Club Mahindra: Resorting to clean and green practices
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd’s Coorg resort (Virajpet) in Karnataka has received India’s first ‘zero waste to landfill (ZWL) resort’ certification from Intertek, a quality assurance provider to industries worldwide. This certification was the result of several initiatives such as recycling and
Food insecurity is now a secured threat
Climate change will severely affect the ability of humans to feed themselves due to existing resources being exploited at unprecedented and unsustainable rates, as per a new UN report. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, called Climate Change and Land,
Sightsavers India: Celebrity power to propagate a useful message
A campaign called SEE NOW has been launched to help end avoidable blindness in Uttar Pradesh. The campaign has actor Amitabh Bachchan as its face and is expected to reach tens of millions of Indians with the message that they should go and
CauseBecause evaluates SRoI and impact of social projects of corporates as well as NGOs
CauseBecause’s research and evaluations wing has been steadily scaling up and expanding its footprints at the grassroots, especially in regions where social-development projects are being executed by large corporate groups and donor foundations. In the last FY, CauseBecause was commissioned to carry out
What does Tech Mahindra mean by claiming it’s going ‘plastic-free’?
Is banning single-use plastic sufficient to claim that one is plastic-free? Team CauseBecause (CB) is confused by a vague press release sent by the said company and the lack of any response whatsoever to CB’s questions seeking clarity. As per the press release,
Birla Carbon: Safety first for carbon black
The International Carbon Black Association (ICBA) has awarded certificates of recognition to 12 Birla Carbon plants and an R&D centre for achieving above industry-average safety performance. While 11 plants and the Marietta R&D Laboratory received the gold award, one plant received the bronze
Coming together to rejuvenate a dying lake
United Way Bengaluru (UWBe), BBMP and Citizen’s Group have begun an initiative to construct an ecofriendly sewage treatment plant (STP) of 1 million litres a day (1MLD) capacity at the Mahadevapura Lake in Bengaluru. To be accomplished in partnership with various corporates in
Magma Fincorp: Reaching out to would-be scholars
Mumbai-based NBFC Magma Fincorp has announced the launch of M-Scholar 2019, part of the company’s M-Scholar programme that offers scholarships to meritorious students from low-income families for them to pursue undergraduate courses at prestigious institutes. M-Scholar was launched by Magma Fincorp in 2015.
Tata Power: Switch off energy, switch on sustainability
A three-month pledge campaign called ‘Switch off to Switch on’ has been launched by Tata Power Club Enerji to help conserve energy and curb wastage. Begun on World Environment Day (June 5), the campaign has involved children as ambassadors of energy conservation. It
Sony Pictures Networks India: Everyone deserves a second chance
Sony Pictures Networks India in partnership with India Vision Foundation marked World Music Day (June 25) with the release of a video of The Dhun Project. The Dhun Project has facilitated the opening of music training centres across five large prisons in North