Accenture’s Vrushali Gaud

Vrushali Gaud, managing director at Accenture, was always blazing a trail for a more inclusive and purpose driven workplace. As an engineer, she was one of the few women to pursue mechanical engineering and work on the automotive shopfloor at Tata Motors, India. Subsequently she moved to the US to pursue a master’s degree and had the opportunity to work at the then newly launched Emissions Solutions business at Cummins Inc.

“My experience with Tata Motors shaped my understanding that businesses thrive when the communities in which they operate thrive; and Cummins initiated the journey towards building businesses that address the world’s most pressing challenges. Sustainability became a business imperative and key to long term value creation,” Gaud says.

...In her view, environmental and social sustainability rank as high on the priority list as financial sustainability. These goals can no longer be put off until an organization becomes extremely wealthy or relegated to a separate and siloed “sustainability committee.” And sustainability requires the efforts of people at all levels within an organization.

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