K Raheja Corp: Planting seeds for a better future
An event to educate the students of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Primary School (NMMC), Chinchpada, on the benefits of an ecological and healthy environment was organised at K Raheja Corp’s commercial IT park, Mindspace, in Airoli. At this ‘Seeds of Hope’ activity, children
Tesco: Digital literacy for (hopefully) bright careers
A community Career Development Centre (CDC), Karnataka’s first, to impart digital literacy will be set up by Tesco in Bengaluru in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation. The objective is to increase employability of youth from disadvantaged and marginalised communities in IT/ITES and retail sectors.
Oxfam scandal: When exploitation, not charity, begins at home
On 9th February this year, it was revealed that one of the most well-known global NGOs, Oxfam, covered up a 2011 investigation into the hiring of sex workers for orgies, downloading of pornography, bullying and intimidation by its staff working in Haiti. This
Dell: Empowering girls through education
Karnataka-based NGO Sikshana Foundation in collaboration with Dell has announced scholarships for 400 students. They have been awarding these scholarships since 2011 to batches of 400 girl students from underprivileged backgrounds in rural Karnataka. The scholarship covers tuition fees and vocational course fees
Delhi: e-Waste to no waste
In some good news, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has announced that it will start a first-of-its-kind facility for door-to-door collection of e-waste from homes and offices that fall under its jurisdiction. The council will also pay money to people for their
South India leading the clean-energy charge
As per a recent report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), a US-based think tank, Tamil Nadu is one of the top nine markets in the world that sources a high percentage of its net energy needs from renewable
Sexual harassment at workplaces in India: Separating myths from facts
In this second part of CB’s deep dive into sexual harassment at workplaces, we try to dispel some myths and look at some studies on how corporate India is dealing (or not) with this problem. CB had reached out to over 50 large
Sexual harassment at workplaces in India: Time’s not up yet
If 2017 will be remembered for anything, it won’t be GST, the cartoonish villain that is Trump, or the bluster of North Korea, it will be an innocuous little hashtag that blossomed into a full-fledged movement: #MeToo. While the far-reaching effects of this
How the world’s best does Green (and so should India)
Companies covered Cisco | Natura Cosmeticos | Neste Corporation | Societe Generale | Toyota Continuing with our curiosity about the Paris accord, team CB wanted to understand how some of the world’s most green and sustainable companies are responding to climate change.
Bayer: Teaching farmers better ways to farm
The India chapter of the so-called ‘Better Life Farming’ alliance has been launched with the stated objective of enabling better incomes for farmers by providing them with knowledge regarding efficient use of inputs and timely, better access to markets. This alliance is led