The CSR Journal

Amid concerns in various quarters, industry body CII plans to approach the government seeking reconsideration of penal provisions with respect to non-compliance with CSR spending norms under the companies law. Industry grouping Ficci on Friday said the changes would only encourage tick-box compliance. With the latest amendments to the companies law, there would be...

To contribute towards the Indian Army, a blood donation camp ‘7th Shaurya blood connect’ was organized by ‘I am still Human’ NGO at Ramjas College, Delhi University. The 7th edition of this campaign was a huge success and saw active participation from Indian Army veterans, students, professors, faculty and management of the College. The...

The amendment to the Companies Act, introducing harsh penalties including jail term for non-compliance on CSR (corporate social responsibility), comes at a time when firms have been successively improving their record on the front. Data sourced from Prime Database (a leading provider of data on capital market), shows that in the last five years,...

Delhi-NCR region has become highly populated with a fast-shrinking green cover and increasing air pollution. More than 200 followers of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, concerned with the alarming situation, took matters into their own hands. They conducted a massive seed-ball plantation drive, dispersing more than one lakh seed balls in Delhi’s forest areas. People from different...

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar presided over The CSR Journal Excellence Awards on July 22 in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In his speech, he spoke passionately about the importance of corporate India investing in agriculture for India to become a global superpower. Shri Tomar is the Hon’ble Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Minister...

Underlining its aim to empower orphaned and vulnerable children to reach their full potential Miracle Foundation India, a fully-licensed Section 25 non-profit organization, conducted their first-ever Children’s Youth Ambassador’s Workshop, ‘Meeting of the Champions’. The initiative took place from 27th to 29th of July, 2019 at Mumbai’s Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini Center. Miracle Foundation India had received a total of 78...

The role of CSR is important, especially in the developing countries around the world, said Shri. G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, at The CSR Journal Excellence Awards held in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on July 22, 2019. India mandated CSR in 2014, and since then the area has seen enormous...

Rise Against Hunger India (RAHI), today unveiled their Hunger Education Module at Pragnya Bodhini in Mumbai. As part of its initiative, to make the UN Sustainable Development Goal – Zero Hunger by 2030, a reality, RAHI organized the curtain-raiser highlighting issues pertaining to hunger, wastage of food, healthy diet and healthy living and the...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said government has de-registered 4 lakh shell companies as the Lok Sabha approved a bill seeking to tighten Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) norms and ensuring stricter action for non-compliance of the company law regulations. Piloting the Companies Amendment Bill 2019, the minister said companies not spending the mandatory 2% profit on...

Toyota Kirloskar Motor’s CSR case study titled “Toyota Kirloskar Motors: Evaluating A CSR Project” and authored by Prof. Utkarsh Majumdar and Namrata Rana on the unique CSR initiative, Project ABCD (A Behavioral Change through Demonstration), has been accepted for publication by the prestigious Ivey Publishing and is made available on Harvard Business Review...

Shein, a leading online e-commerce fast fashion brand joins hands with Make a Wish Foundation, an NGO that grants wishes of children with life threatening diseases, to make their wishes come true and dress in their best. Life is the most unpredictable journey and Shein feels honored in making sure that they fulfill wishes to...

SBI Life Insurance, under its CSR initiative, extended its support towards holistic development of the underprivileged sections of the society by joining hands with NGOs like; ‘Samarth Bharat Vyaspeeth’ and ‘Shri Akkalkotswami Seva Mandal’. Through this collaboration, the company will provide financial assistance to set up an ‘On-Grid Solar System’ at Shri Akkalkotswami Seva Mandal...