Leaders Speak

With an aim to build a sustainable ecosystem and actively contribute to the Social, Economic, and Environmental Development of the communities in which it operates, the Embassy Group has been focusing its CSR initiatives in addressing the education and healthcare challenges in collaboration with the government. The group has been pioneering in collective CSR...

भारत में दानवीरों की कोई कमी नहीं है। चाहे वह कॉरपोरेट सोशल रिस्पांसिबिलिटी के जरिए कॉर्पोरेट दान दें। या फिर या फिर एक आम इंसान दान दे।  फंड रेजिंग के जरिए केटो ऑर्गेनाइजेशन ने करोड़ों लोगों की जिंदगियों में बदलाव ला चुका है। Ketto Organization के फाउंडर और सीईओ वरुण शेठ से बातचीत करते...

डाबर इंडिया लिमिटेड भारत में FMCG क्षेत्र में चौथी सबसे बड़ी कंपनी है। 1884 में कोलकाता में बर्मन परिवार ने जब एक छोटी आयुर्वेदिक दवा कंपनी के रूप में शुरुआत की थी तो 136 साल बाद यह नंबर वन कंपनी बन जाएगी किसी ने सोचा नहीं होगा। आयुर्वेदिक व नैचरल हेल्थ केयर क्षेत्र में...

The UNDP Accelerator Lab in India is part of the world’s largest and fastest learning network working with development challenges. Globally it was launched in 2019 by the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany. The network taps into local innovations to create actionable insights...

As a global leader in the food and agriculture sectors, Cargill CSR plays a critical role in food security. Cargill and its Animal Nutrition business have set a wide range of sustainability goals. These include reduced emissions from manufacturing plants, incorporating new, to eco-friendly ways to generate energy. This global food corporation has also...

If necessity is the mother of invention, adversity is the mother of empathy. Shantilal Muttha was a little village boy who went on to become an entrepreneur, and then an agent of social change. Despite an impoverished childhood and adversity early in his own life, he has brought light into the lives of the...

The unprecedented situations arising from COVID-19 require a new roadmap for recovery. The economy of India – and most of the world, for that matter – is in shambles. While businesses work towards regenerating the economy, corporate social responsibility and development initiatives have to rethink how they will uplift the most vulnerable sections of...

Together, we can surmount any crisis – including a global pandemic. This is the underlying message of nonprofit organization Population Foundation of India’s new campaign that is trying to put some cheer back in people’s lives. The CSR Journal spoke to Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India (PFI) and two-time National Award-winning filmmaker...

Upasana Kamineni Konidela is Vice-Chairperson CSR of Apollo Foundation. She is a next-gen entrepreneur from the Apollo Hospitals Family who believes in creating socialistic sustainable businesses that create a meaningful impact and also give back to society as a whole. The Apollo Hospitals Group spearheads many breakthroughs first-of-its-kind initiatives in healing India; two of which...

29 अगस्त यानी कि नेशनल स्पोर्ट्स डे। ये बेहद खास दिन होता है और इसी दिन मशहूर हॉकी प्लेयर मेजर ध्यानचंद जी की जयंती मनाई जाती है। इसी के उपलक्ष में पूरे देश भर में राष्ट्रीय खेल दिवस मनाया जाता है। इस अवसर को The CSR Journal भी मना रहा है। इसके लिए हमारे...

Lisa Heydlauff came from the UK two decades ago and fell so in love with India that she decided to stay back. Since then, the multi-award-winning educator has spent many years innovating tools for young Indians, whether it’s offline through graphic novels in 1,000 government secondary schools in Bihar, or online through the newly...

NMDC is India's largest iron ore public sector enterprise. It has been one of the biggest CSR spenders among CPSEs, with a spend of Rs. 199.99 crores in 2019-20. Being a responsible Corporate Citizen, the Company (which stands for National Mineral Development Corporation), made a large donation of Rs. 155 crores for COVID-19 relief...