The CSR Journal

IKEA, the world’s leading multichannel home furnishings retailer has unveiled a new limited-edition collection named HANTVERK, meaning ‘handicraft’ in Swedish. HANTVERK consists of cushion covers, throws, baskets, bowls, vases and more, all in natural sustainable materials like banana fibre, handmade paper, ceramic and cotton. For this, IKEA collaborated with various social enterprises based in India, Thailand...

LANXESS India Private Limited established a skill development centre in Thane as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility programme to provide training to aspiring candidates looking for suitable employability. The LANXESS  B-ABLE SKILL CENTRE was set up in association with BASIX Academy for Building Lifelong Employability Limited (B-Able) who is the implementation partner for...

Global social impact enterprise The World We Want (WWW) and the global business intelligence initiative part of The Times Group, Times Strategic Solutions Limited, have announced the inaugural The Economic Times SDGs Impact Summit. Convening over 500 global delegates across government, media, activists, celebrities, industry leaders, civil society, NGOs, young advocates, corporates and the private...

APL Apollo launched its Steel for Green initiative at the ITC Grand Bharat in Gururgam. The Steel for Green initiative signals a major move towards environmental consciousness and sustainability. Which is why the event saw participation from APL Apollo’s dealers across the country along with company employees across the organizational hierarchy. The Chief Guests at...

The latest figures of destitute cows across the state have become a big concern for the government which is focusing on the construction of Gaushalas. There are 10 lakh destitute cows across the state and there is no one to take care of them. It would take 5 years to the government to construct...

Ingersoll Rand India, as part of its community relations initiative, has joined hands with Smile Foundation to facilitate healthcare services for economically disadvantaged people in Naroda and neighbouring areas in Ahmedabad. Ingersoll Rand is supporting the ‘Smile on Wheels’ initiative that targets mobile healthcare vans to deliver professional healthcare services at the doorsteps of 4...

Italy will next year become the world’s first country to make it compulsory for schoolchildren to study climate change and sustainable development, Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti said. Fioramonti, from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, is the government’s most vocal supporter of green policies and was criticised by the opposition in September for encouraging students to skip...

Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg has turned down a major environmental prize. "It is a huge honor," Thunberg said of the Nordic Council Environment Prize. "But the climate movement does not need any more awards. What we need is for our politicians and the people in power to start listening to the current, best available...

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presented Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards to selected companies. The President conferred national awards to winning companies in two categories namely, “Corporate Award for Excellence in CSR” and “Contribution of CSR in Challenging Circumstances”. In his address, President Kovind stated that CSR has now become an integral part of business...

रात 2 बजे की वारदात, वडाला टीटी इलाके में कानून के रखवाले ही कानून की धज्जियां उड़ा रहे थे, पुलिस वाले रखवाले होने के बजाय भक्षक बन रहे थे, विजय सिंह पुलिस हिरासत में था और वो तिल तिल मर रहा था लेकिन पुलिस वाले उसकी जान बचाने के बजाय बेबस और मासूम को...

ITM Institute of Hotel Management at both their campus i.e. Navi Mumbai and Mumbai campus celebrated International Chef’s Day and World Food Day by preparing and serving food along with acclaimed Chefs from the Industry to the children from Premdan orphanage, Kharghar, St. Catherine Orphan Home, Spark-A-Change Foundation, and Schools on Wheels, Mumbai. The students...

In a bid to combat the menace of environmental pollution, Droom, India’s largest and pioneering online automobile transactional marketplace, introduced its ‘Droom Bindaas Ghoom Let’s Go Green’ campaign. This is one of the several thoughtful initiatives undertaken by the company to contribute to society, and falls completely in line with the government’s vision of...