Ambuja Cements: Health is wealth and CSR
An ongoing programme, called Sakhi, to promote and deliver health services to underprivileged communities has apparently helped over one lakh people each year. This is a project by Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF), the CSR arm of Ambuja Cements Ltd. Under this health and
What auto companies have in common
As part of CauseBecause’s efforts to look at trends across companies, we decided to take a look at the sustainability reports of India’s top 5 auto companies – Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, and Bajaj Auto – and find
Canon: Adopting villages
Canon India recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of the adoption of Maharaja Katte village at Kanakapura Taluk (near Bengaluru) under their ‘Adopt a Village’ initiative. This is one of the flagship programmes of the company with special focus given to the development of
K Raheja Corp: Planting seeds for a better future
An event to educate the students of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Primary School (NMMC), Chinchpada, on the benefits of an ecological and healthy environment was organised at K Raheja Corp’s commercial IT park, Mindspace, in Airoli. At this ‘Seeds of Hope’ activity, children
Tesco: Digital literacy for (hopefully) bright careers
A community Career Development Centre (CDC), Karnataka’s first, to impart digital literacy will be set up by Tesco in Bengaluru in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation. The objective is to increase employability of youth from disadvantaged and marginalised communities in IT/ITES and retail sectors.
Oxfam scandal: When exploitation, not charity, begins at home
On 9th February this year, it was revealed that one of the most well-known global NGOs, Oxfam, covered up a 2011 investigation into the hiring of sex workers for orgies, downloading of pornography, bullying and intimidation by its staff working in Haiti. This
Dell: Empowering girls through education
Karnataka-based NGO Sikshana Foundation in collaboration with Dell has announced scholarships for 400 students. They have been awarding these scholarships since 2011 to batches of 400 girl students from underprivileged backgrounds in rural Karnataka. The scholarship covers tuition fees and vocational course fees
Delhi: e-Waste to no waste
In some good news, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has announced that it will start a first-of-its-kind facility for door-to-door collection of e-waste from homes and offices that fall under its jurisdiction. The council will also pay money to people for their
South India leading the clean-energy charge
As per a recent report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), a US-based think tank, Tamil Nadu is one of the top nine markets in the world that sources a high percentage of its net energy needs from renewable
How the world’s best does Green (and so should India)
Companies covered Cisco | Natura Cosmeticos | Neste Corporation | Societe Generale | Toyota Continuing with our curiosity about the Paris accord, team CB wanted to understand how some of the world’s most green and sustainable companies are responding to climate change.