Blue Planet Prize Story

Sukhdev believes that companies are important because they are the driving force of the economy. He is also worried that the global environment is in the worst condition ever. It will be too late to do anything if we wait another 10 or 20 years to take action. He feels that we need to change the situation by 2020. What he calls "Corporation 1920" are old-type corporations that pursue profit without regard to nature. "Corporation 2020" are new-type corporations more concerned about their impact on nature and in pursuing public profit. In his book, Sukhdev writes that if the number of such corporations increase, we can change society.

Continuing engagement in the preservation of nature

Sukhdev is actively engaged in the preservation of nature.
GIST, for which Sukhdev serves as director, established the GIST Advisory to provide support for environmental accounting domestically and overseas as well as in corporations. GIST in India has become global GIST.

TEEB did not end with the final report in 2010. It is now in the phase of individual countries and corporations implementing its concepts.

In July 2016, the Natural Capital Coalition, which Sukhdev helped to establish, took over the TEEB and presented the Natural Capital Protocol, a concept for corporations that implement environmental accounting. More than 200 corporations agreed with the concepts. Sukhdev was moved by the fact that so many corporations decided to implement them.

He said, however, "It is still not enough. We will continue asking until all corporations in the world implement the concepts."

His final goal is to create a society in which everyone appreciates and acts with respect for nature. He also wants to ensure a society in which his two daughters, their children, and their children's children will benefit from and live in harmony with nature. These are his dreams.