To begin with If you have to handpick anecdotes, stories, people, developments, incidents… to tell a story summing up what happened in this particular domain in the past decade, a domain that you have been actively involved in and one where you are professionally, personally and emotionally invested, what would you pick and how? It…
Because this 7th edition unfolded in the stories shared in the room, across the 12 or 13 tables, by the 30-odd participants. We are talking real stories of course. Celebrating 10 years of CSR will mean nothing if not for the stories. Right from how CSR became mandated for companies in the private sector, to…
The #TogetherWeCan Coffee Meet-up at India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi, on 25 November 2022 served as a clarion call for individual action and partnerships, which also happens to be Goal No. 17 of the SDGs. A focal point of the said partnerships is people everywhere, whether in their homes, at schools and colleges,…
itting with a motley group of people ” motley because the group featured a celebrated film actor, media representatives with varying levels of understanding of the subject in focus, an ex-corporate honcho, a young and enthusiastic non-profit team from the city, an equally enthusiastic non-profit team from the village, village community members, community health workers,…
If necessity is the mother of invention, now is the time for lots of inventions. There is such a lot of plastic in most things we use that without those inventions and innovations, we may end up (barely) surviving on a planet that is more landfill (spilling over with plastic) than inhabited, and a planet…
aking cue from the International Women’s Day (IWD) theme this year – ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’, Team CB set out to connect the dots that may at first glance seem to not connect directly, check with key players in the domain about what they have understood regarding the dynamics that shape those…
There’s this little important detail on every product that we buy – the manufacturer’s contact coordinates (address, phone number, email ID), wherein we can send in feedback and/or complaints. Easy to miss, and we actually do. Unless maybe we are saddled with a defective piece. Then a CauseBecause team member had a brainwave – let…
The growing number of consumers in India who are conscious about various environmental and social issues reflects a trend and a way of thinking that is picking up globally. These consumers prefer associating with – buying, consuming, propagating about, endorsing – products, brands and companies that care for the society and for the environment, and…
What do these diverse entities – PayPal, Capgemini, Cyient Foundation, Vanarai, NMDC, Amrita University – have in common? You guessed it. Yes, they have all issued press releases informing that they have planted s0-and-so number of saplings, and will keep doing so until such-and-such number is reached. Which begs the question: is that all there’s…
‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.’ ~ Leonardo Da Vinci …
