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
Microsoft: Traditional meets technological
A new e-commerce platform for handloom weavers, called re-weave.in, has been launched by Microsoft India under its Project ReWeave. Part of the company’s Philanthropies initiative, the platform will help connect artisans directly to buyers, enabling them to expand to newer customers and markets.
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
CB throwback: Organisations that avoid queries on their social responsibility
Since the second half of 2015, CB has run over 40 features on multiple sectors such as banking and finance, retail, real estate, FMCG and healthcare, not to forget the non-profit sector. One of the key parts of any such article is to
Alliance to End Plastic Waste: Looking to eliminate plastic waste, but how?
The beginning of this year saw the launch of a new organisation to develop solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the oceans. The new global alliance, Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), will commit over $1 billion to help
Viacom18: Educating through entertainment
Starting from 2 February 2019, a new Hindi general entertainment fiction series called Navrangi Re! has been televised on the Rishtey channel. The drama series hopes to change behaviours on sanitation by building that message into its plot. The series is a partnership
Future Generali: Driving schools toward a sanitary future
In January, the Zila Parishad School in Ghotsai village, Thane district, was given infrastructural support by Future Generali India Insurance (FGII). In partnership with the NGO Habitat for Humanity, the company has built sanitation facilities and installed a water-filtration unit for the 289
The IKEA solution to air pollution?
Last year, a project to turn rice straw into a new renewable material source was announced by IKEA. Part of its Better Air Now initiative to address global environmental issues, the company’s aim is to create a model for air pollution reduction that
Less plastic: The right choice for Pepsi
In December 2018, the completion of the target for collection and recycling of used PET bottles equivalent to 100 per cent of its products sold in Delhi was announced by PepsiCo India. Part of its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programme, the initiative was
An over-abundance of CSR money
CSR funds for public sector companies continue to become more complicated. On 3 January 2019, the latest Standing Committee on Coal and Steel report by a parliamentary panel (the 48th such report) was presented to the Lok Sabha and it expressed concerns on