Future Generali: Safety nets as insurance against poverty
Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII) has adopted a new programme called The Human Safety Net for Families which will aim to create ‘equal-life opportunities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds across India.’ The programme will focus on promoting the concept of helping
Ambuja Cements: Health is wealth and CSR
An ongoing programme, called Sakhi, to promote and deliver health services to underprivileged communities has apparently helped over one lakh people each year. This is a project by Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF), the CSR arm of Ambuja Cements Ltd. Under this health and
What auto companies have in common
As part of CauseBecause’s efforts to look at trends across companies, we decided to take a look at the sustainability reports of India’s top 5 auto companies – Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, and Bajaj Auto – and find
Canon: Adopting villages
Canon India recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of the adoption of Maharaja Katte village at Kanakapura Taluk (near Bengaluru) under their ‘Adopt a Village’ initiative. This is one of the flagship programmes of the company with special focus given to the development of
K Raheja Corp: Planting seeds for a better future
An event to educate the students of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Primary School (NMMC), Chinchpada, on the benefits of an ecological and healthy environment was organised at K Raheja Corp’s commercial IT park, Mindspace, in Airoli. At this ‘Seeds of Hope’ activity, children
Tesco: Digital literacy for (hopefully) bright careers
A community Career Development Centre (CDC), Karnataka’s first, to impart digital literacy will be set up by Tesco in Bengaluru in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation. The objective is to increase employability of youth from disadvantaged and marginalised communities in IT/ITES and retail sectors.
Oxfam scandal: When exploitation, not charity, begins at home
On 9th February this year, it was revealed that one of the most well-known global NGOs, Oxfam, covered up a 2011 investigation into the hiring of sex workers for orgies, downloading of pornography, bullying and intimidation by its staff working in Haiti. This
Dell: Empowering girls through education
Karnataka-based NGO Sikshana Foundation in collaboration with Dell has announced scholarships for 400 students. They have been awarding these scholarships since 2011 to batches of 400 girl students from underprivileged backgrounds in rural Karnataka. The scholarship covers tuition fees and vocational course fees
CSR: Do or get prosecuted
The government has issued preliminary notices to 272 companies for not complying with the CSR spending rules as mandated by the 2013 Companies Act. The government has been examining the CSR spend of the top 1,000 companies that have spent less than 2
Starbucks: Eliminating plastic, one straw at a time
Starbucks has announced that it will not use disposable plastic straws in its 28,000-plus stores worldwide by 2020, a move that is expected to eliminate more than one billion straws a year. The new strawless lid, designed in-house, will become standard for all