Vedanta bags National Energy Conservation Award from ministry of power

Jan 26, 2016

For the third consecutive year, diversified natural-resources company Vedanta Limited has bagged the National Energy Conservation Award. The company’s aluminium plant bagged the second position for superior energy management. The awards were conferred by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal

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Gulf Oil organises a car rally to raise funds for orphaned children

Jan 26, 2016

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited (GOLIL), one of India’s leading lubricant brands, organised what was called ‘Foster A Child Drive’ in Mumbai. GOLIL fostered 60 underprivileged children from orphanages including Our Lady Home, Shelter Don Bosco, and Seva Sadan. These children joined families

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Reddy’s CHIP in Vizianagaram

Jan 26, 2016

Expanding its Community Health Intervention Program (CHIP), Dr Reddy’s has taken the initiative to Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh. The programme is aimed at ensuring ante- and post-natal care, safe delivery and infant care, primary immunisation of children, and safe motherhood. CHIP will

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Highway Touch Point. A CSR initiative?

Jan 26, 2016

In December, Union Textiles Minister Dharmendra Kashyap inaugurated Village TahTajpur’s Highway Touch Point (HTP), which is supposedly a social business venture focused at development of rural population. The idea is to allow villagers to manage the touch points where highway commuters can buy

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How businesses did their bit towards the Tamil Nadu floods

Jan 25, 2016

In December, CauseBecause received updates from various corporate groups mentioning how they were coming forth with help and heart during the Tamil Nadu floods. Here’s a quick roundup on who did what and how (as per their own claims). Aviva Life Insurance relaxed

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How businesses did their bit towards the Tamil Nadu floods

Jan 25, 2016

In December, CauseBecause received updates from various corporate groups mentioning how they were coming forth with help and heart during the Tamil Nadu floods. Here’s a quick roundup on who did what and how (as per their own claims). Aviva Life Insurance relaxed

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They love their school now. How Godrej Interio’s CSR intervention is changing some basic things about rural schools

Nov 24, 2015

In September, Godrej Interio, the furniture brand of Godrej & Boyce, issued a media release claiming it is transforming the education experience in rural schools through space management, design, and ergonomics – new words for a press note on a corporate social responsibility

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Baijal report on CSR. Neither music nor cacophony

Nov 16, 2015

Last month, CauseBecause through a right to information (RTI) query to the ministry of corporate affairs had learnt that the government did not have any specific mechanism to evaluate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes of companies (read about it here).

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Using Facebook as a medium, Caritas engages 120,000 for disaster preparedness

Nov 16, 2015

In the week leading up to the National Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, which was observed on 29 October, Caritas India observed Awareness Week on Disaster Preparedness and Reduction. The organisation – with about five decades of experience in emergency aid, reconstruction and

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Show me a Hero

Show me a Hero

Nov 16, 2015

[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]n less than six months, the policy was revised, the impact areas were identified, and four flagship programmes with multiple projects under their umbrella were launched. The world’s largest two-wheeler maker, known for revolutionising mobility at the hinterlands through affordable motorcycles, has

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