Educating the girl child – everyone else is doing it, so why can’t we?
Sponsoring education for children is big in the world of corporates. A recent initiative to sponsor the education of girl children is ‘The Intuit RISE – Educating a Girl Child’, launched in partnership with the NGO Concern India. For every female employee who
Parched cities – the new normal
Recently, the news that Cape Town was going to run out of drinking water for its inhabitants made shockwaves across the globe. The very idea that a modern city wouldn’t be able to provide water to its citizens seemed right out of some
Sustainability at India Inc.: A gist of talks with over 80 leaders, 119 reports
Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all. ~ Paul Hawken For nearly a decade, Team CauseBecause has been propagating the ‘people’ and ‘planet’ aspects of sustainability amongst Indian corporate
Brother, I am taking you to the cops
Am I not glad for having dragged this errant-driver-cum-errant-and-foul-speaking-man to the police station today? And he thought he could get away with a) taking a turn on my side of the road while entering the colony gate, landing in front of my car,
Vice President inaugurates Hero’s skills facility in Hyderabad
Continuing with its efforts to skill marginalised youth, especially young women, under its corporate social responsibility (CSR), Hero MotoCorp has launched a skills training centre at Shamshabad Mandal, Hyderabad. To be run and managed by Swarna Bharat Trust, the training centre is equipped
Saving women, empowering no one
During my time covering CSR across organisations of all types and hues, I have learnt two things: 1) keep your expectations low when fielding questions to them, and 2) everyone wants to ’empower’ women. The latter has, over the past many years, become
On Women’s Day, press for press releases
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]nternational Women’s Day (IWD) has much in common with the other famous and controversial day that falls on 14th February every year. Like Valentine’s Day, it is splashed all over the media and has supporters and detractors alike. However, with IWD, there’s
Show me the CSR money. How much are companies investing?
[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap] report by the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has revealed that more than Rs 28,000 crore was spent by companies toward CSR from 1 April 2014 to 30 November 2017. More than 70 per cent of this was contributed by the
No takers for holy rivers?
[dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]ecently, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved a number of projects worth nearly Rs 4,000 crore, for various cities and towns of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. NMCG is the central decision-making body that is responsible for the implementation
HDFC Bank’s run to nowhere
[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap] run to create awareness about ending child labour – in which 2,200 people participated – was recently organised by HDFC Bank. Called the HDFC Bank Malad Run, over 200 bank employees took part in this run. It was held in three