Corporate environmental management · Finland & India
Research, teaching and advice on sustainable business — bridging theory and practice between Europe and India.
Researcher in corporate environmental management. A decade of work on India's mandatory CSR law and on how employees make sense of their organisations' sustainability claims — now extended to the circular economy, social life cycle assessment and sustainability reporting.
Research activities
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What I work on
CSR, regulation and employees
How India's mandatory CSR law and the EU's CSRD shape companies — and how employees make sense of their organisations' sustainability claims.
Circular economy
Business models, supply chains and education for the circular economy, built with universities in India, Thailand and Europe.
Social life cycle assessment
S-LCA and LCA of construction materials such as zinc and copper tailings, and the data choices that shape their results.
AI, sustainability and work
How AI can support environmental management systems, life cycle assessment and circular business models — and how employees experience and handle the changes AI brings to their work.
Recent writing
All writing-
A soulful enterprise: building bridges from a ₹15,000 grant to a cultural movement
A 20-year-old MBA student in Ahmedabad turned a ₹15,000 university grant into Neev India — a venture that reconnects young people with their heritage.
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The 'Handprint' legacy: an Indian innovation for global sustainability
A visit to the Centre for Environment Education in Ahmedabad — the child's question behind the Handprint concept, and a campus built on minimal intervention.
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The Samudra Manthan: a blueprint for organizational sustainability
What the churning of the cosmic ocean teaches organisations about growth, its hidden poison, collaboration and selfless leadership.
