Ahmedabad hosts international travelling exhibition to promote sustainable cities
The international travelling exhibition Vision of 10 Global Cities has arrived in (Gujarat) and, starting today, will stay there until October 16 at Kanoria Centre for Arts. The month-long exhibition travels to India after sojourns in the USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and South
CSR practices to come under Lokpal ambit?
On September 17, the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) reopened the debate on the mandate of the proposed Lokpal by suggesting that corporate groups should be brought under the purview of the proposed anti-corruption bill. The CVC said that the Lokpal can effectively keep
CSR of Deere: To fight hunger and uplift standard of small farmers
Deere & Co., one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural equipment in the world, has revised its strategy and will focus on ‘world hunger’, ‘sustainability’, and ‘subsistence farmers’, the company’s chairman Samuel R Allen told The Economic Times in an interview. Allen revealed
Nokia gets bad report card on salaries for workers in Chennai plant
A report published by Helsinki-based Finnwatch has put mobile-handset manufacturer Nokia under unflattering spotlight, charging it of paying measly salaries to workers at its Chennai plant. Nokia’s Chennai plant, which is the company’s biggest worldwide, produces more than 300,000 handsets a day and
CSR programme helps hotel in upgrading status
The eco-friendly CSR programme of Radisson GRT Hotel on GST Road and Radisson Temple Bay Resort at Mahabalipuram, Chennai, helped the hotels in getting upgraded to Radisson ‘Blu Hotel’ from Radisson Green. During auditing under the Medallia guest satisfaction scores, which are awarded
Salaam to the spirit of living
[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]alaam Baalak Trust (SBT) was established in 1988 with the proceeds from Salaam Bombay! (1988, directed by Mira Nair), a much celebrated film of its time depicting the day-to-day lives of children eking it out on the streets of Bombay (Mumbai). Originally
Sapient: Striving to be a serious global citizen
The corporate website of Sapient states: ‘As a global company, Sapient takes its responsibility as a global citizen to heart. We view the giving of our time, resources, and money not as something we have to do, but something we need to do
Singing for the old, donating blood, painting hoardings green – is this CSR?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) was an alien term for the majority of Indian businesses until a few years back. The ‘term’ became a ‘concept’ over time, yet has remained more alien than not. There are as many interpretations as there are talking
Pollution: How we make it happen
Living in a city and caught up in the cross-currents of our daily living dilemmas and demands, we barely notice the pollution that is there all around us, inside us, sometimes in deafening forms, but mostly in a surreptitious manner. If truth be
Green clearances processes to be simplified for faster approvals
In probably the first significant policy decision under the new minister Jayanthi Natarajan, the ministry of environment and forests has sought to ‘simplify’ the processes that are followed for obtaining environmental and forest clearances. The move is aimed at removing roadblocks in major