In this fascinating interview Anant Nadkarni, Vice President, Group Corporate Sustainability at Tata Group, discusses Tata's approach to corporate sustainability and business as a whole. In it he goes into his role in facilitating a council of managing directors of almost 45 major Tata Group compaines, which works to evolve ideas of best practice. He also compares modern ideas of CSR with Tata's approach where community is not just another stakeholder but the central purpose of the enterprise. To find out more about Tata Group please click here.

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Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Leaders , What is a Force for Good company? , Tomorrow's Global Talent , Sustainability

Region(s): South Asia

Tag(s): BeyondTheBottomLine , CorporateSustainability , Entrepreneurship , Governance , TataGroup

Talent has never been more important - this video is part of the talent discussion, which has started with the soft launch of Tomorrow's Global Talent.  The report looks at who has it, where it is, how it can be harnessed and engaged.  And, critically, how to lead it. Join the global conversation on talent – read the report, comment below, get involved … Lucy Parker is Chair of the Talent & Enterprise Task Force at the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent

Entrepreneurs in Action is a dynamic organization working with the public and private sector to develop the entrepreneurial and financial skills of the next generation.  EiA offer programmes and activities which unlock the untapped talents of young people, and work in partnership with successful companies to give students a real taste of enterprise through hands-on business challenges and learning programmes. Andreas is from Trinity school, Croydon, and worked through EiA with Wizz kids, a charity that helps disabled children. He headed his team in a project to develop a marketing scheme that would put Wizz kids in the public eye, and in the process discovered that everyone is talented. He also feels that it is important for business and society to co-exist, being corporate and social citizens to mutually benefit each other and be sustainable.

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Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent , Sustainability

Entrepreneurs in Action is a dynamic organization working with the public and private sector to develop the entrepreneurial and financial skills of the next generation.  EiA offer programmes and activities which unlock the untapped talents of young people, and work in partnership with successful companies to give students a real taste of enterprise through hands-on business challenges and learning programmes.  From Trinity School as well, Jack worked through EiA with Body and Soul, a charity that gave them the challenge to try and come up with new ways to remove the stigma surrounding HIV Aids. There, he discovered that everyone in the project found a place to fit into, which reinforces the fact that everyone is talented. Talent is not only about good grades but about developing the social skills required for the workplace in the global world.

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Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent , Sustainability

Entrepreneurs in Action is a dynamic organization working with the public and private sector to develop the entrepreneurial and financial skills of the next generation.  EiA offer programmes and activities which unlock the untapped talents of young people, and work in partnership with successful companies to give students a real taste of enterprise through hands-on business challenges and learning programmes.   A student of From Coloma School, Croydon, Jasmine worked with Teenage Cancer Trust as a fundraiser in the sponsorship department. In this challenging atmosphere, she learnt that leadership makes a big difference indeed, and that it is important for leaders to be positive. She also thinks  that it is important for the educational system to be balanced – giving opportunities for practical work as well.

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Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent , Sustainability