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Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia (PRWEB) October 18, 2011The lack of safe drinking water poses more of a seriouschallenge in the 21st century than the shortage of oil. Dato Vijay Eswaran, Executive Chairman of theQI Group of Companies who said this, was speaking at the first preparatorymeeting of the World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for EnvironmentalSustainability which convened here last week.As the only member of the private sector invited to speak atthe meeting which was a gathering of high profile government officials fromaround the world, he drew attention to the massive floods rampaging Thailandand other countries in the region and urged legislators to engage the privatesector in building life-saving products of the future.“Even during floods, the most significant challenge is toprovide safe drinking water because at such times, this commodity is hard tocome by. Packaged and bottled water also poses the biggest problem in terms ofenvironmental hazard. “The business of sustainability is the business of thefuture,” said Vijay who drew applause for his company’s innovative, waterdispensing machine which extracts the humidity in theatmosphere and turns it into safe drinking water.Vijay pointed out that QI Tower, his company’s 15-storeystate-of-the-art operational headquarters in Petaling Jaya uses the system tosupply drinking water for its 300 employees who work in the building. “We are now testing this product in Abu Dhabi, Sudan and SaudiArabia,” noted Vijay. He said the QI Group has been embracing green technologyfrom day one at all its approximately 20 locations worldwide and over 1,000employees have all been educated on protecting the environment. “Our green products emphasise recycling, saving energy, goingpaperless as well as adhering to other strict environmental-friendly policies.Our boutique Prana Resort in Koh Samui, Thailand is fully solarpowered and has an ecological waste treatment plant. It is also a smoke-freeresort with a productive hydroponic garden that supplies the resort’s acclaimedvegetarian restaurant.On the Group’s other Malaysian operations, Vijay said oncethe permanent campus of its University venture in Ipoh, Perak – Quest International University Perak is built, it will be an entirelycarbon neutral campus where students can only use bicycles or solar poweredbuggies for internal commute. All other vehicles would be prohibited to ensurethe university has minimal carbon emissions. The Group, which is developing an eco-tourism resort inRompin, Pahang, has also left its entire ecology untouched in order to preservethe mangrove swamps and its surrounding rainforest.“Business is not just about the highest profit marginanymore, it is about what we can give back.” he added.On the objective of the conference, Vijay said, “We are hereto set laws for the great majority of the planet that is in touch with thesoil. What we need to do is engage with them. Technology is the way forward andany legislation must be inclusive of technology.” Dato Vijay’s message to the conference was very much in linewith the call by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who suggested thecreation of a World EnvironmentOrganisation(WEO) to anchor global efforts to protect the environment. DatukSeri Najib said existing systems to address the challenges of environmentalsustainability had become too complicated, preventing countries, especiallydeveloping ones, from participating effectively. The Prime Minister noted that a body like the WEO couldfacilitate the participation of developing countries in a more realistic andmeaningful way.The two-day meeting, organized by the United Nations Environment Programme,was attended by 34 judges and legal experts from 19 countries to discuss andexchange ideas on the world's law, justice and governance systems, andenvironmental sustainability.It ended with the Kuala Lumpur Declaration which would bepresented at the Rio+20 Conference in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012. About Vijay EswaranDr. Vijay Eswaran, the Executive Chairman of themultinational conglomerate, QI Group of Companies, is a successfulentrepreneur, a bestselling author, well-known speaker and committedphilanthropist. He is the author of four successful books including 'In theSphere of Silence' that was translated into 6 languages.A highly respected speaker, Dr.Vijay Eswaran has been aspeaker and panelist at major international forums such as the World EconomicForum Summits and the Commonwealth Business Forum of the CHOGM for two years ina row. He has been listed in Forbes Asia's annual list of Heroes of Philanthropy, is therecipient of the International Excellence in Business award from GOPIO (GlobalOrganisation for People of Indian Origin) and was conferred with an honorarydoctorate in management by SMC University in Switzerland.