SAIL communities: Living as a coherent whole

Mar 10, 2011

A week ago, a fully equipped ambulance came on Delhi roads with the purpose of ferrying needy patients and carrying out other social welfare activities. The ambulance is funded by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) as part of its CSR programme. Earlier,

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Nourishing humans, replenishing water, sustaining development

Feb 4, 2011

In the beginning of this week, the president of the UK arm of PepsiCo said that business ‘needs sticks as well as carrots’, to ensure that it takes action against climate change. Richard Evans said this at a meeting called ‘What next after

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CSR for the ‘differently abled’

Jan 14, 2011

In the very beginning of the year, a news story in one of the leading dailies of the country talked about how one wedding matchmaking website was cashing in on the ‘ability matrimony’ platform. BharatMatrimony, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR)

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The Nike Foundation: Galvanizing the girl effect, many times over

Nov 24, 2010

‘It is the Nike way to pick some really big issue to work on,’ said Leslie Lane, vice president and managing director of The Nike Foundation, in Beaverton, Oregon, in a quote to The New York Times. Leslie spoke with regard to an

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SloCaT Partnership: Transport to a sustainable, low-carbon reality

Nov 3, 2010

Point 1: In 2006, transport accounted for 13 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), while 23 per cent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion were transport-related. Between 1970 and 2006, global GHG emissions from the transport sector increased

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SloCaT Partnership: Transport to a sustainable, low-carbon reality

Nov 3, 2010

Point 1: In 2006, transport accounted for 13 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), while 23 per cent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion were transport-related. Between 1970 and 2006, global GHG emissions from the transport sector increased

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SloCaT Partnership: Transport to a sustainable, low-carbon reality

Nov 3, 2010

Point 1: In 2006, transport accounted for 13 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), while 23 per cent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion were transport-related. Between 1970 and 2006, global GHG emissions from the transport sector increased

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SloCaT Partnership: Transport to a sustainable, low-carbon reality

Nov 3, 2010

Point 1: In 2006, transport accounted for 13 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), while 23 per cent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion were transport-related. Between 1970 and 2006, global GHG emissions from the transport sector increased

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SloCaT Partnership: Transport to a sustainable, low-carbon reality

Nov 3, 2010

Point 1: In 2006, transport accounted for 13 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), while 23 per cent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion were transport-related. Between 1970 and 2006, global GHG emissions from the transport sector increased

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SloCaT Partnership: Transport to a sustainable, low-carbon reality

Nov 3, 2010

Point 1: In 2006, transport accounted for 13 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), while 23 per cent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion were transport-related. Between 1970 and 2006, global GHG emissions from the transport sector increased

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