The CSR Journal

SBI General is offering free Bisleri bottles to Mumbaikars to beat the heat in a mobile van travelling to all areas of the city. The company is especially thankful to unsung heroes… traffic police, constables, security guards, etc. who work in the heat every day by offering them free water. Meanwhile in cyclone-hit Odisha, SBI General is doing its part to...

tripXOXO is actively participating in promoting sustainable and responsible tourism. tripXOXO is a discovery and booking platform for things to do activities and experiences. It is the largest aggregator in India for tours and activities, currently curating over 100,000+ products. The concept of sustainable tourism is receiving popularity in recent times and tourists are driven...

By Mohana Nair, President, Ladies’ Wing of the IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Entrepreneurship needs a different mindset. It is much easier to work for a boss rather than to be the boss yourself. Women have a much more difficult task leading an enterprise than men do. Men are easily accepted as leaders, while women heading...

As per the baseline study for the Honeywell Safe Schools Program, 20% of parents surveyed fear eve teasing and 19% fear bullying as the greatest risk for their children. Adding to that, children today face multiple issues on a daily basis, be it exam pressure, peer pressure, depression, or other psychological and economic factors....

HCL Samuday, a project of HCL Foundation working towards creating a scalable and replicable development model for rural India has announced its partnership with Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, also known as Banas Dairy to ensure income augmentation of dairy farmers. The dairy intervention implemented by Samuday over the last two years,...

A 90-minute drive from Delhi lies Birondi Chakrasenpur village in Dadri block of Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar district. The government-run secondary school in the village is as plush as any private institution - its well-maintained classrooms bursting with students, a melange of colour on their walls, plenty of drinking water available, a clean...

Monitoring of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds will bring more accountability and transparency to the mandatory expenditure undertaken by India Inc. The projects implemented by companies under the existing CSR law are soon likely to be audited as part of the proposed monitoring. India Inc spends around Rs 15,000 crore under CSR programme annually. There...

Our planet is drowning in plastic. The devastating effect of plastic waste on our oceans is well known. However, there is a human element to the plastic crisis, which is rarely discussed.   Over three billion people live without formal waste management – that’s almost half the planet’s population. This has given rise to an...

Colgate India has received TRUE Zero Waste Platinum certification, for all its four manufacturing sites in India, from Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premier organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally. GBCI administers TRUE Zero Waste certification, a program for businesses to assess performance in reducing waste and maximizing resource...

As India votes for its next government, how is the Adani Group placed? Among the tailwinds working in the group’s favour is the perception that it is close to the Bharatiya Janata Party. But this has also resulted in chatter about political risk for the conglomerate. This perception is disputed by the company. “Our journey spanning...

Smartphones have revolutionized our daily lives. From instant messaging to global interaction at our fingertips, today’s communication is fast, efficient and low-cost. But how smart are our phones when it comes to the impact on the environment? Do you know what’s in your smartphone? There have been significant steps taken by big players in the technology...

Current discussions and debates on social issues related to race, caste, gender and religion in progressive circles have somehow managed to trickle into popular discourse. This means that even as many people are railing against the ‘revised’ norms of what is considered as decent, acceptable behaviour, they are being forced to adapt to this...