Rohit Bardaiyar TITLE : EXECUTIVE VP COMPANY : VDART INDUSTRY : DIGITAL CONSULTING LOCATION : US
impact . There are also lots of nonprofits that can help , such as Minority Supplier Development UK , or the National Minority Supplier Development Council in the US .
CL : If you ' re struggling to develop an ESG strategy , you need clarity on what exactly is the problem . Maybe you simply don ’ t know where to start ? Or perhaps there is resistance within the organisation ?
One thing that is crucial is when you have an ESG policy , it must be embedded throughout the entire organisation . It ’ s no good just one or two departments having ownership . Involve stakeholders in the process , especially those impacted by the work you do .
DO ALL ASPECTS OF ESG GET EQUAL CONSIDERATION ? RB : ESG reporting is itself fairly new , and the problem in the early days was that many organisations were strong on environmental but less strong on social and governance , meaning there continued to be violations of human rights and slavery practices in their supply chain . But , now , companies and countries cannot just look at one aspect and ignore others . Yet , we still see instances where companies are generally ESG-compliant but , at the same time , have been hit by a cybersecurity attack and have negotiated a massive ransomware settlement with unethical hackers .
Rohit Bardaiyar TITLE : EXECUTIVE VP COMPANY : VDART INDUSTRY : DIGITAL CONSULTING LOCATION : US
Rohit Bardaiyar is Executive VP of
US-based digital consulting firm VDart , which is part of Accenture ' s Diverse Supplier Development Programme . As such , he engages with businesses owned by different ethnicities , women , persons with disabilities , members of the LGBTQ + community , veterans , and others .
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