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?