Anant Ahuja

Anant Ahuja is the Director of ESG and Sustainability at Shahi Exports, India’s largest apparel manufacturer for export, founded by his grandmother in 1974. Shahi owns and operates 50+ garmenting units and four textile mills and employs nearly 100,000 people. Since 2012 Anant has been leading positive change across the business through innovation and strategy to align the company’s growth with the development of people, communities, and the environment.

Anant’s belief that the private sector is a critical lever for development and sustainability led him to start Good Business Lab (GBL), a not-for-profit labor innovation company that conducts research to find common ground between worker well-being and business interests. With a keen interest in driving innovation in sustainable, responsibly sourced apparel, Anant represents Shahi on the Board of DXM, an end-to-end software platform that enables brands, retailers, and creators to personalize, co-create, or test products and optimize inventory.

Anant sits on Fashion Pact’s Operations Committee, has joined the Yarn Ethically and Sustainably Sourced (YESS) advisory board, and is a Member of the Executive Committee at the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC).