Full Name
Krishna Shah
Job Title
Executive Director
Organization Name
Global Compact Network Nepal
Speaker Bio
Krishna Bikram Shah is the Executive Director at Global Compact Nepal, the country network of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), a voluntary non-binding United Nations pact to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation.
Krishna is a frequent voice on international platforms, including recent engagements at COP30 in Brazil and the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) in Bangkok, where he has spoken on unlocking business-driven climate solutions through climate finance and carbon trading. He has also been a leading advocate for disability-inclusive business practices across the Asia-Pacific region.
Before joining the Global Compact in 2019, Krishna was the Executive Director Pro Bono at Hoste Hainse, a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) that caters to sustainable community development through education (www.hostehainse.org). His long-standing commitment to eliminating child labour continues through his advisory role on the board of GoodWeave Nepal, an organization dedicated to ending illegal child labour primarily in the hand-knotted rug manufacturing industry (www.goodweave.org), as well as his role as an executive committee member on the board of the Nepal Carpet Association.
On the education side, Krishna is the Board President of the US Embassy School in Kathmandu. Although his formal education is technical with a Master's in Software Engineering, he has sustainability in his DNA, with 25+ years of hands-on experience and activism, and is now also working to unlock carbon markets as a new frontier for sustainable business in Nepal.
Krishna is a frequent voice on international platforms, including recent engagements at COP30 in Brazil and the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) in Bangkok, where he has spoken on unlocking business-driven climate solutions through climate finance and carbon trading. He has also been a leading advocate for disability-inclusive business practices across the Asia-Pacific region.
Before joining the Global Compact in 2019, Krishna was the Executive Director Pro Bono at Hoste Hainse, a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) that caters to sustainable community development through education (www.hostehainse.org). His long-standing commitment to eliminating child labour continues through his advisory role on the board of GoodWeave Nepal, an organization dedicated to ending illegal child labour primarily in the hand-knotted rug manufacturing industry (www.goodweave.org), as well as his role as an executive committee member on the board of the Nepal Carpet Association.
On the education side, Krishna is the Board President of the US Embassy School in Kathmandu. Although his formal education is technical with a Master's in Software Engineering, he has sustainability in his DNA, with 25+ years of hands-on experience and activism, and is now also working to unlock carbon markets as a new frontier for sustainable business in Nepal.
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