The best way to predict the future is to create it

E-learning

USP• All content focused on ‘Business’ perspective• Content is customizable to sector and company• State of the art platform and instructional design• Pre and post questionnaire to measure understanding• Pedagogy aimed at three levels of employees

Current Products• 1 hour e-learning module on

environmental awareness & management

• Half hour e-learning modules on Waste, Water, Biodiversity, Energy

Potential impact & scale:• Customized to leading MNCs, Financing Institutions and

Government bodies in India• Integrate into sustainability kaleidoscope & sustainability

awareness program• Co-branding with leading institutes in India and Abroad

Employee EngagementCurrent Services• Employee engagement program integrating

volunteering & learning• Customizable to the requirements of the company• Includes interactive, immersive outdoor and indoor

events• Sustainability assessment to measure outcomes &

effectivenessUSP• Designed for behavioral

change• Provides individual

satisfaction• Exposure leads to

learning for actions

Potential impact & scale:• High priority for HR

departments• Existing budget for HR• Training of Green Teams

(ToT)

Sustainability Kaleidoscope• Blended learning training program for young

professionals• In partnership with trade and industry based

associations and Corporate sponsorship as CSR

• Face to face training on Friday/Saturday with e-learning in between

• Offered on a flexible subscription basis

USP• Case study based

content• Practical application • Web connect forum• Project ideas as output

Potential impact & scale:• Designed for corporate

sustainability professionals

• Establish entry points to corporates for other services

Ekohub Programs• Disha: Career Counselling for

Students & Young Professionals

• Urban Parks & Biodiversity Program: NJWITP & TRC

• Anvaya: Short Film Contest for Environment

Upcoming: Eco Explore, Sustainability Talks, Eco Exhibition

USP• Innovative Community

Based• Action oriented• Advantage to the

community

Potential impact & scale:• Burning topics in media /

social• Build community leaders• Community owned & led

Eko AwardsWho would we award?• Encourage deserving students of environmental

management• Award unconventional teaching practices by

awarding teachers• Recognize budding talent, offer mentorship, catalyze

innovation, • Promote entrepreneurship, provide backing and

support

Ekonnect Knowledge Foundation encourages talent and support good work through rewards with the intention of facilitating innovation and entrepreneurship. Proposed initial budget 10 lakhs as personal contribution

What is the award?• Learning program

sponsored• Support for books• Internship, counselling• Co-sponsoring pilot

training program that is innovatice

Institutional Capacity Building• Work with Institutions like Rachna Sansad, NMIMS,

N.M.College, Symbiosis in Pune, NITIE, NITK and the like

• Explore work with more such institutions in partnership for developing curriculum and offering courses either part of the course or as supplementary

Why such partnerships?• To fill the gap between what is taught and what is

practiced• To supplement existing courses with practical

knowledge• To update and influence curriculum with real world

application

Research, Publications & Knowledge Products

A ‘Green Map’ for Mumbai: A social mapping product to connect citizens, various subject experts, researchers, service providers, NGOs and social networks who aspire for a better environment in their neighborhoods.

The Green Suppliers Directory is a compilation of 200 Indian manufacturers/suppliers who can proudly claim that their products to be potentially eco-friendly.

KnowCO2Now - Assess your carbon footprint now. This web-based tool asks 14 simple questions to capture your lifestyle to estimate your share of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and provides advice on how to reduce the footprint.http://ekonnect.net/index.php/know-co2

Ekocalendar - An awareness tool on solutions to environmental issues, highlighting environmental days, trivia and tips to go green, made on ecofriendly paper, with a seed paper cover.

ISO 29990:2010ISO 29990:2010, Learning services for non-formal education and training – Basic requirements for service providers

• Aims to improve and maintain the quality of learning services

• All education and training programs at Ekonnect will be ISO 29990

• Professional quality in design, development & delivery of learning

A new standard currently in demand but only one institution has received it so far. An international requirement – we wish to comply with.

GPNIGreen Purchasing Network of India

• Promote Sustainable Production & Consumption, Green Procurement, Green Supply Chains, Green Public Procurement

• Affiliated with International Green Purchasing Network in Japan

What is the potential for GPNI?• Green procurement for

corporates• Green public

procurement • Green living and green

products

GPNI’s Peer Rating Service• Product manufacturers

and retailers can get the GPNI Peer review for their products

• GPNI’s 8 parameter criteria to rate the greenness of a product

We aspire to grow 2016-17• An activity monthly, a program bimonthly, a

project quarterly• Innovation to demonstrate for replication &

upscaling• Small team big impact• Increase revenue to sustain & re-invest in

future programs• Outreach across geographical boundaries

2017-18• Bigger team bigger impact• Increase in revenue and greater scale• Plan to open a branch in Pune &

representative in the U.S.• Promote Flagship programs of Disha, UPBP,

Anvaya in a Franchisees mode

Five year plan: 2021• National & international conduct of

projects/events, programs• Eco-Enterpreirship• Policy advocacy• Establish a brand for non formal & continuing

environmental education