The CSR Journal

The month of September will witness close to 14,000 dedicated men and women across Ford’s operations in India come together to contribute to a better world. With close to 47 projects chosen as part of the Global Caring Month, Ford employees across Chennai, Sanand, Gurgaon/NCR and Coimbatore will contribute to society in the areas...

The LaLiT Suri Hospitality group announced the extension of its employee benefits to its LGBTQIA employees and their families. The LaLiT has over 3000 employees working in its 13 hotels (12 properties in India and one hotel in London, The LaLiT London) and is now the first hotel group to include same sex partners,...

Omega Healthcare Management Services in collaboration with NGO: Agastya International Foundation has launched a 'Science Centre' and a 'Mobile Science Lab (MSL)' at Syed Murthuza Govt. Higher Secondary School in Trichy. The sponsored Science Center laboratory has been scientifically designed, to provide practical exposure to children in government schools via nearly 150+ science experiments...

Responsible businesses carry people along with them in their journey towards growth. Essar has generated business of more than USD 3bn through nurturing local entrepreneurs and has grown in unison with the communities around its presence. Essar Foundation is the CSR arm of Essar, committed to fuelling development of communities around Essar’s business presence. “Our...

Healthcare service in Rural India is still a vision for the future. In a country where the majority resides in villages, not having excellent healthcare services is a big setback. With a vision of ‘Quality Healthcare for All’, P. D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre initiated a Rural Health Program called ‘Serve with Passion’. The program,...

Gul Panag joined politics with the intention to change things. The first part of her political agenda was to fix India’s big problem of gender division. ‘95% of women are raped by people that they know. This is an important statistic because how do you stop that? A powerful law and order situation could check...

We have been impacting the lives of human beings for years. But, only recently, has a charitable trust by the name of Ratna Nidhi gone a step further. They have expanded our reach to animals. They now provide the same high quality and efficient treatment of physical disabilities they have been doling out to...

UN Climate Change and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) have signed a new agreement to strengthen regional climate action, with a focus on meeting the targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. At a signing ceremony ahead of the...

Senior government officials from Asia and the Pacific, along with civil society representatives and the private sector have committed to promote more inclusive technology and innovation policies to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at a high-level meeting in Bangkok this week. The Committee on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Science, Technology and Innovation...

According to Cancer Statistics, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in India and accounts for 27% of all cancers in women. Overall, 1 in 28 women is likely to develop breast cancer during her lifetime. In India 50-60% of the patients die of breast cancer because of late diagnosis. This clearly proves...

The Global Forum of Alibaba Group’s XIN Philanthropy Conference 2018 will be held in India on September 5, 2018. The Global Forum is being held under the theme of ‘Love and Infinity’ with an emphasis on Education, Child Protection and Women Empowerment. Another important issue of this event is to discuss on how the...

If you drive about a 100 kms away from Mumbai, you reach Palghar, a region known as the Deccan Trap because of its hilly terrain, inadequate rainfall and challenging landscape. Go a bit further inside and you reach Mokhada, a small block, where you will be met by the local tribal community of about...