‘Pioneering Good Growth in India’ tells the story of Vikaasa’s mission of collaboration with forward-thinking businesses to create real world people and planet-positive impact.
Progress and prosperity must strike the balance between economic growth, environmental regeneration, and human development.
India has boldly committed to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, but the path ahead will require dedicated effort from all sectors of society.
We believe business has a special responsibility and ability to make meaningful, positive impacts to address complex environmental and social issues. And so was born Vikaasa – a coalition of global and Indian businesses working together to tackle the most intractable systemic challenges.
In April 2023, Xynteo and our Vikaasa partners came together in Mumbai to celebrate five years of people and planet-positive impact.
The stories told and captured here are only a snapshot of the effort, engagement, positivity and impact that our coalition and the people involved have brought to our endeveours. A new kind of leadership emerging from this purpose-driven coalition of forward-leaning organisations has resulted in over 50 projects in these impact areas.
We hope you find inspiration in these stories and join us in creating a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient India.
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‘Pioneering Good Growth in India’ tells the story of Vikaasa’s mission of collaboration with forward-thinking businesses to create real world people and planet-positive impact.
We invite you to download and read about our five-year journey, find inspiration in our stories, and join our commitment to a more sustainable and inclusive future.
Our change making speakers
At the Pioneering Good Growth event, we are joined by senior leaders from Vikaasa's partners to reflect on our progress, revisit our impact and recommitment to people and planet-positive growth.
Collaboration is, paradoxically, the ultimate competitive advantage to address the mega global challenges of environment and inequity. It is encouraging to see Vikaasa paving way for future-fit collaborations to tackle systemic challenges."
HARRY BREKELMANS
Projects & Technology Director, Shell
As India's growth story of becoming a global powerhouse begins to unfold, it presents us with an incredible opportunity to make this growth a good growth that is inclusive and equitable for our planet, climate and the communities."
SANJIV MEHTA
Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited and Chair, Vikaasa Executive Committee
As an organization, we continually strive to build our future through sustainable and ethical business practices. Our partnership with Vikaasa is focused on a collaborative approach to build a greener, smarter, and stronger tomorrow."
SATISH PAI
Managing Director, Hindalco
Our impact
Vikaasa's learnings on the power of collaboration to develop new growth models that are sustainable, future-fit and capable of delivering transformative impact. We have commited to accelerating change across four impact tracks - Waste to Value, Sustainable Mining, Healthcare and Energise.
The stories captured here are only a snapshot, with our coalition of forwarding-leaning organisations having delivered over 50 projects across our impact areas.
Waste No More
Our ‘Waste No More’ Programme, designed in collaboration with Hindustan Unilever and SBI Foundation and aligned to support the Government’s Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, takes a systems approach to plastic circularity.
Sustainable Mining
The Sustainable Mining Charter, developed with Hindalco, is an effort to develop a holistic framework to hasten the shift from compliance-focused to sustainability-focused mining operations.
Project Tej
Project Tej is expediting time to market for life-saving healthcare innovations by connecting tech start-ups with a dynamic network of testbeds. Vikaasa, Cyient and Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) partnered with the Government of Telangana to launch Project Tej in 2020.
Revitialising an artform
This project stemmed from Vikaasa partner Hindalco’s objective to support the local communities where it operates, establishing a social enterprise ‘Kosala Livelihood and Social Foundation’, along with a first-of-its-kind training centre at Gare Palma coal mines in Chhattisgarh, India.
Over these past five years, Vikaasa and its inter-company teams have learnt many valuable lessons about what makes collaboration work.
Through this process we have learned through successes and setbacks what effective partnerships require, and we have identified our four ‘Cs’ of collaboration that are essential.
Vipul Kumar (Managing Director, Vikaasa) looks back at the key learnings the coalition has uncovered around effective cross-sector collaboration.
Bringing together forward-thinking businesses for a day to celebate and recommit to creating people and planet-positive Good Growth.
Learn about the recent Pioneering Good Growth event and get a preview of the inspriational content that will be available over the rest of 2023.
Vikaasa is a collaboration of eight organisations
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