The CSR Journal

Nestlé volunteers worldwide participated in clean-up drives to celebrate World Oceans Day, on June 8, 2019. In India, around 2000 volunteers participated in this initiative which took place in towns near Nestlé India factory and branch locations. The volunteers included Nestlé India employees and their families, NGO partners, distribution partners, suppliers and officials. Commenting on...

By Annie Banerji, Thomson Reuters Foundation Organizers of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant came under fire on Thursday for selecting only fair-skinned women, with human rights campaigners saying the contest highlighted the nation's failure to respect women from all walks of life. The Times of India newspaper, which belongs to the group that organises the annual...

Canada is committing $330 million to women’s rights organizations and gender equality in Canada and across the globe, making the country the top investor in women’s rights organizations in the world. Maryam Monsef, minister of international development and minister for women and gender equality, announced the initiative, called the Equality Fund, on Sunday ahead of...

In 2013, Sumeet Mohanty, a biochemical engineer from IIT Kharagpur, had taken a trip to a small village in Jharkhand. He was troubled to learn that three children from the village had died on consuming water from a nearby lake that lacked adequate sewage treatment facilities. The incident inspired him to look for a solution...

According to various reports, the United Kingdom now has more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations than it does gas (or shall we say petrol, or filling) stations, boasting 8,646 EV charging locations compared with 8,400 gas stations and reflecting a growing EV footprint in the U.K. The data revealing this milestone comes from Zap Map, an...

Part of the larger theme of #RiseAgainstClimateChange, the Mahindra Group's new initiative aims to motivate citizens to plant a tree to celebrate the joyous milestones in their lives. Alternately, individuals who are not able to do so, can simply like, share or comment on #CelebrateDifferently and Mahindra will plant a tree on their behalf...

Coca-Cola India Foundation, Anandana, has announced the establishment of integrated waste management infrastructure along with SAAHAS, CHINTAN and HASIRU DALA, which also includes setting up of Material Recovery and Segregation Facilities (MRFs). The partnerships will also drive social initiatives such as the inclusion of informal waste sector into a formal one, raising awareness of...

Ambuja Cement Foundation and AU Small Finance Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a Skill Training Institute by the name of ‘AU Skills Academy’ in Jaipur district. This partnership aims at empowering the youth between the age of 18 and 35 years by helping them gain employment and entrepreneurship opportunities through...

Dolphins are an indicator species of healthy river systems. India is one of the few countries in the world that has two fresh water dolphin species - the Gangetic River Dolphin and the Indus River Dolphin, sub-species of South Asian River Dolphin. The latter is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation...

By Gabriel Piccillo & Mark Thomas Patterson On April 23rd, 2019, the Charge d’Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Karen Decker, hosted more than 120 Afghan youth leaders at the ‘Youth and Peace’ Roundtable conference convened by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Attendees came from various backgrounds including academia, civil society,...

Liferay’s latest effort to create a fair and equitable society is being practised through its Employee Volunteer Program (EVP) by which Liferay India has built a sensory playscape for visually impaired children. The leadership at Liferay understands true progress in society is possible only when its neediest members are cared for. This is why...

LANXESS India Private Limited has 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 in Thane has been set up in association with BASIX Academy for Building Lifelong Employability Limited (B-ABLE) who is...