Profit fluctuations should not impact social commitments: Kazutada Kobayashi
In a cutthroat business environment, when the going is tough, demands are seeing a slump, and sales across product segments are sagging, it is a rarity to see the chief executive officer of a company talking about the significance of their social investments,
Conversations around CSR: End goal is to bring about sustainable change and curtail dependence
The ‘Conversations around CSR’ continue with Urja Shah, president, Setco Foundation. Keeping in view the areas mandated as part of CSR, how does it impact your organisation’s focus and investment? Setco Foundation was set up in May 2007 to implement the corporate social
Conversations around CSR: The whole ecosystem has to be in sync
As part of the ‘Conversations around CSR’ series, we have here Indira Varadarajan, executive director, SNSF Foundation. Keeping in view the areas mandated as part of CSR, how does it impact your organisation’s focus and investment? One great thing about our funding corporate
Traditional communities can drive change: Safeena Hussain
The dynamics of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the country are changing – the unfocused charities are becoming ‘seed funds’ for practical social programmes, social organisations are conceptualising scalable development programmes, and then there is this new law. With the objective of gaining
CSR: An independent state for corporate groups, please…
Hong Kong is an international financial centre that has the world’s 6th highest GDP per capita, supporting 33 per cent of the foreign capital flows into China. In size, it is a mere 1,104 km ², which is less than 1/100th of 114,840
Future Trends in CSR: The Next 10 Years – PART 2
Looking to the future, what is needed – and what is just starting to emerge – is a new approach to CSR, which I call Systemic CSR, or CSR 2.0. This is a purpose-driven, principle-based approach, in which business seeks to identify and
Future Trends in CSR – The Next 10 Years
Looking to the future, what is needed – and what is just starting to emerge – is a new approach to CSR, which I call Systemic CSR, or CSR 2.0. This is a purpose-driven, principle-based approach, in which business seeks to identify and
Are We ‘Chasing Our Own Tail’ on the Circular Economy?
Wow. What a seminal year for CSR and sustainable development it has been, for bad as well as good! The corporate scandals came thick and fast – ranging from News Corporation hacking the phones of victims of serious crime through to Barclays manipulating
Practising social responsibility without the CSR label
SMEs face many barriers in adopting sustainable business practices but with a little creativity, collaboration and help from government, things could change Mexico’s small and medium sized enterprises account for more than 99% of the four million businesses in the country, generate 52%
Religious structures: Free to be anywhere
The Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has declared that giving ‘legal sanction’ to all religious structures in Delhi is ‘part of our community service’. Temples, mosques, gurdwaras and other places of worship built prior to 2007 and are on land that is