Category : Feature Point

When this author was young(er), one of the many mistakes she made was to get an MBA degree. However, one of the few good decisions while getting that degree was to opt for the social entrepreneurship course in her second year. The teacher

Last month, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about including contribution from businesses to the chief minister’s relief fund (CMRF) as money spent on CSR activities. Currently the 2013 CSR Act only considers donations to the Prime

Companies covered:  Apollo Hospitals | Cipla | Dr Reddy’s Laboratories | Fortis | ICICI Lombard | Max India | Piramal Healthcare | Sun Pharma | Wockhardt Here, we take a look at the CSR strategies and activities embraced by some of the country’s

With inputs from: Yes Bank | Hero MotoCorp | HCL | Godrej | Toyota | JK Tyre With CSR rapidly gaining social and economic currency, so much so that it was made mandatory by the government (through the CSR Act of 2013), companies

As any CauseBecause (CB) reader would know, we have been publishing a series of write-ups on CSR activities of the major industries in the country. The idea was to take a closer look at some of the big names in these sectors and

During my time covering CSR across organisations of all types and hues, I have learnt two things: 1) keep your expectations low when fielding questions to them, and 2) everyone wants to ’empower’ women. The latter has, over the past many years, become

Real estate, being the second largest employer after agriculture, is one of the biggest and most vital sectors in India. It is one of the key drivers of economic growth – the housing sector alone contributes five to six per cent to the

The Paris climate accord or climate agreement, which came out of the 21st Conference of the Parties (or COP 21, as it’s commonly known) in Paris 2015, recently made headlines thanks to America (and Trump) pulling out of it. The agreement was signed

In this CauseBecause series, we look at industry-wise CSR work done by major companies in India. Here, it’s the turn of fashion and lifestyle retail brands. In India this sector was estimated at Rs 221,000 crore last year – it is expected to

There is perhaps no industry that is immune to the charms and seductions of an award. Ranging from the prestigious ones like the Nobel prizes for real, transformative achievements, to glitzy ones like the Oscars, there are awards ‘honouring’ companies of every possible