The deliberations at this panel discussion were held around laws and regulations that can offer a conducive environment for experimentation and innovation around CSR, the role of audit and legal firms in bringing about innovation in CSR - as an encouraging factor, and suggestions on policy direction, institutional arrangements and strategies that can help promote and strengthen innovations that enable CSR. The session was a part of National Summit on CSR, held on 9 August 2016 in New Delhi. 

The speakers who participated in the panel were - Praveen Chakravarty, Strategic Advisor, BSE and Director, BSE Institute, Shardul S Shroff, Executive Chairman, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Mamta Binani, President, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Shankar Venkateswaran, Chief-Tata Sustainability Group, Tata Sons Ltd, Anil Gupta, Professor, Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM Ahmedabad and Bhaskar Chatterjee, Director General, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA).