A three-day International Conference on Sustainable Development and Governance: Building Commerce and Communities was organized during December 12-14, 2012, by the Amrita School of Business in collaboration with Deakin University, Australia, at Amrita’s Coimbatore Campus. The conference drew wide participation from academia industry and the non-profit sector. Indeed global solutions were delineated during the three conference days, especially focusing on the right management of water, energy and waste.