Mahindra Holidays & Resorts: Making green commitments and hoping to deliver
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd (MHRIL), one of India’s leading vacation-ownership companies, has committed to join RE 100, a global campaign led by the Climate Group which brings together businesses across the globe committed to 100 per cent renewable power. The company
IndiGo: Helping schools take off by ‘adopting’ them
As part of its school-adoption programme in Indore, IndiGo will help transform the quality of education for students across 15 government schools. The programme will help these schools through physical infrastructure development, academic transformation and access to digital technology. As part of infrastructural
PepsiCo promises to collect and recycle used PET bottles in Delhi
PepsiCo has announced a programme for collection and recycling of used PET bottles in Delhi. The number of bottles recycled will be equivalent to its products sold in Delhi. The company has partnered with Gem Enviro Management to set up the infrastructure for
COP24: A mediocre deal is better than a no deal?
On December 15, as part of COP24 at Katowice, Poland, representatives of nearly 200 countries agreed on a deal to adopt a detailed set of rules to implement the Paris climate agreement. After an all-night bargaining session, it was decided that every country
An impending global climate crash
In further bad news for the entire world, new research has found that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide have been growing at an accelerating pace this year, with emissions expected to increase by 2.7 per cent. Last year, it grew by 1.6 per
Colgate: Saving water through sponsorship
In November, it was announced that Mina Guli’s #RunningDry journey – 100 Marathons in 100 Days – would be sponsored by Colgate Palmolive (India). #RunningDry is a global initiative by water advocate and global athlete Mina Guli. Through the sponsorship, Colgate reiterated its
Shalimar Paints: Painting away the blues
Sanjay Camp, an urban slum community comprising over 10,000 people located in Chanakyapuri, Delhi, was recently beautified in an initiative led by Shalimar Paints. More than 2,000 student volunteers from 70 universities and colleges entered the locality with buckets of paint and brushes
Volunteer for a cause”and employee goodwill
Companies covered GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) | Hero MotoCorp | ICICI Lombard | IndiGo | Microsoft | NetApp | PwC | SAP For CSR, there’s no dearth of causes or the kind of forms that it can take. The most popular (and hands-off) approach remains
Cox & Kings Foundation: Building an inclusive train station
Borivali has become the first blind-friendly railway station in Mumbai, with Cox & Kings Foundation, in association with Anuprayaas and Western Railways, unveiling a string of facilities including Braille-embossed railings on foot overbridges and in the subways, Braille-embossed entry and exit points, and
IPCC: Doomsday is almost here
The latest report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is blunt in its dire assessments for the future of the planet – the immediate consequences of climate change is far worse than previously thought and to avoid this scenario, the world economy