India’s First 10 CSR Thought Leaders Felicitated at Coffee for Cause
For the first time in India, 10 CSR Thought Leaders from India’s corporate houses and institutions were felicitated at ‘Coffee For Cause: Conversations around CSR’, which took place on 3 May 2014 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The leaders were felicitated for
Corporates may join hands to ensure CSR helps in nation building: Col. Prakash Tewari
‘There is huge responsibility on the shoulders of corporate groups as they have to ensure that the funds mandated for corporate social responsibility (CSR) are utilized efficiently,’ said Col. Prakash Tewari, group vice president, CSR and education, at Jindal Steel and Power Limited,
More bio-toilets from Indian Railways
The Indian Railways is right on track in its task of fitting bio-toilets in coaches, with over 2,000 installed so far. These green toilets have been designed by Railways along with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The bio-toilets have been fitted in
Conversations around best CSR practices were the takeaways from IRMA Round Table
It has been over two weeks, but unlike other conferences and seminars, the discussions that started at CSR Round Table are still on. Individuals who participated in the talks, made presentations, brainstormed and networked at the conference are now engaging in conversations through
CSR focus should be in sync with the country’s development agenda: Lt Gen. Rajender Singh
‘All these talks about corporate social responsibility (CSR) – it is going to change the face of the nation, the fundamental problems will be addressed, it will beget a whole new industry, etc. – are more hype. The new fund or the cash
Hungry in Delhi: More than a third of slum children are
More than one-third of under five-year-olds living in Delhi’s slums are malnourished, concludes a study by Child Rights and You (CRY) and Alliance for People’s rights (APR). The study, aimed at grasping the extent of malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies among the 0″5 years
CSR: Tata claims their awareness campaigns empowering people
Tata Global Beverages has released a 10-point manifesto from Indian women, basically aimed at influencing and sensitizing politicians towards women’s rights. The company’s media release claims that responses from over a million women from across India were collected and their issues studied before
Panasonic re-conceptualizes its CSR; in sync with the law
Panasonic India’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) is aligned with the new clause in Companies Act 2013 and the company has built a reliable monitoring system to measure the impact of its social investments, affirmed Manish Sharma, managing director and member of board, Panasonic
CSR partners at World Twenty20 to focus on AIDS and education
While Indian corporate groups are busy strategizing their corporate social responsibility (CSR) agendas as per the mandatory guidelines, top sports bodies have already started to present themselves as socially responsible organizations. The most recent attempt is by International Cricket Council (ICC), who have
Measuring CSR impact, Crompton Greaves sees change after seven years
Crompton Greaves (CG) has started witnessing the change it had expected to see through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. The company claimed the same in a press release while commemorating the completion of seven years of its CSR programmes in areas around