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Pawan is a co-founder of cKinetics, a global sustainability advisory firm, and of cKers Finance, a Sustainability finance specialist. Based in Silicon Valley, he is a systems-thinker who believes that scarcity of resources and climate change are catalyzing creation of newer business models as well as disrupting several industries. Pawan is passionate about bringing about change through market-driven-interventions which have been themes in the organizations he is involved with. Prior to co-founding cKinetics, he has been involved in building and scaling early-stage ventures, first as a venture capital investor in his early career with GVFL and McKenna Capital and, since then, as an entrepreneur with Parsec Interact and Intellecap. He has also been involved with innovative impact-making organizations in their formative years. He has served on the founding boards of the Global Impact Investing Network, Mam Movies and Give Foundation. He continues to advise a number of companies in Asia and the US.
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Mar 4, 2022
We are entering an era where renewables are rapidly growing—both renewable electricity and biofuels. Who will be the energy merchants of tomorrow?
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As climate becomes increasingly central to consumers' and investors' interests, the transformation of this sector is inevitable.
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As companies seek to win the war for tech talent, here are the positions business leaders want to fill in the new year. Tech talent is in high demand these days. Across various industries, you’ll find companies are competing with one another for the top tech talent to help them grow their business. Looking ahead to 2022, many companies have already begun planning and are hoping to recruit more employees in the new year. Below, 12 Fast Company Executive Board members share the No. 1 technical hire their company is looking to make in 2022.
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While most business owners turn to areas like marketing and IT to cut their budget, there are plenty of other places to find and eliminate "wasteful" spending. A lean thinking framework can help leaders trim excess costs in their business or organization. But to maximize the impact of your efforts, it's important to look everywhere for signs of wasteful spending. The members of Fast Company Executive Board know how easy it is for leaders to overlook key business areas and functions when applying lean thinking. Below, 15 of them share the most common places business owners forget to look when reducing costs, and how exploring those areas can help your company cut expenses and streamline the budget.
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cKinetics Inc
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We are a global team of specialists across multiple disciplines who have come together to develop solutions that are sustainable for the planet and are profitable. Our approach continues to be driven with the belief that we are in the midst of a changing economic order both on the production and consumption front that will necessitate the emergence of a Sustainability Economy.