The CSR Journal

Foreign investors who are members of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) have invested in excess of Rs20 billion during the past 12 months in the socio economic development activities in Pakistan. Giving details, OICCI President Irfan Wahab Khan informed that “the OICCI CSR Report 2018 has been issued highlighting extensive financial...

Amway India celebrated the 210th birth anniversary of Louis Braille with its 11 NGO partners for the eleventh consecutive year by organizing myriad initiatives. In Gurugram, the company inaugurated the refurbished computer training centre for the visually impaired by upgrading the equipment and accessories and provided braille books for the school library to further...

AkzoNobel, a leading global Paint and Coating company has announced their India partnership with SOS Children’s Villages of India. The collaboration aims to uplift the lives of young people under the care of SOS Children’s Villages of India through “Let’s Colour” program, run under the company's flagship Dulux brand. The initiative is designed to...

Since 2014, as many as 18,398 companies did not spend a single penny on allocating mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds while as many as 13,987 companies spent less than the prescribed CSR amount during the same period. However, the Registrar of Companies (RoC), working under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), has...

The cause of children has found its voice through the luminaries in the badminton field. Child Rights and You (CRY) with Premier Badminton league organized an event  for 50 underprivileged children from their project areas. The children not only got an opportunity to meet the players but also engage in friendly games with some...

Industry chamber Ficci recommended the government to cut corporate tax rate across the board to 25% irrespective of turnover in the forthcoming Budget to spur economic growth and increase overall tax collections. The chamber has also suggested revision in the tax slabs for the individual taxpayers with the top 30% rate to be applied beyond...

HDFC Bank has announced the completion of its 12th national Blood Donation Drive and the successful collection of over 1 million units of blood over a period of 12 years. This year the initiative saw the participation from people between the age groups of 18-65 donated blood at nearly 4,000 Blood donation camps set up...

Ford Motor Company has announced that it has achieved the company’s manufacturing emissions reduction goal eight years ahead of schedule. In 2010, Ford’s Environmental Quality Office announced a goal – to reduce the company’s carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30 per cent per vehicle produced by 2025. It hit the target twice as...

Taking into consideration the safety of daily commuters, Turbhe Traffic police in association with ITM Institute of Hotel Management, Navi Mumbai organized bike rally for helmet awareness and road safety with 60 bikes, 90 students and 20 staff covering the distance of 20 kms starting from the Nerul Campus of ITM IHM to Nerul...

Employees working for companies with strong corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs tend to find their jobs more meaningful, boosting engagement. And that impact is up to 20% stronger when workers are given a say in corporate CSR activities, according to a new study conducted by the University of British Columbia (UBC). “Employees’ sense of meaningfulness and...

Struggling to check stray cows, the Yogi Adityanath government has asked all district magistrates in the state to explore the option of getting companies to run temporary cow shelters as part of their corporate social responsibility obligations. An order issued by the UP government to all senior administrative officials in districts mentioned this as part...

The private sector in Malaysia is encouraged to organise more corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes, especially ones involving education aid to help underprivileged students. Johor Housing and Rural Development Committee chairman Dzulkefly Ahmad said the CSR programmes could also give the students a chance to pursue their education in a comfortable manner and continue enriching...