This episode is part 1 of our conversation with Anu Chaudhary.

Anu holds a special place in my journey into environmental sustainability..you know why, because exactly a year ago I was going through a transition period where I had made up my mind be the front runner towards achieving sustainable development goals. Kaunsa raasta chunna hai woh decision too maine le liya tha but I was clueless about the apt mode of transport to navigate through this path. Metaphorically I didn’t know whether to walk the path or to take a bus, car or truck in order to start my journey.

As I was doing my research, One fine day through LinkedIn I came across Anu Chaudhary’s interview and her phenomenal work at sustainPlus and while watching, I thought to myself, why don’t I reach out to her and see if she would be willing to guide me through.

To my good fortune, she agreed to do so and that’s how my association with Anu began.

I’m absolutely grateful to her for the time she committed towards guiding me which gave me a good understanding of the pros and cons and hacks of walking the path. So in addition to being a good human, Anu is a visionary ESG leader who understands the mechanisms that create real business value from socially responsible and environmentally responsible business strategies. She founded SustainPlus - a sustainability & CSR consulting company in the year 2016 and today operates as the CEO for the organization.

I liked how she identified a huge gap in public understanding of how a policy, or a standard or a regulation around environmental sustainability can be translated into economic value & she leveraged that as an opportunity not only to build for herself a new career path but her eye for detail paved the way for starting SustainPlus.

Like Anu mentioned during the interview, the planet will survive very well without the human race, therefore we need to behave sustainably and take measures towards climate action to ensure our own survival.

With changing times, just vowing for sustainability is not enough, businesses need to be future ready  ..they need to evaluate external risks & integrate them into their business strategies to avoid potential losses due to resource constraints & new and sudden environment regulations implemented by the government.

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