British Telecommunications: Ambitious goals for young girls
BT (British Telecommunications plc) and the British Asian Trust have launched a three-year programme that will use digital technology to help improve education, employability, health choices, and autonomy for young girls in India. The programme will use apps, videos and other interactive digital
The new green revolution – and the countries leading it
With many countries scrambling to beat the ticking clock that is global warming and adhere to the (admittedly non-binding) Paris Agreement, there has been encouraging news on clean energy of late with renewables gradually becoming the new normal. While CB previously took a
When employees band together to build a school
Over 700 children of migrant labourers recently received access to a new school from volunteers employed by the Adani Group. The company’s employees pledged their personal funds for the education of approximately 704 children in Mundra, Kutch, after discovering that there was no
Tata Starbucks: Coffee with a side of green
Tata Starbucks has announced that it will completely transition to compostable and recyclable packaging solutions across its stores in India by World Environment Day (5 June 2019). The company has been working since 2012 to eliminate the use of single-use plastic in its
An ambitious but necessary plan to save the planet
Costa Rica has become the first country to announce its aim to become carbon-neutral by 2050. In an official decree signed by President Carlos Alvarado, the country plans to fully decarbonise by 2050 and has extended its moratorium on oil exploration to 2050.
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India: Rescuing children, rewarding people
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd (HMSI) recently felicitated 54 officials of Railway Protection Force (RPF), GRP, and commercial staff for their dedicated contribution towards protecting children found at and near Delhi railway stations. As part of its Surakshit Bachpan programme, the
The climate-change proposals that deserve a place in Elections 2019
Elections 2019 is happening right now, in a flurry of rallies, speeches, promises, mudslinging matches, and competing manifestoes. Expectedly, the two most-talked-about manifestoes belong to the two biggest political parties of the country. While the Congress’ well-received (by the liberal establishment) manifesto tried
Inconvenient truths: Harassment and discrimination in the development sector
Current discussions and debates on social issues related to race, caste, gender and religion in progressive circles have somehow managed to trickle into popular discourse. This means that even as many people are railing against the ‘revised’ norms of what is considered as
CSR by PSUs: The ‘statue of disunity’ and the statute of wasteful expenditure
Aside from being the world’s largest democracy and (currently) the country with the second highest number of poor people, India can now also claim to have the tallest statue in the world – the Statue of Unity, or the Sardar Patel statue as
Sugarcane everywhere, but where are all the stars gone?
Cartload upon cartload of sugarcane dominates the narrow roads of Bazpur until Kashipur (in Uttarakhand, as you leave the mountains behind). So much sugarcane, you exclaim and wonder. For all the sugar in our processed food products, you soon realise. Sugar, the modern-day