Sustainability gets talked about in boardrooms far more than it gets built in the real world. Tejashree Joshi, Head of Environment and Sustainability at Godrej Enterprises Group, is one of the people actually building it.
In our latest episode of Leaders in Focus, we sat down with someone who has spent 18 years turning environmental ambition into measurable, lasting reality. Her portfolio reads like a masterclass in what serious corporate sustainability looks like: carbon neutrality, zero waste, biodiversity conservation, and the development of the world’s first corporate mangrove app.
We walked through the legendary mangrove ecosystem in Vikhroli that her team has helped protect, and asked her which sustainability target was the hardest to move the needle on. We explored why biodiversity remains the quieter cousin of carbon in most business conversations, and what it actually takes to make the case for it internally when the returns cannot always be measured in rupees.
We also asked her about the one mindset shift she believes Indian businesses still need to make, because as she makes clear, no policy or technology will substitute for genuine conviction.
What emerges is a portrait of a leader who does not separate her professional work from her personal purpose. In a landscape where green credentials are increasingly performative, that distinction matters more than ever.
If you have ever wondered what it looks like when sustainability is truly lived rather than simply communicated, this conversation is your answer.
Watch the full video. Link below.
