The CSR Journal

An in-house feasibility study by CreditAccess Grameen team found that lack of hygiene practices and proper sanitation facilities were the main reasons behind poor health conditions in rural areas. To counteract the issue, the company had pioneered a three pronged strategy that included creating awareness, imparting training on various aspects of sanitation and providing...

EY Foundation (EYF) through its partnership with Action for Social Advancement (ASA), a not-for-profit organization, has joined hands with the Jharkhand State Livelihoods Promotion Society (JSLPS) and Department of Rural Development of Jharkhand to work towards advancing the growth of women Self- Help Groups (SHGs) in the state. Jharkhand has been recognized as India’s second...

Unilever’s personal care brand, Dove and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have partnered to help 10 million young people across India, Brazil and Indonesia gain better self-esteem and body confidence by 2022. The partnership announced at the Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver will see Dove and UNICEF integrate modules from the Dove Self-Esteem...

In 2018, Adidas created a global movement with Run for the Oceans, uniting nearly one million runners from around the world to help spread awareness and transform ocean plastic pollution into high-performance sportswear, raising $1 million to educate the youth on the problem of marine plastic pollution with Parley for the Oceans. The money raised...

HCL Foundation, under their Urban CSR Program ‘HCL Uday’, announced the launch of Discovery Science Centre in Lucknow. The Discovery Science Centre is a space for students to creatively learn, experience and understand various scientific concepts through experiential learning method. The set-up of the Science Centre is such that it provides students an opportunity to...

To strengthen their commitment to support early-stage education to the girl child, 3M India has come up with a unique program in partnership with the K C Mahindra Education Trust and Reliance Smart stores. The programme, called “From You to Her”, is all about a child in a Metro city wishing a Nanhi Kali...

Kenya’s banking industry invested 2.1 billion shillings ($19 million) in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in 2018 and approximately 6.7 billion shillings ($59 million) over the past three years, according to the 2019 Kenya Banking Industry shared value report released on Thursday by the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA).Education ranks first as the top social investment...

Karma Group Chairman and Founder John Spence awarded the Preverger Penguin Prize Scholarship to several talented students from Christel House India in Bengaluru. Karma Group is known for its commitment to making a difference to the society at large and has been supporting this organisation since its inception. Christel House India was founded in 2001, and since...

The new Director General of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) will be elected at the United Nations in a few days’ time. The Slow Food International Council, which has just held its annual meeting in Chiusi (Italy) to draw up its political strategies for the years to come, hopes that the new appointment will clearly...

As overflowing landfills and waste-ridden seas dominate the headlines, advocates continue to call on companies to embrace a circular economy, in which materials are infinitely reused and nothing becomes waste. Tupperware Brands is among those answering the call. Earlier this month, the direct sales company rolled out a vision to leverage its people and products to push the circular economy forward—which it fittingly dubbed No Time...

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL) is joining a unique and pioneering industry-led platform, ‘Circular Apparel Innovation Factory’ (CAIF) in collaboration with Intellecap. CAIF is India’s first industry-led platform, aiming to build a circular apparel and textile industry in India. Its mission is to search, seed, support, and scale circular textile and apparel innovations in India by building...

UltraTech Cement Limited is aiming to increase contribution of green energy to 25% of its total power consumption by 2021. This increase is more than double the current contribution of 10% of green energy to total energy consumption by the Company. The increase in green energy contribution comes in the wake of UltraTech’s commitment to increase contribution...