The CSR Journal

On 23rd March 2019, IIFL organized “Rangon Ka Milan” Drawing and Slogan contest which was conducted in more than 1,240 IIFL branches in a single day in over 700 cities and towns across the country. The topics were “A Healthy India”, “Educated Girl Child” and “Water Conservation” and more than 39,200 citizens across age-groups participated in the contest. It not only tested and rewarded their...

As per a report from WHO, about 285 million people are visually impaired worldwide. Census data indicates India being home to the world’s largest visually impaired population. Building on the premise that education is a fundamental human right but access to quality education is relatively low for the vision impaired, Omega Healthcare has collaborated with...

This week saw the second annual gathering of leading business leaders, policy makers, academics and artists at the Xynteo Exchange/India2022 hosted at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai. India2022 is a purpose-driven global business coalition committed to creating a new model of growth in India by 2022, the 75th year of India’s independence. The event showcased a...

Times Bridge, the global investments and partnerships arm of The Times Group of India, announced a strategic partnership with Malaria No More, a leading, global non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure no one dies from a mosquito bite. This partnership with Times Bridge will build on Malaria No More's recent momentum in support...

Lack of skills to secure a good job is one of the biggest barriers to economic opportunity. Every year thousands of fresh graduates look for employment in the financial sector but there is often a disconnect between educational achievements and practical requirements. It is, therefore, important to bridge the gap between employee skills and...

Aimed at bringing alive the nuances of the communications industry, the new chapter of Canon India's CSR initiative 'Learning Beyond Books’ will be focused on encouraging children to explore career opportunities in the media & communications industry. The first phase of the campaign commenced today as Canon partnered with RED FM and facilitated an engaging...

Research collective Synflux has developed a system of digitised couture that reduces the amount of fabric needed to make clothes by creating garments that exactly fit the wearer's body. Called Algorithimic Couture, the project was presented at Design Indaba last month and involves 3D-scanning a body to determine its exact proportions, which are used to...

By Jonny McCaig, Global Reporting Director at Unilever As we put the finishing touches to our latest Sustainable Living Report (released in early April), it’s a good time to reflect on the bigger picture – the current and possible future state of reporting. Far from a being peripheral communications activity, reporting has cemented itself as a central...

SBI Card, one of India’s largest credit card issuers, has collaborated with CanKids…KidsCan, a not for profit organisation, to support children fighting with cancer. The company’s support will enable the NGO to increase its ambit of ‘Change for Childhood Cancer in India’ initiative to reach out to more children for holistic cancer care support. The...

Save the Children, in partnership with NOKIA Solutions India Pvt. Ltd, has benefitted over 6 lakh people, including 2.5 lakh children through their ‘Building Resilience of Children and their Communities’ project. The 3-level integrated intervention of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Child Sensitive Social Protection (CSSP) and Information Technology, across 350 villages, capacitated communities affected...

Since receiving its first patient a year ago, Balco Medical Centre (BMC), a subsidiary of Vedanta Medical Research Foundation, has travelled a long way in serving the people of Chhattisgarh by making world-class treatment of cancer an affordable and attainable proposition. As the first super-specialty hospital with the capability to treat cancer, Balco Medical...

Dasra, a strategic philanthropy foundation, emphasized on the adoption of a ‘Field Approach’ to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for India at Dasra Philanthropy Week 2019, which was held in Mumbai and Delhi earlier this month. Key thought leaders and sector experts such as Rohini Nilekani (Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies), Francine Pickup (UNDP), Rukmini Banerji (Pratham)...