The CSR Journal
KPMG’s GRI certified training course
KPMG has announced “KPMG’s GRI G4 Certified Training Course” that will help participants to understand and coordinate the GRI Sustainability reporting process as well as link it to the Indian National Voluntary Guidelines for Business Responsibility Reports. The training course has been designed on global methodologies adapted to Indian needs.
Each attendee would be given a...
An Elephantine Crisis
Thousands of people marched in Africa and around the world a few weeks ago to pressure governments to do more to stop the poaching industry that many fear is driving rhinos and elephants to the brink of extinction. Elephants are often killed throughout Asia in retaliation for eating and damaging crops, and a bull’s...
Swach Himalayas!
Spiti, a remote valley tucked away in the Trans-Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh with a population of little over 11,000 inhabitants has been attracting a large number of tourists. The region has also seen the obvious negatives of tourism, such as an increase in garbage, especially from plastic water bottles. And this, even inspite of...
ICICI & RBI orgenises ‘Electronics Banking Awareness & Training’ Programme
Rourkela, Odisha: ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, in association with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) organised an Electronics Banking Awareness and Training ( e- BAAT) programme in the city. The programme aims to facilitate increased usage of electronic banking products and digital banking channels like internet and mobile banking by creating awareness among...
Tata Sustainability Group announces key appointments for ‘Tata STRIVE’
The Tata Sustainability Group today announced the appointment of Ms. Anita Rajan as the Chief Operating Officer to build out the group’s skill development initiative, Tata STRIVE.
Prior to this appointment, Ms. Rajan has been with Tata Consultancy Services for over 12 years. Ms. Rajan is an MBA graduate from Sydenham Institute of Management Studies,...
Shreshth Bharat; National Seminar on wp
Indian Social Responsibility Network (ISRN), a forum for Corporate Social Responsibility is organising a national seminar on wp for ‘Shreshth Bharat’ on 8th of October, 2014 at Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi to facilitate relationship building between Corporate, NGOs and community towards positive development.
The event will be inaugurated by Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State Commerce and Industry, Corporate Affairs and Finance as the chief guest and Shreepad Yesso Naik, Minister...
ASSOCHAM asks its members to build toilets under CSR
Rising up to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s game-changing programme for ensuring a clean India, apex industry body ASSOCHAM has asked its four lakh strong membership to join the Swachch Bharat initiative and will hold a series of programmes to involve profit making companies to spend on building and maintenance of toilets under their mandatory...
Environment conservation campaign in the tribal hamlets of Mumbai
Environment sustainability & Upliftment of tribals being one of the main objectives
Allcargo Logistics, through its in-house NGO Avashya Foundation has successfully executed phase II of environment conservation campaign in the tribal hamlets of Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Gorai village of Mumbai. Avashya Foundation in association with NGO Jaag, organized tree plantation, solar lamp...
Marches, Speeches and Promises
‘Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living, but you do not… The time to answer humankind’s greatest challenge is now. I beg of you to face it with courage and honesty.’ Leonardo DiCaprio, who has recently been made the UN Climate Change representative, made a strong plea to combat Climate...
Mining Must Carry Communities Along: Shaifalika Panda
THE mining sector has long been embattled by scams and negative publicity, but long before wp became mandatory, the much-maligned industry has been serving disadvantaged and marginalized groups, especially in mining intensive states like Odisha, says Shaifalika Panda, CEO of Bansidhar and Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF), the wp arm of mining major Indian Metals...
Stitching a Better Future
When Guddi Bai, is cutting the fabric to stitch it and create a garment, she is actually shaping her dream to create a better future. An underprivileged woman from Palki village near Nagda in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, feel self-confident when she earns Rs 500 per month to contribute her share to support...
Proving Their Metal: IMFA Award for Saura tribesman
‘SUPERHEROES need no muscles and metal parts… All they need is a heart!’ If Odisha-based mining major India Metals and Ferro Alloys (IMFA) needed to borrow a line from a Shah Rukh Khan potboiler, this would be it. IMFA’s wp arm, the Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF), has been focusing its wp energies on...