The AndPurpose Forum, Mumbai 2025 featured two keynote addresses by Mr. Erik Solheim, former Norwegian Minister of Environment and Executive Director, UNEP & Radhabinod Aribam Sharma, IAS, Municipal Commissioner & Administrator, Mira Bhayangar Municipal Corporation (MBMC).
Their addresses set the tone for the day, emphasising purposeful growth, climate leadership, and the role of cities like Mumbai in shaping India’s global sustainability trajectory.
”I hope it serves as both a reflection and an invitation: to think holistically, to collaborate generously, and to continue building pathways toward a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable India.
Kamna HazratiFounder, AndPurpose
Four curated knowledge sessions anchored the Forum:
- India’s Clean-Energy Pivot: A Post-COP Dialogue examined execution challenges, energy storage, grid resilience, and India’s path to self-reliance.
- Sustainable Fashion: Circular Chic, Fashion, Film & Waste explored circularity, consumer behaviour, textile waste, and narrative-driven change.
- Building Climate-Resilient Communities focused on last-mile delivery, behavioural adoption, and community-led resilience.
- Sustainable Finance: Reimagining Mumbai as the Capital of Impact unpacked capital flows, founder resilience, and impact-aligned investing.
Complementing these sessions were a CSR Workshop on bridging the intent-to-action gap in real communities, a Closed-Door Investor Roundtable, a Purpose-Driven Deal Room, and a Social Innovation Exhibition, enabling tangible collaboration and deal-flow conversations.
The AndPurpose Forum Mumbai 2025 Impact Report documents a cross-sector gathering designed to move sustainability from ambition to execution. Convening leaders from climate, finance, CSR, policy, and social innovation, the Forum examined India’s clean energy transition, the alignment of impact capital with scalable ventures, the intent–action gap in CSR, circular fashion, and community-led climate resilience. Through keynote addresses, knowledge sessions, investor roundtables, and startup pitches, the event fostered practical dialogue, capital conversations, and collaborative pathways aimed at delivering measurable, systems-level impact for people, planet, and purpose.
