TiE Sustainability Conference

road to TiE Sustainability Summit

(An initiative by TiE Hyderabad)

12^th August 2021, Time – 12pm to 7pm

Brief Introduction -

Sustainability is the ability of businesses to co-exist with the environment while being profitable. It has far reaching consequences and is a major issue for citizens and governments. The present decade is touted as the decade of huge focus on climate change and sustainability. Investors, corporates and governments are all looking to work towards driving innovations in this area. Many companies have taken on sustainability targets. Entrepreneurs have also been in action in this space but face their own unique and varied struggles.

The summit will aim to focus on startups working to make global sustainability targets real and achievable for corporates and industries. It will address environment focused goals from the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals -

• Clean Water & Sanitation
• Affordable Clean Energy
• Responsible Consumption and Production
• Sustainable Cities
• Climate Action

Issues where intervention is needed to support these startups

• Viable Business Models and therefore
• Funding Needs & more

Who will participate – Start-ups, Investors, Experts, Policy Makers, Senior Successful Entrepreneurs in inspiration and mentor leadership roles.

Expected Impact:

1. Benefits for Startups
   1. Knowledge sharing, creating awareness, gaining access to trends and best practices
2. Opportunity to network and to strike business alliances
3. Benefits for Investors (VCs) - Platform to spot promising start-ups and nurture young entrepreneurs. Curated startups will present their pitches to Investors

Agenda Topics:

Sustainable Food Systems

Sustainable Alternate Foods

Climate Resilience

Sustainability Reporting

Energy Efficiency

Electric Vehicle Panel

Investor Panel

and more …

Committee Members:

• Karthik Chandrasekar, Founder, Sangam Ventures
• Dr. Miniya Chatterji, CEO, Sustain Labs & Professor, SciencesPo Paris

• Mark Kahn, Founding Partner, Omnivore

• Ragini Chaudhary, Director Strategic Initiatives, Caspian Impact (Caspian Debt)
• Sanjoy Sanyal, Senior Advisor, Caspian
• Smita Mishra, Founder, Fandoro

(Chair)

• Subinder Khurana, Chief Architect/Venture Partner, StoryProcess/ Omnivore