustainability in all three areas of our impact as a management institution - in Academic Activities, Operations and Engagement with the Communities.”
The Institute as a part of its mission statement has been trying to integrate sustainability into its daily administrative undertakings, academic inputs and student-driven activities. Ms. Shrivastava elaborated on recycling paper, e-waste, solid waste and other management drives that are undertaken at the Institute regularly. Sustainability Summit reinforces FIIB’s efforts in propagating core values talked about in the Summit by creating an ecosystem of Sustainable business education.
Mr. Atul Jain, Group Managing Director – Jain Irrigation, in his keynote address to the audience on Sustainability and Its Importance in Today’s Evolving Business and Social Communities emphasized the need of individual contribution to the society.
The Day was scheduled in two halves with first Panel Discussion on Implementing Sustainability – From Board Room to the Shop Floor and second panel discussion on Sustainability and Entrepreneurship – the Coming of Age of Social Enterprises. A Special Session by Ms. Roxanna Balderrama, Volunteer at Walk for Life – CanSupport, left everyone enraptured with the statistics and vision of the work by her organization.
Sustainability Summit closed on a highly motivating note with everyone pledging to do one good initiative for the society. The renowned speakers and policy makers enforced the idea of living up to the already begun practice of sustainable developments for future generations and for the planet.
Fortune Institute of International Business (FIIB) stimulates and supports innovative and coherent practices in building a Sustainable Environment in areas of Business, Education, Society and Environment. FIIB prepares its students to become agents of change in the society by embracing unique initiatives for holistic development of the students. Sustainability Summit is one such event where students participate and gather thoughtful insights into the ongoing practices in the society and business.
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