Author: CB Bureau

In an interesting research, a team from Harvard Business School found that companies with gender-inclusive leadership teams contributed, on average, more charitable funds. The team had examined how corporate leadership and organizational structure influence corporate social responsibility (CSR) by utilizing the most visible

Multinational retailers such as GAP, Walmart, C&A, H&M, Primark, Mothercare and Tesco have instructed their Indian suppliers to stop sourcing raw material from textile mills that employ girls under the so-called Sumangali system, a contractual arrangement that labour watchdogs allege involves unfair practices

The Child Rights Index (CRI) published by NGO HAQ: Centre for Child Rights has placed Kerala and Karnataka at the top and Arunachal Pradesh at the bottom in protecting rights of children. The country’s first national child rights index is based on government

By the end of November, 24 companies are likely to resume mining in their respective areas as a temporary sanction on their operations has been lifted by the Supreme Court (SC). According to reports, Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has cleared the names of

A comprehensive report, published in the open-access journal Public Library of Science: Neglected Tropical Diseases, showcases the disproportionately high burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in India and South Asia. These diseases of poverty continue to plague the approximately 1.5 billion people living

Introducing the upgraded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 2011 (LEED 2011 for India) rating system for green buildings, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah made an appeal for developing new technologies and materials at lower prices so that

As part of ITC’s Waste out of Wealth (WOW) initiative, the Papers and Speciality Papers Division (PSPD) of the company has brought together 20 major corporate groups, including Infosys, Google, Microsoft, Mahindra Satyam, and Dr. Reddy’s, to effectively recycle waste paper and generate monetary

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prof. KV Thomas has said that the government is committed to enactment of the National Food Security Act to provide a statutory framework for assured food security to all. Addressing the inaugural session of a

Greenko Group PLC (GKO.LN), the Indian clean energy firm, has announced that a newly created wind holding company, Greenko Wind Project Private Limited (GWPP), which is a subsidiary of Greenko, has entered into an agreement with the US-based GE Energy Financial Services, a