The path less taken: Alternative education in India

The path less taken: Alternative education in India

Feb 18, 2019

‘Our education system is broken’ is a refrain heard nearly everywhere. But unlike other throwaway observations, this one has more than a kernel of truth in it. That our system is only capable of mass-producing identical worker bees with little creativity or originality

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Namami Gange: Holy river, unholy practices

Namami Gange: Holy river, unholy practices

Feb 17, 2019

The Clean Ganga or Namami Gange programme is, as the name suggests, a massive, central government-led initiative for the holiest of all holy rivers in India. One of the flagship programmes of the BJP government (even if it’s a continuation of previous efforts),

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Individual social responsibility: Changing the world, one sustainable act at a time

Individual social responsibility: Changing the world, one sustainable act at a time

Jan 9, 2019

That climate change and pollution are two of the biggest problems afflicting the planet are indisputable facts. Also undeniable is the critical role of governments, corporations, civil society and institutions in combating their worst effects. If there has to be some hope for

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Volunteer for a cause”and employee goodwill

Volunteer for a cause”and employee goodwill

Dec 18, 2018

Companies covered GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) | Hero MotoCorp  | ICICI Lombard | IndiGo | Microsoft | NetApp | PwC | SAP For CSR, there’s no dearth of causes or the kind of forms that it can take. The most popular (and hands-off) approach remains

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The art of evasion: Corporate India and MeToo

The art of evasion: Corporate India and MeToo

Dec 17, 2018

MeToo in India is just about a year old. While plenty of brave survivors of rape, assault and sexual harassment have been speaking out against their perpetrators even before feminism became a term, the MeToo movement’s place in the annals of feminist history

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Three years since Paris: India’s progress, missteps, and way ahead

Three years since Paris: India’s progress, missteps, and way ahead

Dec 8, 2018

The COP24 (Conference of the Parties) will take place in Katowice, Poland, on 3″18 December 2018. This is the United Nations climate-change conference that involves almost every country in the world. The COP is the main decision-making body of the United Nations Framework

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The Maharashtra plastic ban – why it exists and how it can work

The Maharashtra plastic ban – why it exists and how it can work

Oct 18, 2018

2018 is turning out to be a watershed year for plastic, or rather, the demonisation of plastic. From Starbucks’ announcement that it is phasing out plastic cups from its stores to the slew of pledges from multiple Indian companies to reduce plastic use,

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Sexual harassment at workplaces in India: Separating myths from facts

Sexual harassment at workplaces in India: Separating myths from facts

Sep 23, 2018

In this second part of CB’s deep dive into sexual harassment at workplaces, we try to dispel some myths and look at some studies on how corporate India is dealing (or not) with this problem. CB had reached out to over 50 large

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Sexual harassment at workplaces in India: Time’s not up yet

Sexual harassment at workplaces in India: Time’s not up yet

Sep 18, 2018

If 2017 will be remembered for anything, it won’t be GST, the cartoonish villain that is Trump, or the bluster of North Korea, it will be an innocuous little hashtag that blossomed into a full-fledged movement: #MeToo. While the far-reaching effects of this

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How the world’s best does Green (and so should India)

How the world’s best does Green (and so should India)

Sep 17, 2018

  Companies covered Cisco | Natura Cosmeticos | Neste Corporation | Societe Generale | Toyota Continuing with our curiosity about the Paris accord, team CB wanted to understand how some of the world’s most green and sustainable companies are responding to climate change.

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