The CSR Journal

The Nasscom Foundation, at its flagship event, the CSR Leadership Conference (CLC), announced that the industry had widely accepted the 2% CSR rule with a trend of more companies coming out openly to declare 100%+ utilisation of their CSR money for 2016-17. This year the CLC went beyond discussing basic intervention areas, to talk about...

Any company in India with revenues more than Rs 1,000 crore has to compulsorily invest 2 percent of its profit on developmental activities, be it poverty eradication, gender, hunger or education. After trying to find loopholes in the law and figuring out ways of not ploughing...

Bengaluru recently witnessed its 10th Pride Parade ‘Namma Pride’, which literally translates to My Pride, on November 26th. Through this event, a crowd of 7000 people, predominantly coloured in rainbows, came onto the streets to profess their acceptance of people from the LGBTQIA community and to fight for their rights. With placards held high,...

According to The Least Developed Countries Report 2017, the world’s 47 least developed countries (LDCs) are falling far behind the rest of the developing world in terms of getting power to homes and businesses. While they have made great strides in recent years, achieving the global goal of universal access to energy by 2030...

For 109 weeks, a UN Champion of the Earth, Afroz Shah, had been cleaning an entire beach in one of the busiest cities in the country. Mumbai is one of the top five highest producers of garbage in the world. According to a Bloomberg report, Mumbai will get buried in its own trash in...

About 56% of India’s population had no access to basic sanitation needs in 2015, according to a report by WaterAid. India, the world's second-largest country by population, has the highest number of people without basic sanitation, according to a report. The report says despite immense progress through the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission, more than 732 million people still suffer...

WATCH Anshu Gupta, Founder of Goonj speak at this year's The CSR Journal Excellence Awards. “There is no lack of resources, good intention or people willing to do good work, in our country. We need to change our lenses and solve hardcore issues. Doing good is a collective responsibility.” - Anshu Gupta   About The CSR Journal Excellence...

WATCH Bhaskar Chatterjee, Former Director General & CEO, IICA speak at this year's The CSR Journal Excellence Awards.   About The CSR Journal Excellence Awards The CSR Journal Excellence Awards 2017 is institutionalised with an aim to recognise inspiring contributions made by India Inc., NGOs and Individuals under the umbrella of Corporate & Citizen Social Responsibility. Through this platform, we...

The government’s efforts to control air pollution got a shot in the arm with the installation of four Air Quality Monitors across four locations of Gurugram. Four Air Quality Monitors have been installed, which are equipped with highly advanced technology. The devices can measure PM 2.5 along with temperature, humidity on 24*7 bases and...

Watch Amit Upadhyay, Editor-in-Chief of The CSR Journal, speak at this year's The CSR Journal Excellence Awards. “The involvement in social responsibility has to go into the hearts of every Indian, each person living in India. Just bowing to our holy motherland in eternal devotion is no longer going to do the trick, what is required...

Watch Special Guest Shri Shri Kripashankar Singh Ji, Former Home Minister, Government of Maharashtra, speak at this year's The CSR Journal Excellence Awards. About The CSR Journal Excellence Awards The CSR Journal Excellence Awards 2017 is institutionalised with an aim to recognise inspiring contributions made by India Inc., NGOs and Individuals under the umbrella of Corporate & Citizen Social...

Watch Special Guest Shri Shri Sudhir Mungantiwar Ji, Minister of Finance & Planning and Forests departments, Government of Maharashtra, speak at this year's The CSR Journal Excellence Awards. “When we work for CSR, we are not working for anybody else. We are working For our own future. We all must do something that makes a difference...