Category : CSR

A UN working group has devised a final draft of ‘sustainable development goals’ (SDGs) to succeed the millennium development goals. The draft includes 17 goals and 169 targets to be achieved by 2030. The recommendations will be shared next month with the UN

There are just 350 to 400 Narcondam hornbills left. Although their numbers have been relatively stable in recent years, that may change in the near future. The bird’s numbers are limited to Narcondam Island – a tiny volcanic isle about 1,300 kilometres east

Filipinos are the world’s most socially-conscious consumers, research firm Nielsen declared in a statement announcing the release of the Global Survey of Corporate Social Responsibility. Eight in 10, or 79 per cent, of Filipino consumers ‘are more willing to pay extra for products

For the first time in India, 10 CSR Thought Leaders from India’s corporate houses and institutions were felicitated at ‘Coffee For Cause: Conversations around CSR’, which took place on 3 May 2014 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The leaders were felicitated for

‘There is huge responsibility on the shoulders of corporate groups as they have to ensure that the funds mandated for corporate social responsibility (CSR) are utilized efficiently,’ said Col. Prakash Tewari, group vice president, CSR and education, at Jindal Steel and Power Limited,

‘All these talks about corporate social responsibility (CSR) – it is going to change the face of the nation, the fundamental problems will be addressed, it will beget a whole new industry, etc. – are more hype. The new fund or the cash

Tata Global Beverages has released a 10-point manifesto from Indian women, basically aimed at influencing and sensitizing politicians towards women’s rights. The company’s media release claims that responses from over a million women from across India were collected and their issues studied before

Panasonic India’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) is aligned with the new clause in Companies Act 2013 and the company has built a reliable monitoring system to measure the impact of its social investments, affirmed Manish Sharma, managing director and member of board, Panasonic

 While Indian corporate groups are busy strategizing their corporate social responsibility (CSR) agendas as per the mandatory guidelines, top sports bodies have already started to present themselves as socially responsible organizations. The most recent attempt is by International Cricket Council (ICC), who have

Crompton Greaves (CG) has started witnessing the change it had expected to see through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. The company claimed the same in a press release while commemorating the completion of seven years of its CSR programmes in areas around