Colgate Palmolive India: From smiles to scholarships
Colgate Palmolive India has launched a flagship programme called Keep India Smiling (KIS) as part of their commitment to provide foundational support to over 20 million people every year to ‘enable a future they can smile about’. The mission includes the company’s long-running,
DCB Bank: Going where the dolphins are
A partnership to conserve the endangered Indus River dolphin in the Beas Conservation Reserve has been announced by DCB Bank and WWF-India. Working with the Department of Forests and Wildlife Preservation (DFWP), Government of Punjab, the two organisations will implement initiatives on education,
The Body Shop: Talking business with recycled plastic
On World Fair Trade Day (marked on the second Saturday of May every year), The Body Shop launched its first Community Trade recycled plastic, in partnership with Plastics For Change, Hasiru Dala, and Hasiru Dala Innovations. Sourced from Bengaluru, this is part of
When the world’s biggest corporates wake up to climate change
The biggest companies in the world have awakened to the fact that climate change is going to dramatically alter their businesses, including their bottomlines, a new report by CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) has found in its analysis. The report, Global Climate
IKEA: Asking people to buy climate-friendly furniture and products
IKEA India, the Swedish home-furnishing retailer, has begun a campaign called ‘A Better World Starts at Home’ to help customers live in a sustainable way. It aims at inspiring and enabling people to reduce their carbon footprint by using climate-friendly products. The company
Walmart Foundation: Helping farmers help themselves (and Walmart too?)
Walmart Foundation has begun collaboration on a programme that aims to benefit 10,000 smallholder farmers in Andhra Pradesh through the introduction of sustainable irrigation products and practices. The programme is being offered by the International Development Enterprises-India (IDEI) and supported with funding from
H&M Foundation: Funding and crowdfunding for sustainable fashion
H&M Foundation has launched an initiative with crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to engage with customers and enable them to take active part as supporters, backers and testers of innovative solutions. This is part of the Global Change Award instituted by the Foundation where winners
Volkswagen India: Restoring resources, the sustainable way
Volkswagen India and International Association for Human Values (IAHV) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a watershed-management project in Latur district, Maharashtra. The project aims to restore and sustain natural resources in the selected village cluster of Lasona, Indral, Wadmurambi and
The Body Shop: For healthcare and wildlife in the hills
The Body Shop India and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have collaborated in constructing public sanitation facilities at the Asanang Health Centre in West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. This, they say, has been done also as their way of recognising the efforts of the
Club Mahindra: Volunteering to make people SMILE
Club Mahindra has launched an annual initiative, Mission S.M.I.L.E.S. (Social Movement to Improve Life Experiences), under the Employee Social Options Program (ESOP). Employees of the company have pledged to cumulatively volunteer 5,000 hours every year towards CSR initiatives that will focus on education,