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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The mystery that is social entrepreneurship

The mystery that is social entrepreneurship

Sep 12, 2018

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

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CSR: Responsibility towards society or government?

CSR: Responsibility towards society or government?

Jul 22, 2018

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

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CSR of healthcare companies: Health(care) is wealth

CSR of healthcare companies: Health(care) is wealth

Jul 17, 2018

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

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Corporate woes: CSR challenges and complications

Corporate woes: CSR challenges and complications

May 16, 2018

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

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CSR in India: Much ado about nothing?

CSR in India: Much ado about nothing?

May 8, 2018

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

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Saving women, empowering no one

Saving women, empowering no one

Mar 14, 2018

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

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