Team CB On Ground: Observations from DS Group’s CSR Work in Udaipur, Rajasthan
Over the years, having been part of assessment teams for social programmes, I have had the opportunity to closely observe a wide range of interventions across rural India. While many are well-intentioned, fewer are meaningfully aligned with local realities, and rarer still are
Beneficiaries ‘Telling the Tale’
Jindal Stainless Foundation
Telling the tale: So as to document the ‘change’ in the lives of communities – the beneficiaries of social projects of companies and non-profits In Focus: Jindal Stainless Foundation Enabling entrepreneurs Kshanaprava Nayak Kshanaprava Nayak – daughter of Pramod Kumar Nayak from a
Beneficiaries ‘Telling the Tale’
Hero MotoCorp
Telling the tale: So as to document the ‘change’ in the lives of communities – the beneficiaries of social projects of companies and non-profits In Focus: Project Shiksha and Project Jeevika by Hero MotoCorp Project Shiksha Shivam, 5 years old Shivam is a
A Model Project
With 128 model villages, Aditya Birla Group is doing its fair bit, and more, in rural India
While Aditya Birla Group (ABG) is widely acknowledged as one of India’s most trusted brands, not many would know much about its long-standing commitment to social welfare, primarily because this billion-dollar conglomerate does not go to town on what it actually does. Take
Mahindra Holidays: Sustainability done right?
The Mahindra Group is a well-known Indian conglomerate and its brand name is ubiquitous in the country and abroad. One of its most recognisable companies is Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd (MHRIL), or Mahindra Holidays, which is part of the leisure and
Maruti Suzuki: Changing lives (or reputation?)
One of the top, and perhaps among the most ubiquitous, auto companies in India is Maruti Suzuki. The biggest carmaker in the country, it has more than half of the market share in the passenger-vehicles segment. As has become quite the trend in
Reliance Foundation: Bigger may not always be better
Reliance Industries requires no introduction. But what many Indians may not be familiar with is Reliance Foundation (RF), one of the country’s largest private foundations and the CSR-implementing arm of the company. This umbrella organisation for Reliance’s social development initiatives is led by
Yes Foundation: Trying to play an affirmative part in social change
Yes Foundation is the ‘social development’ or the do-good arm of Yes Bank. One of the more well-known banks in the country, Yes Bank is the fifth largest private sector bank in India. Yes Foundation is the bank’s dedicated CSR and sustainability arm
Brillio: How to build CSR into the corporate DNA
Corporate Focus features in CB have mostly been limited to large, legacy organisations employing thousands of individuals. However, a new breed of companies are equally, if not more, zealous about their CSR and sustainability work. Perhaps due to the fact that millennials and
Wipro cares, almost
One of the biggest Indian”and some would argue global”names in IT is Wipro Limited, or Western India Products Limited. In 2013, it demerged the non-IT diversified businesses, such as consumer care, lighting and infrastructure engineering, into a separate company named Wipro Enterprises Ltd.