CEOs plan to ‘go under’ to stop pollution

Business heads to highlight waste and global warming with scuba-dive conference

March 29, 2017 06:42 pm | Updated March 30, 2017 07:50 am IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Cleaning of the seabed off Kovalam being undertaken in February.

Cleaning of the seabed off Kovalam being undertaken in February.

Several Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Technopark here will take their message against marine pollution and global warming to a new level - underwater.

They are set to participate in the first ever undersea conference of CEOs off Kovalam on April 10, to draw attention to the twin environmental challenges.

At the event, five chosen CEOs will swim off Grove beach in a resort, to descend five or six metres into the Arabian sea, aided by scuba gear. They will conduct business for 30 to 35 minutes, seated on steel chairs around a steel U-shaped table. The CEOs will take a pledge and sign a memorandum to “Protect the Ocean and Marine life,” and also unveil the logo, long-term plan and sustainability itinerary for their ‘Ocean Love’ campaign.

Each CEO is to have an assistant at the meeting, and communication will happen using hand gestures and slates. The CEO of Udayasamudra Leisure Beach Hotel and Spa, Raja Gopal Iyer and Managing Director of diving specialists Bond Safari, Jackson Peter, are on the team. Kerala Tourism is extending support to the event.

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