Centre for Responsible Business – A Decade of Measurable Impact

Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions

As they celebrate their 10th anniversary soon after the 8th Annual conference on sustainability standards, the CEO of CRB Rijit Sengupta is hopeful about the stride forward. Smart Sustain was the media partner for this conference.

With a vision to integrate sustainability into businesses, the Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) was established in 2011. This think tank is to create and provide high quality, affordable and accessible resources and services to enable businesses to fulfil their responsibilities to all stakeholders.

Later, in 2015 when the Paris agreement was implemented that made the advancements of CRB more meaningful and purposeful.

This Agreement aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, to reduce the risks and impacts of climate change, increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development in a manner that does not threaten food production and making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.

With more than 50 partners and over 850 participants and nearly 250 speakers spread over 34 sessions, the 8th annual conference was a real success.

The happening of COP 26 highlights the need for all to come together and to learn to compromise to work towards sustainable development as the time factor is not on our side. This is stressed by Rijit in his short speech after the event while thanking the stakeholders.

Smart Sustain, as the media partner of the annual event of CRB, is privileged to take this success to the outside world to emphasise the connection between environment and economy and its importance in gaining sustainability.