53: The Age of Responsibility with Dr Mukund Rajan

53: The Age of Responsibility with Dr Mukund Rajan Shownotes: It's a new year, a new day and The Elephant in the Room podcast is ready with its first episode of 2022. My guest Dr Mukund Rajan is the Chairman of Ecube, an investment advisory focused on transforming the climate and ESG landscape in India. The focus of this freewheeling conversation in this episode is around ESG and Dr Rajan's latest book 'Outlast - how ESG can benefit your business' which he co-authored with Col Rajeev Kumar We also spoke about the drivers for change including climate and environmental exigencies and changing stakeholder expectations👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 👉🏾 Demystifying the jargon around ESG 👉🏾 The value of organisational 'Purpose' in the 'Age of responsibility' 👉🏾 ESG as a transformation trend that will enable companies and countries to meet their development goals 👉🏾 Big issues that corporate India can champion in building a fairer workplace and society 👉🏾 ESG as a competitive advantage and a race to the top and those who are getting it right 👉🏾 Linking ESG performance to executive compensation 👉🏾 Preparing for internal and external disruptions 👉🏾 Can be put ESG in the driving seat to drive social impact and sustainability when funds are essentially driven by profits?

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The Elephant in the Room Podcast is a curated safe space to have uncomfortable conversations about the pervasive inequalities in society and our workplaces. The idea of the podcast was born from my sense of conflict about identity, self and the concept of privilege and fuelled by my own need to understand how my overlapping identities and experiences had impacted and would continue to impact my life chances. Two years ago I decided to ‘opt out’ to find my own purpose and focus on passion projects including learning about the systemic biases that are endemic in business and society. The Podcast is my very own listening project, a step towards being more intentional in my learning. The Elephant in the Room Podcast is for people who want to be a part of the change, for those who want to step up & speak out, for those who want to learn more about biases, barriers and best practice, for business leaders and for individuals, anyone who is interested in a fairer, more inclusive and compassionate society and workplace. Each week I will interview inspiring speakers from across the world on issues that are taboo and deserve to be mainstream including(but not limited to) systemic and institutionalised racism, discrimination based on further eight protected characteristics, poverty, mental health, climate change. The podcast will also talk about cognitive inclusion, culture, purpose, ethics and the importance of empathy, cultural intelligence and how conversations on identity and disadvantage would be incomplete without considering intersectionality. With the podcast I hope to share stories of people with lived experiences, stories that may have never been told, stories that galvanise us to take action for change and keep the conversations alive by raising the decibel on issues of inequity, inequality in our search for a fairer and more inclusive world.