Women For People and Planet: Rashmi Pimpale

Meet Rashmi Pimpale, who is tackling sustainability’s toughest challenges with a blend of strategic vision and hands-on action. She’s passionate about empowering local innovators and driving tangible change on the ground. From farm fields to boardrooms, she’s working to empower start-ups, shape policy, and build powerful networks to drive change. 

Xynteo’s Pragya Ojha sat down with Rashmi to talk about her journey, what she has learned, and how she sees the future of sustainability in the corporate world.

Women For People and Planet: Tejashree Joshi

A pioneering environmental engineer who transformed sustainability from a compliance checkbox into a corporate mission, Tejashree Joshi has spent over two decades turning seemingly impossible green targets into ground realities at Godrej. Starting her journey when environmental engineering was still an emerging field, she helped build one of Mumbai’s largest eco-friendly campuses. Today, she believes sustainability nurturing the roots of …

Women For People and Planet: Monika Shrivastava

With 18 years in sustainability, starting when it wasn’t yet a buzzword, Monika Shrivastava has grown from waste management expert to ESG leader. A passionate advocate who brings enthusiasm to every project, she has tackled everything from biodiversity to climate change, while building a reputation for making an impact despite her youthful appearance. Now leading sustainability initiatives at JSW Cement, …

Women For People and Planet: Monica Collings

Monica Collings is a versatile leader whose career spans multiple sectors, establishing her as a powerful advocate in the energy transition space. As a pioneering woman former Chief Executive who navigated a company through the energy crisis, she now operates plurally as a Board Chair and NED, and champions gender diversity and sustainability, while mentoring emerging leaders. With her philosophy …

Xynteo’s game plan: How we turned green into gold (and how we’re going bigger)

Having established these proven models and built strong coalitions across sectors, we are positioned to dramatically amplify our impact. The learnings and frameworks developed through years of hands-on work with partners have laid a robust foundation for delivering innovative and scalable growth models. Our experience has shown not just what needs to be done, but specifically how to do it in ways that create lasting value for businesses and society alike.

Women For People And Planet Series: Sameera Sandhu

Meet Egon Zehnder’s Sameera Sandhu—with a knack for transforming industry moguls into eco-warriors, her secret weapon is her uncanny ability to find inspiration in everyone she meets. When she’s not busy saving the planet one corporate strategy at a time, you can find her championing curiosity, courage, and collaboration – because in Sameera’s world, even the most hardcore industrialist can learn to hug a tree (metaphorically, of course). Xynteo’s Milan Kaur sat down with Sameera to talk about her journey, what she has learned, and how she sees the future of sustainability in the corporate world.

Systems change in action: Discovering the future of sustainable leadership in Mumbai

Mumbai—a city known for its vibrant culture, resilience, and complexity—served as the dynamic backdrop for this year’s Leadership Vanguard Exchange. Within this vibrant setting, participants immersed themselves in systems thinking and sustainability, learning firsthand how collaborative innovation and purpose-driven initiatives can tackle global challenges. Through visits to one of Vikaasa’s Waste No More sites and Godrej Construction, a member of Xynteo’s Build Ahead coalition, they witnessed …

Realising a sustainable UK economy will require more than this Budget delivered

Last week, the UK’s Labour government’s first budget demonstrated strong commitment to a greener future. But, in the face of recent projections of the world being on a 3-degree warming trajectory, the budget doesn’t go far enough. While the Chancellor made welcome investments across energy, industry, transport, and hydrogen — a more ambitious approach is essential for the UK to …

Women for People and Planet Series: Darshana Myronidis

Darshana Myronidis is a sustainability dynamo who doesn’t wait for doors to open—she knocks them down. As Virgin’s Group Sustainability Director, when she’s not being the voice for the voiceless on a quest to change business (and lives) for good, you’ll find her pushing the ESG agenda forward. Xynteo’s Lara Tyrrell sat down with Darshana to talk about her journey, …

Women for People and Planet Series: Olivia Wong

Meet Olivia Wong, an authentic human and planet centred business leader who has journeyed from talent guru to environmental champion. While mentoring future leaders, she’s on a mission to make the world a bit greener and a lot more inclusive, and her toolkit includes everything from DEI strategies to blueprints for sustainable homes. Xynteo’s Lara Tyrrell sat down with Olivia …

The Trailblazing Women Of Our Collective, People And Planet-Positive Future

There are times, when we are all frustrated that the world is not addressing the pressing environmental and social concerns that we are seeing, feeling and reading about. It can feel very lonely and bewildering. ‘How come everyone isn’t up in arms?’ ‘What on earth we each, together and independently, do?’ That said, sustainability and the areas of good growth …