The CSR Journal

Demonstrating its commitment towards gender diversity in the workforce, Runaya Group, one of the leading & fast-growing manufacturing start-ups by the second-generation entrepreneurs from Vedanta, today announced reaching a milestone of having 60% women as its direct workforce and on-boarding 2% employees from the transgender community as a mark to celebrate the Pride Month, and strengthen and...

SBI General, one of India's leading general insurance company, announced its 3rd ‘Crop Insurance Week’ awareness campaign. The company will conduct various activities, workshops, and training programs for farmers, supported by Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Under this campaign, SBI General will initiate awareness activities across the country in the States of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand,...

Keeping its spot in the 500 Crore CSR club, HDFC Bank, one of the highest CSR spenders in India spent Rs. 736 Crores towards their Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. According to its annual report, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank has aligned its efforts towards a ‘people-centric’ recovery through multi-dimensional interventions...

When consumers consider purchasing whole life insurance, the cost is often a big impediment. However, as more firms enter the life insurance industry, most service providers have begun pricing their products competitively. A life insurance plan premium is a payment made to the insurance company by the policyholder in return for the protection of their...

As part of its efforts to combat global warming and prevent single-use plastics from having a negative impact on the environment, India will outlaw their usage as of July 1. Beginning July 1, some single-use plastic products with limited utility and a high potential for littering will no longer be produced, imported, stored, distributed, sold,...

Aster Innovation and Research Centre, the innovation hub of Aster DM Healthcare, has joined with Intel Corporation, and CARPL to announce a state-of-the-art ‘Secure Federated Learning Platform.’ This collaboration will enable the development of AI-enabled health tech solutions where data can securely reside where it is generated. The collaboration will boost innovation in areas...

AU Small Finance Bank, under its CSR project ‘Bano Champion,’ organized a 5-day training program at Jaipur for sports coaches from rural and semi-urban areas of Rajasthan. Incepted in 30 locations across Rajasthan in October 2021, the project has touched base upon 30 new locations with over 6000 students enrolled under 60 professionally trained...

As India moves to include most of it population under the purview of formal banking systems, it is important to ensure that most of its population have financial literacy. This is essential to build trust among people towards the banking systems and to enable them manage their finances efficiently. India is home to almost one-fifth...

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance is committed to integrating sustainability with their business processes and as a way of doing business. In this context, they adopted the ESG framework in 2020 and their ESG initiatives are monitored at the highest level by the Sustainability Steering Committee comprising members of the Management Committee. The company believes...

Chiripal Group, as a part of its environment friendly commitment started a campaign with Radio Mirchi to enhance green cover of Ahmedabad. This initiative is called “Chiripal Mirchi Green Yodha”. This was unveiled on World Environment Day. As a part of this initiative, an ambitious target was set to plant 50000 trees in Ahmedabad. This drive...

ACC Ltd., one of India’s leading and most sustainable cement makers, has adopted an advance technological approach to control carbon emissions. And this has revolutionised the manner in which the company monitors and curbs its carbon emissions. The company has installed advanced primary and secondary abatement measures in addition to regular maintenance of equipment at...

In a huge setback to human rights, the Supreme Court of the United States of America overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established constitutional right to an abortion. This has made the US, one of the few dozen countries to have severe restrictions on the termination of pregnancy. The apex court of...