Kanika Pal

Kanika Pal is an award-winning CSR and sustainability professional with over 16 years of experience, presently heading community investments and sustainability programmes for Unilever South Asia. Holding a master’s degree in CSR from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, she is currently pursuing advance management in public policy at Indian School of Business. A TEDx speaker, she quit the corporate sector from 2015–17 and founded Solutions for Clean and Healthy Environment or SoCHE Foundation, to influence behaviour change for a cleaner planet. Through her work, she has been exploring the inter-connectedness between conserving the environment, enhancing livelihoods and improving the health of communities. Awarded ‘Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen 2020’, she is also the recipient of ‘Most Influential Sustainability Leader’ and ‘Wommenovator’ citations in 2018, among others. She is a LEAD Fellow, an alumnus of South Asia Leaders programme by Common Purpose, UK, a part of EY Women Business Leaders Network and AL Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corp. She is also a member of USAID’s SAWIE – South Asia Women in Energy and an advisory committee member of Global Institute of Sustainable Development.