Credit Suisse: Equipping rural women with entrepreneurship skills and means
Credit Suisse and Barefoot College International (BCI) have announced a three-year partnership that will support the latter’s ‘Women Prosper Initiative’ (WPI). The objective of this initiative is to equip women with the necessary skills so as to enable the building of resilient and
HCL Foundation: Will Noida be one of India’s cleanest cities?
HCL Foundation, the CSR arm of HCL Technologies, claims to have installed over 1,000 dustbins in Noida over a period of 6 months, resulting in an increase of garbage collection by 4,000 tonnes. Done in partnership with NOIDA Authority, the objective of this
Hero Cycles: Increase mobility, increase incomes
Hero Cycles and Muthoot Microfin have announced a strategic partnership to provide bicycles to low-income households and micro-entrepreneurs, especially women, in South India. This long-term partnership is aimed at making bicycles easily accessible to poorer households through the availability of microfinance facilities. Under
How Corporate India is coming together against the coronavirus
By now, enough and more has been written about the COVID-19 (or coronavirus) pandemic. The novel virus has managed to do two novel things: simultaneously lock up at least a third of the world’s population, including the one-fifth of humanity that resides in
Volvo: Producing and then reducing air pollution
On March 3, Volvo Cars India executed an awareness activity on air pollution to educate people on its harmful effects and encourage solutions for environment sustainability. This integrated programme, called #BreatheFree, included social media, digital campaign, dealer activations and CSR activities across schools
#RayOfHope: Art in a time of crisis
Mumbai-based abstract artist Krupa Shah has joined hands with Jan Seva Foundation to host an open online art competition, called #RayOfHope, against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. Amateur and professional artists of all age groups from India and around the world are
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages: An exposition on recycling
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) recently distributed 22,000 cotton bags across locations around four of its factories located at Ameenpur near Hyderabad, Jalpaiguri near Siliguri, Srikalahasti near Chittoor, and Goblej near Ahmedabad. The initiative is part of the company’s efforts to align with the
Tata Motors: Giving truck drivers a place to rest
Tata Motors inaugurated a Saarthi Aaram Kendra, a rest stop for commercial vehicle drivers, in Udaipur in association with Pasco Motors. This is the fifth Saarthi Aaram Kendra in the country for truck drivers launched by the company in the last 10 months.
Delta Air Lines: Flying towards a sustainable future?
Delta Air Lines has announced a $1 billion commitment over 10 years to mitigate all emissions from its global business. This means that Delta intends to become the first carbon-neutral airline globally. The airline stated that it will invest in driving innovation, advancing
Tata Power: Asking millennials to go green
Tata Power has launched a nationwide campaign, titled ‘I Have the Power’, to create awareness on environmental issues. The campaign promotes the message of environmentally-friendly means of consuming energy and highlights the range of smart and sustainable solutions and services like solar rooftop,