PepsiCo India: Find what you will in its ‘bowl of hope’
On March 31, PepsiCo India in collaboration with United Way Delhi launched a weeklong awareness initiative called ‘Bowl of Hope’, in the process also marking the so-called Whole Grain Sampling Day. As part of this, PepsiCo India conducted awareness drives around nutritious eating,
MG Motor India: Backing ‘back to learn’ for children
The ‘Back to Learn’ initiative is being run in partnership between MG Motor India and Save the Children and primarily focuses on online teaching classes and safe returning to schools for girl children. It includes reaching out to parents of girls who have
A Model Project
With 128 model villages, Aditya Birla Group is doing its fair bit, and more, in rural India
While Aditya Birla Group (ABG) is widely acknowledged as one of India’s most trusted brands, not many would know much about its long-standing commitment to social welfare, primarily because this billion-dollar conglomerate does not go to town on what it actually does. Take
The sustainable fashion edit
Featuring (some of) India’s most sustainable clothing brands
So, I was looking up some numbers concerning the fashion industry, in particular its current value and future projections. As per a study (by Kantar) released early in 2020, in terms of clothing the global market should increase by 3.9% each year until
Garnier’s Green Beauty: Their (purported) sustainability is the message on the bottle
With the launch of Garnier Green Beauty, the company has announced that it is looking to go further on its sustainability commitment, and in the process also help the beauty industry transition to a future based on sustainability. As per the press
Managing energy-consumption points at a carbon-neutral airport
While Covid-19 remains the most impactful event from 2020, the year also saw bushfires, flash floods, earthquakes, locust swarms and cyclones – all connected with climate change one way or the other. The need to monitor and control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across
Takeaways from Coffee for Cause, Edition 5
– Conversations around sustainability and CSR
Of course Coffee for Cause had to go virtual this year, and like everything else about the past year, the newness of it had Team CB both excited and apprehensive about how easily or freely the conversations would flow. After all, flowing conversations
Getting the ACT right – 25 FAQs on CSR Amendment Rules, 2021
The long-awaited amendments to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) provisions brought in by the Companies (Amendment) Act 2020 (CAA 2020) have been made effective by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vide notification dated 22 January 2021. Along with this, MCA notified the
We are wasting about 1 bn tonnes of food a year
An estimated 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 – that is, 17% of all food – went into the waste bins of households, restaurants and shops, according to a new UN research conducted to support global efforts to halve food waste
SBI General: Building ‘safe spaces’ for girl students in the rural
SBI General Insurance has built 15 sanitation facilities for girl students in Wada and Chimur talukas in Palghar district of Maharashtra under its CSR commitments. These ‘safe space’ restrooms for girls are expected to have a twofold impact: create a sense of ownership