Mahindra: 1.3 billion trees for 1.3 billion people
Mahindra Group’s recently launched initiative, #CelebrateDifferently, aims to motivate citizens to plant a tree – and for those who are not able to do so, they can like, share, or comment on #CelebrateDifferently and the company will plant a tree on their behalf
Club Mahindra: Resorting to clean and green practices
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd’s Coorg resort (Virajpet) in Karnataka has received India’s first ‘zero waste to landfill (ZWL) resort’ certification from Intertek, a quality assurance provider to industries worldwide. This certification was the result of several initiatives such as recycling and
Food insecurity is now a secured threat
Climate change will severely affect the ability of humans to feed themselves due to existing resources being exploited at unprecedented and unsustainable rates, as per a new UN report. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, called Climate Change and Land,
Sightsavers India: Celebrity power to propagate a useful message
A campaign called SEE NOW has been launched to help end avoidable blindness in Uttar Pradesh. The campaign has actor Amitabh Bachchan as its face and is expected to reach tens of millions of Indians with the message that they should go and
CauseBecause evaluates SRoI and impact of social projects of corporates as well as NGOs
CauseBecause’s research and evaluations wing has been steadily scaling up and expanding its footprints at the grassroots, especially in regions where social-development projects are being executed by large corporate groups and donor foundations. In the last FY, CauseBecause was commissioned to carry out
What does Tech Mahindra mean by claiming it’s going ‘plastic-free’?
Is banning single-use plastic sufficient to claim that one is plastic-free? Team CauseBecause (CB) is confused by a vague press release sent by the said company and the lack of any response whatsoever to CB’s questions seeking clarity. As per the press release,
BJP’s environmental policies: What was and what could be
With the BJP-led NDA government winning a huge mandate to rule the country for the next five years, it’s a good time to take stock of their existing and expected environmental policies, including on climate change. Irrespective of where one stands on the
Birla Carbon: Safety first for carbon black
The International Carbon Black Association (ICBA) has awarded certificates of recognition to 12 Birla Carbon plants and an R&D centre for achieving above industry-average safety performance. While 11 plants and the Marietta R&D Laboratory received the gold award, one plant received the bronze
Coming together to rejuvenate a dying lake
United Way Bengaluru (UWBe), BBMP and Citizen’s Group have begun an initiative to construct an ecofriendly sewage treatment plant (STP) of 1 million litres a day (1MLD) capacity at the Mahadevapura Lake in Bengaluru. To be accomplished in partnership with various corporates in
Magma Fincorp: Reaching out to would-be scholars
Mumbai-based NBFC Magma Fincorp has announced the launch of M-Scholar 2019, part of the company’s M-Scholar programme that offers scholarships to meritorious students from low-income families for them to pursue undergraduate courses at prestigious institutes. M-Scholar was launched by Magma Fincorp in 2015.