Philanthropy and profit are not mutually exclusive: Omidyar

Jan 5, 2011

Social impact and social entrepreneurship were the focus areas at the OP Jindal Memorial Lecture Series introduced by the Jindal Group in Mumbai. The event was primarily aimed at drawing the attention of corporate groups to increase their engagement in new forms of

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CSR 2010 in India: They talked about ‘responsibility’, ‘sustainable development’ and ‘business ethics’

Jan 3, 2011

Why have there been so many symposiums, write-ups and talks around corporate social responsibility (CSR), business ethics, cause initiatives, sustainability, conservation, green… in 2010? The optimistic mind says: ‘The business world and the policymakers are going through an ‘awakening’ phase and 2010 saw

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UN to help families of missing Kashmiris

Jan 3, 2011

The United Nation’s (UN) human rights wing has come forward to help the families of Kashmiris who have been missing for the past two decades. The families allege that the missing were picked up by the security forces and never returned. Srinagar-based Association

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Endangered species’ list out; not all rank high on conservation totem pole

Dec 29, 2010

The ministry of environment and forests has called for conservation and protection of endangered species and issued a new list of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians who fall in the ‘endangered species’ category. According to a news report in The Times of India,

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CSR 2.0: From defensive to systemic corporate sustainability and responsibility

Dec 24, 2010

I have found it useful to view the evolution of business responsibility in terms of five overlapping economic periods – the Ages of Greed, Philanthropy, Misrepresentation, Management and Responsibility – each of which typically manifests a different stage of CSR, namely: defensive, charitable,

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Conservation and sustainable development plan for Kailash – India, China and Nepal join hands

Dec 21, 2010

The Kailash-Mansarovar landscape, also known as Kang Rinpoche and Kailasa Parvata, is about to see a positive change. India, China and Nepal, the countries across which the Kailash’s boundaries are spread, have chalked out comprehensive conservation and sustainable development plans for the mountain

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CSR in India: Corporate affairs minister calls for ‘ethical, responsible and sustainable’ business

Dec 16, 2010

‘Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not just charity. It is like an obligation and we owe it to the next generation,’ said Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid while inaugurating a seminar ‘Corporate sustainability: the

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Low carbon: Where do we begin?

Dec 14, 2010

At the moment, there is something akin to a mix of the real and the mystical in general perceptions about the earth’s myriad sustainability and environment issues. There is glamour even, thanks to Kyoto, Copenhagen, Cancun, and the ‘will do, won’t do’ suspense

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CSR funds: Parliamentary panel wants 50% to go for afforestation

Dec 14, 2010

‘If the government makes it mandatory that 50 per cent of the money being spent towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) will be used for massive afforestation, then millions of hectares of land will be covered by forests. ‘At the same time the government

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Finally, $100 billion to deal with global warming in developing countries

Dec 14, 2010

The participants at the UN climate conference in Cancun finally reached a ‘settlement’ and decided to set up a $100 billion Green Fund to fight global warming. The Green Fund is expected to mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 and will be

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