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FEATURE SDG 13 SDG 7 negative impacts through conscious
action and enhancing the positive
Enhance the posive SDG 8 SDG 9 SDG 11 SDG 6 impacts through green business
growth. Most new businesses in
Mahindra are in sectors aligned with
Land Raw Transportaon Construcon Product Use End of the SDGs for green growth. These
acquision materials Phase life/Develop include smart mobility and electric
ment
vehicles (SDGs 9 and 12), solar energy
(SDGs 7 and 13), affordable housing,
Migate the negave integrated cities and industrial clusters
SDG 12 SDG 13 SDG 3
(SDGs 13, 15 and 11); and water
management (SDG 6), amongst others.
SDG 15
Climate science and growing
» Figure 3 SBE value-chain mapping to SDGs awareness of the impacts of
and Resources Institute (TERI) to rural prosperity, enhancing urban
establish the Mahindra TERI Centre living, nurturing new businesses, and
of Excellence (CoE) for Sustainable fostering communities. Sustainability
Habitats. Its vision is to build a is aligned to our philosophy: rise for
greener urban future by developing Good by enabling stakeholders to
innovative science-based, open-source, rise, rejuvenate the environment, and
and energy-efficient solutions tailored build enduring business. Mahindra
to Indian climates. & Mahindra Ltd is committed to EP
We espouse urban development 100 (doubling energy productivity by
that is sensitive to the needs of the 2030), is the first Indian company to
5
environment. In doing so, not only can announce an internal carbon price,
we address the contemporary urban and is committed to becoming carbon
issues, but will also be able to secure a 6
prosperous and harmonious future for neutral by 2040. It is focused on
generations to come. Mahindra World becoming water positive and zero waste
City (MWC) embodies our approach to landfill, and promoting biodiversity.
to urbanization—via the development SDGs are a framework for value environmental pollution are fuelling
of pioneering integrated cities built on creation that help in realizing sustainability globally. Businesses
the ethos of ‘Livelihood, Living and our philosophy ‘Rise for good’ by cannot survive in an unsustainable
Life’, and world-class industrial clusters providing a contextual understanding world. Businesses are nurtured by
(ORIGINS by Mahindra World City). of impacts and opportunities in our social contract and ecosystem services
MWC, Jaipur, is the first project in aspiration of improving our world. provided by nature. ‘Incremental
Asia and the world’s largest to receive It helps us lay out a plan to get there. sustainability’ does not work
Climate Positive Development Stage Our businesses contribute to the SDGs anymore. In all our endeavours we
2 Certification from the C40 Cities in numerous ways. As the Mahindra strive to accentuate positive impacts
Climate Leadership Group (C40), a Group chairman Anand Mahindra and mitigate negative impacts. We
global network of large cities taking affirms, ‘SDGs are the single-biggest believe businesses are part of a
action to address climate change. business opportunity for the next larger social ecosystem, and it is
These relate to SDGs 13 and 11. couple of decades.’ Most business their responsibility to give back to
impacts relevant to the business society a sustainable world. We at
SDGs as a Business activities relate to SDGs 3, 6, 7, 12, Mahindra Lifespaces believe now is
Opportunity 13, and 15. We believe in mitigating the time to ‘#RiseForGood’, to drive
The Mahindra Group is a positive change in the lives of all our
4
$20.7 billion federation of companies 5 Retrieved from https://www.theclimategroup. stakeholders to make this world a
org/what-we-do/news-and-blogs/new-
that enables people to rise through global-ep100-initiative-to-increase-energy- better place. p
innovative mobility solutions, driving productivity-welcomes-mahindra-as-first-
indian-company; last accessed on November
1, 2018.
4 Retrieved from http://www.mahindra. 6 Retrieved from https://www.
com/resources/investor-reports/FY19/ globalclimateactionsummit.org/mahindra-
Announcements/PressReleases01062018.pdf; mahindra-to-go-carbon-neutral-by-2040/; last
last accessed on November 1, 2018. accessed on November 1, 2018.
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action and enhancing the positive
Enhance the posive SDG 8 SDG 9 SDG 11 SDG 6 impacts through green business
growth. Most new businesses in
Mahindra are in sectors aligned with
Land Raw Transportaon Construcon Product Use End of the SDGs for green growth. These
acquision materials Phase life/Develop include smart mobility and electric
ment
vehicles (SDGs 9 and 12), solar energy
(SDGs 7 and 13), affordable housing,
Migate the negave integrated cities and industrial clusters
SDG 12 SDG 13 SDG 3
(SDGs 13, 15 and 11); and water
management (SDG 6), amongst others.
SDG 15
Climate science and growing
» Figure 3 SBE value-chain mapping to SDGs awareness of the impacts of
and Resources Institute (TERI) to rural prosperity, enhancing urban
establish the Mahindra TERI Centre living, nurturing new businesses, and
of Excellence (CoE) for Sustainable fostering communities. Sustainability
Habitats. Its vision is to build a is aligned to our philosophy: rise for
greener urban future by developing Good by enabling stakeholders to
innovative science-based, open-source, rise, rejuvenate the environment, and
and energy-efficient solutions tailored build enduring business. Mahindra
to Indian climates. & Mahindra Ltd is committed to EP
We espouse urban development 100 (doubling energy productivity by
that is sensitive to the needs of the 2030), is the first Indian company to
5
environment. In doing so, not only can announce an internal carbon price,
we address the contemporary urban and is committed to becoming carbon
issues, but will also be able to secure a 6
prosperous and harmonious future for neutral by 2040. It is focused on
generations to come. Mahindra World becoming water positive and zero waste
City (MWC) embodies our approach to landfill, and promoting biodiversity.
to urbanization—via the development SDGs are a framework for value environmental pollution are fuelling
of pioneering integrated cities built on creation that help in realizing sustainability globally. Businesses
the ethos of ‘Livelihood, Living and our philosophy ‘Rise for good’ by cannot survive in an unsustainable
Life’, and world-class industrial clusters providing a contextual understanding world. Businesses are nurtured by
(ORIGINS by Mahindra World City). of impacts and opportunities in our social contract and ecosystem services
MWC, Jaipur, is the first project in aspiration of improving our world. provided by nature. ‘Incremental
Asia and the world’s largest to receive It helps us lay out a plan to get there. sustainability’ does not work
Climate Positive Development Stage Our businesses contribute to the SDGs anymore. In all our endeavours we
2 Certification from the C40 Cities in numerous ways. As the Mahindra strive to accentuate positive impacts
Climate Leadership Group (C40), a Group chairman Anand Mahindra and mitigate negative impacts. We
global network of large cities taking affirms, ‘SDGs are the single-biggest believe businesses are part of a
action to address climate change. business opportunity for the next larger social ecosystem, and it is
These relate to SDGs 13 and 11. couple of decades.’ Most business their responsibility to give back to
impacts relevant to the business society a sustainable world. We at
SDGs as a Business activities relate to SDGs 3, 6, 7, 12, Mahindra Lifespaces believe now is
Opportunity 13, and 15. We believe in mitigating the time to ‘#RiseForGood’, to drive
The Mahindra Group is a positive change in the lives of all our
4
$20.7 billion federation of companies 5 Retrieved from https://www.theclimategroup. stakeholders to make this world a
org/what-we-do/news-and-blogs/new-
that enables people to rise through global-ep100-initiative-to-increase-energy- better place. p
innovative mobility solutions, driving productivity-welcomes-mahindra-as-first-
indian-company; last accessed on November
1, 2018.
4 Retrieved from http://www.mahindra. 6 Retrieved from https://www.
com/resources/investor-reports/FY19/ globalclimateactionsummit.org/mahindra-
Announcements/PressReleases01062018.pdf; mahindra-to-go-carbon-neutral-by-2040/; last
last accessed on November 1, 2018. accessed on November 1, 2018.
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