The CSR Journal

IN the throes of a worldwide recession in 2008, when investors had limited reliable fixed income investment options, and fewer still that specifically supported environment-friendly projects, the World Bank Treasury issued its first green bond. Green bonds, an increasingly popular source of finance worldwide, are fixed income, liquid financial instruments that are exclusively used...

NEW DELHI: In a day replete with goodwill symbolism, climate change became one of the key focus areas as US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi emerged from their first bilateral meet in New Delhi. Addressing the news media, both the leaders said they had worked on a series of...

Conservation of national sanitation is Swaraj work and it may not be postponed for a single day on any consideration whatsoever

This week, I had the unique opportunity to listen to Kim Jordan, CEO and co-founder of New Belgium Company, makers of Fat Tire and several other outstanding craft beer brands. Kim spoke at Arizona State University’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. New Belgium is among the most socially responsible beer manufacturers worldwide...

The practice of corporate sustainability is moving beyond ad hoc, opportunistic efforts to embrace a more holistic, strategic approach that pursues transformational goals, frequently through partnerships that engage multiple entities, including competitors, suppliers, governments, and NGOs. So says a new global study by MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR), The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)...

Since large scale awareness is essential to prevent TB, who better than the megastar Amitabh Bachchan to command the attention of the common man and create awareness on the subject. In this Campaign video, Mr. Bachchan talks of early diagnosis and cure – a vital message delivered effortlessly and effectively with the power to...

One out of every two people practicing open defecation globally lives in India. In fact, India has more than double the number of people practicing open defecation (OD) than the next 18 countries combined. The practice negatively affects health and is a leading cause of diarrhea, which kills 300,000 children each year in India,...

WOCKHARDT Foundation reached a milestone achievement of adding the 100^thMobile 1000 health van, to its rapidly expanding healthcare services. The latest van will ply in Vaijapur village in Aurangabad. Launched in 2007, Wockhardt Foundation’s ISO 9001:2008 approved Mobile 1000 programme has been successfully administering high quality, free, primary healthcare services to growing number...

A few years ago, a teacher told me an interesting story about an 8th class student. She narrated how this student thought that humans lived inside the earth and if a rocket were to be launched, the earth would part and the rocket would leave for the sky. The same teacher then went on...

New Delhi: Aiming to identify Olympics medal winners in Athletics, GAIL (India) Limited has launched the first edition of India’s most ambitious sports talent hunt, “GAIL:The Fastest Indian”, in association with Spoment. Legendary athlete ‘Padmashree’ Milkha Singh, himself, is the mentor of the talent hunt, which will identify, groom and develop champions keeping in mind...

The Mumbai Traffic Police, in association with RADHEE Disaster and Education Foundation and Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd has started an initiative “Give Way for Ambulance” to generate awareness among people. The event was addressed by Joint Commissioner of Police Traffic – Dr. B. K. Upadhyay, Additional Commissioner of Police Traffic – Mr. Quaiser Khalid, Founder...

UWC International Patron, Shelby M.C. Davis and Anand Mahindra, Governor of UWC Mahindra College and Chairman of India’s Mahindra Group, has announced that together they will provide major new support for the UWC movement. Jointly, they are committing a total of US$12.5 million scholarship funding over the next five years. Shelby Davis and Anand Mahindra...