Swiss Impact with Banerjis

Host - Sveta and Ben Banerjee

Topic: How is does the future of Fossil Fuel look like?

Special Guests: Mika Anttonen. Chairman of the Board of ST1

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Mika Anttonen M.Sc.(Tech.) is the founder and principal shareholder of the energy company St1. He began his career as a private entrepreneur in the fuel trade in 1996 and rapidly built up a diverse Nordic energy company which today pursues its vision to become a leading producer and seller of CO2-aware energy. The company is investing heavily in renewable energy research and production, ranging from industrial wind power to advanced biofuels and geothermal heat. Mika is currently Chairman of the Board at St1. www.st1.com

Host - Ben & Sveta Banerjee

Topic: Are the UN SDGs enough?

Special Guests: Vibhav Kant Upadhyay, Architect of modern India-Japan Partnership and the newly established Alternative Development Model (ADM)

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Vibhav Kant Upadhyay is a development leader known for his statesmanship, macro-vision and pragmatism. A prolific outof-the-box thinker, he strongly believes that the current development model needs a foundational change and has dedicated his life towards manifesting this thought process into visible and tangible results through the Alternative Development Model (ADM). His leadership successfully catalysed the India-Japan Global Partnership (IJGP) initiative which was announced in year 2000 by leaders of India and Japan. With relentless persuasion, he has nurtured and strengthened the strategic relationship between the two nations. This has led to mega-initiatives like the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), which was formed to re-establish the industrial culture of India. Therefore, he is widely regarded as the architect of the modern India-Japan relationship.

Vibhav is the Founder and Chairman of various organizations including the Alternative Development Organisation (ADO) in Oslo, Norway, India-Japan Foundation (IJF) Tokyo, Japan and India Center Foundation (ICF) New Delhi, India. He is also the Founder Chairman of Global Partnership Summit (GPS), a platform to take forward the Alternative Development Model (ADM) framework and initiatives based on it by manifesting unique ideas into tangible outcomes by empowering G2G, G2B and B2B interaction.

Host - Ben & Sveta Banerjee

Topic: POP Movement

Special Guests: Dr. Ash Pachauri, Senior Mentor, POP Movement

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Dr. Ash Pachauri has a PhD in decision behavior and master’s degree in international management. Having worked with McKinsey & Company before pursuing a career in the social development arena, Dr. Pachauri’s experience in the fields of public health and management emerges from a range of initiatives including those of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, PATH, UNDP, IPPF, and CDC program interventions in the US.

Dr. Pachauri has been engaged with the use of information technology for development, education, and geo-informatics. A master trainer in behavior change communications and strategic leadership, Dr. Pachauri has led over 20,000 workshops, events, and activities globally to outreach to youth and communities to promote health and sustainable development.

Widely published, winner of the prestigious Overseas Research Scholarship, awarded for advanced studies in the U.K. and recognized for his academic achievements, Dr. Pachauri pursues interests in research and teaching through ongoing collaboration with universities and institutions. Dr. Pachauri has been recognized by the United Nations for his dedication and leadership in their flagship publication “Portraits of Commitment”. He is an Associate Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. Dr. Pachauri serves on the Boards and Advisory groups of several organizations worldwide.

Host - Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee

Topic: Renewable Energy with Tidetec and Global Strategic Capital

Special Guests: Daniel Brühwiler, Chief Executive Officer – Global Strategic Capital AG. Arne Kollandsrud, CEO and owner Tidetec AS

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Arne has been working as CEO in Tidetec since 2013 and is also a co-investor in Tidetec. He has been Member of the Board in Tidetec since his father Per Kollandsrud founded the company in 2000. Arne also represents family office Kollan AS, the main shareholder in Tidetec. Arne is co-writer of the book called “Innovasjon i praksis” “Practical innovation. When Arne is not working on Tidal Power, he is often playing his trumpet.

Daniel Brühwiler is Global Strategic Capital AG. CEO. He has 8 years Head of Investment Management Credit Suisse, 8 years Head Portfolio Management Bank Vontobel, 4 years CEO of Banque Pasche, and 7 years CEO of Global Strategic Capital. He launched first Solar Fund in 2008.

Host - Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee

Topic: How our eating habits is killing the Planet and what can be done?

Guests - Jeroom Remmers is the director of the TAPP Coalition Dr. Helena Wright, FAIRR Initiative Policy Director, Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim , Forbes List for the 100 ‘Most Powerful women in the world,' 6th President of Mauritius.

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Jeroom Remmers is the director of the TAPP Coalition, an international foundation focusing on fair prices and taxes to make the production and consumption of meat and dairy sustainable (tappcoalition.eu). The foundation is supported by farmers, healthcare professionals, youth, businesses and charities. TAPP Coalition showed a 55%-majority of Dutch, German and French consumers support a meat tax, including environmental costs (GHG-emissions, nitrogen, biodiversity loss), on the condition that revenues of an excise duty will be used to reduce VAT rates on vegetables/fruits and compensate farmers and low-income groups. Remmers’ report ‘Aligning food prices with the European Green Deal’, and the report ‘Sustainability charge on meat’, presented at the EU Parliament 5th Feb 2020, received global media coverage and influenced the EU Commission's ‘Farm to Fork Strategy’. The Coalition's meat tax proposal was included in Dutch governmental proposals for a next government, sent to the Dutch Parliament, 22nd of April 2020. Dutch Governmental parties D66 and Christian Union included the TAPP Coalition plan in their election programs.

Dr. Helena Wright, FAIRR Initiative Policy Director, focuses on policy solutions related to the risks and opportunities of intensive animal agriculture. Helena works to promote greater understanding of the ESG risks in intensive animal agriculture and build sustained engagement in sustainable policies and business practices. She has worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature as Vice President, the think tank E3G, as well as the UK Government as a negotiator. She has a PhD from Imperial College, London.

Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was in the Forbes List for the 100 ‘Most Powerful women in the world’ and 1st among the Top 100 Women in Africa Forbes List 2017, 2019. She is honoured as one of Foreign Policy’s 2015 Global Thinkers. She has been the Managing Director of the Centre International de Développement Pharmaceutique (CIDP) Research and Innovation as well as Professor of Organic Chemistry with an endowed chair at the University of Mauritius. Since 2001, she has served successively as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Pro Vice Chancellor (2004- 2010). She has also worked at the Mauritius Research Council as Manager for Research (1995-1997).

Elected Fellow of several academies and societies, Dr Gurib-Fakim received several international prizes including the 2007 l’Oreal-UNESCO Prize for Womenin Science, the African Union Commission Award for Women in Science, 2009. On 05 June 2015, she was sworn in as the 6th President and the First Female President of the Republic of Mauritius and served in that capacity until March 2018.

In 2020, she was elected Honorary President of the International and Engineering Institute and received their 2020 5th IETI Annual Scientific Award. She also received the IAS-COMSTECH Ibrahim Memorial Awardfrom the WIAS in Jordan.

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Guest - Surprise Guest!

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

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Guest - Gurminder Singh Khalsa, also known as Dr G in US Silicon Valley Founder and chairman of International Green Technology Institute, Transformative Capital Inc and EcoSpirit Collaborative Platform.

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

This week guest is Gurminder Singh Khalsa, Presently developing the EcoSpirit Collaborative Platform to support the growth of ecofarmers, eco-entrepreneurs, eco-communities and promote economics globally.

Founder & Chairman of the International Green Technology Institute since 2003, launched various programs such as the Roundtable of Green Thought Leaders, Green Awards at the Green Carpet, Green Technology Leadership Lecture Series, the Green Technology Entrepreneurial Forum, the Green Technology Global Expo, and Conference.

He was the Co-Founder, President, and CTO of Transformative Capital Inc, a strategic, technology & financial advisory firm providing consulting & capital formation services.

Prior to Transformative Capital Inc, Gurminder has advised 15 US State Governors, various City Officials, renewable energy, green infrastructure, and going green companies.

Host - Ben & Sveta Banerjee

Guest - Stephen Brenninkmeijer Founder and Principal of Willows Investments UK Chairman of European Climate Foundation

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Stephen is a private investor with interests in climate change, impact investing and education. For 30 years he was involved in family-held retail business, C&A in USA, Japan, England and throughout Europe. He has been active in strategic investing since 2002, and founded Willows Investments in 2008 with the aim of supporting promising ventures with a social mission. Among his many board positions he is Chair of the Supervisory Board of The European Climate Foundation; Chair of the Business & Law School Advisory Board of St Mary’s University Twickenham (UK); a Member of the Board of Directors, World Resources Institute (USA).

Host - Ben & Sveta Banerjee

Guest - Dr. Jamison Ervin Head of Global Programme on Nature for Development at UNDP United Nations Development Programme

The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG’s worldwide to preserve the world for future generation.

Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

Dr. Ervin is one of the most amazing and leading expert on how humanity can avert itself from catastrophic climate change and yet keeps it standard of life and economic development.

She has been working at the intersection of nature and development since 1990. Currently she is at the United Nations Development Programme, focusing on enabling countries to develop a ‘Map of Hope’ for nature-dependent goals that puts nature at the heart of sustainable development. She also focuses on supporting local action on nature-based solutions, including leading UNDP’s Equator Initiative, on supporting governments in identifying nature-based solutions for climate, and on supporting action and ambition on protected areas.

Host - Sveta and Ben Banerjee

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