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India Pledges $100 Billion to Lower Maternal and Infant Deaths by 2030
India has pledged to spend $100 billion more on health care over the next seven years with an emphasis on reducing maternal mortality rates,...
Leading Chinese Internet businesses join initiative to fulfill social responsibility
A total of 36 Chinese Internet businesses including Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu joined an initiative Wednesday to fulfill their corporate social responsibility. The initiative was...
Upcycling newspapers brings joy and income
Suman, 32 years of age, beams with joy when a Women on Wings team visits the workshop of Paper Wings in Bhondsi, Haryana. She...
How are investors and businesses responding to climate change risks in India?
Treeni Sustainability Solutions has joined hands with Mahindra Group to present the 8th edition of Sustainability for Breakfast (S4B) in Mumbai. The intent was...
CSR Report: L&T in 100 Crore Club of corporate social responsibility
L&T is an engineering and construction conglomerate with a concern for the community. Even before the CSR section was introduced in the Companies Act...
CSR spends have a geography problem
Charity begins (and ends) at home for corporate India. Developed states which house India’s largest companies, tend to get more money from their corporate social...
Corporate Social Responsibility Not to be Treated as Peripheral Activity: Union Minister
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) works should be part of the long term strategy of companies and should not be treated as ad hoc activities,...
Himalaya Lip Care Launches a New Campaign to Help Raise Awareness for Children with Clefts
The Himalaya Drug Company, India’s leading Wellness company, launched a new campaign – “Ek Nayi Muskaan” as part of its social impact initiative, “Muskaan”....
NASSCOM Foundation’s CSR Leadership Conference brought together IT-BPM industry leaders
NASSCOM Foundation hosted India’s largest Tech for Good driven conference – The CSR Leadership Conference 2018 in Bangalore yesterday. The two-day conference brings over 400...
CSR Report: Nestlé India spent above 2% of average net profits
Nestle India Limited spent more than the prescribed 2% in corporate social responsibility programs in the financial year 2017-18. While the prescribed CSR expenditure...
Intersection of CSR and business resilience
Most business leaders you speak to would agree that corporate social responsibility is important. Some would rattle off a long list of things they...
1,000 Indian firms under scrutiny for unspent CSR funds
Companies that are holding back on their corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending and are re-routing the funds to the balance sheet could soon face...