National University of Singapore – Dr. Charu Jain, Guest Speaker
Dr. Charu Jain is a professional and strategist with a passion for training and consulting in the field of Corporate and Supply Chain Sustainability. In her career span of 20 years she has held management level positions with corporates to implement their Sustainability Strategy at the global level. Currently she works with International Luxury Brand Burberry as a Sustainability, Senior Manager for Asia Pacific.
Charu has been awarded the “Global Sustainability Leadership Award 2013” by CSR World Congress for her achievements in Sustainability Management. She was also recognized as a “Change Maker” by NET IMPACT Singapore in 2014. She serves on the advisory board of various Sustainability Organizations and plays an instrumental role in developing sustainability frameworks and trainings for the Textile and Chemical Industry.
She has been a recipient of University Grant Commission Scholarship for her research in Sustainable Textiles and a “Young Scientist Award” nominee by Indian National Science Academy, India.
She has written several articles and research papers on “Sustainability in Textiles Supply Chain” in Indian and Asian Journals and has won appreciation for her work in this field. She has been speaker at many conferences internationally to talk on “Supply Chain Sustainability and Sustainability Management.”
She has a deep interest in applying the principles of Sustainable Development and Corporate Sustainability to build sustainable businesses and economies.
Through this book, Charu wants to help the corporates and professionals to begin their journey with a simplified approach to adopt and implement Sustainability.