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It shouldn’t be a choice but a compulsion to give back to the society
Social Change Maker and Founder of Goonj, Anshu Gupta talks to The CSR Journal about Individual Social Responsibility. He strongly believes and advocates that individuals in their capacity should give back positively to society as their due responsibility.
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Corporate Houses Are Aware Of Their Accountability, Penalising Won’t Help: Parag Bengali, Director, Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd.
With almost 60% market share in India's packaged drinking water sector, Bisleri is one of the oldest and popular brand in the country. In an interview with The CSR Journal, Parag Bengali, Director for Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd, talks about their CSR initiatives and philosophy behind the same undertaken by the organisation.
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Drought Demands Year Long Efforts, Only Summer Initiatives Won’t Help Much
Monsoon is nearing, chances are that we easily ignore the currently prevailing severe drought conditions in our country and assume that rains will do their bit. But come summer next year and we may have similar or worse situation again.
The drought phenomenon has been repeating itself consistently every summer since the past few years...
World Environment Day: Is India Inc taking care of its Corporate Green Responsibility?
Environmental protection is one the biggest challenges world is facing today. Industrial growth is blamed to have caused major ecological degradation. But with education, growing awareness and peer pressure, many companies are now making it a point to focus on inclusive growth where environment is not neglected. Time has come when corporate houses and...
What we need is Individual Social Responsibility: Anshu Gupta
Anshu Gupta realised the need of clothing for the first time during one of his visits to Old Delhi. He once accompanied a Habib, (professional unclaimed body collector) on a December night to Khooni Darwaza, an area in the heart of the city. He saw a man wearing nothing but a thin cotton shirt...
It is better to abide by the laws than trying ways to circumvent them: Dr Rashneh Pardiwala, CERE
Dr Rashneh Pardiwala is an environmentalist and a CSR consultant by profession. An Ecologist from the University of Edinburgh, she has specialised in the field of 'Climate Change'. After finishing her master’s degree and before starting her PhD in Scotland, she came to India for a field project. That experience, she recalls was very...
Ethical business practices bring profits: Rakesh Makkar, Fullerton India
Rakesh Makkar is the Executive Vice President and Head – Business, Marketing and CSR at Fullerton India Credit Company Limited, a non-banking finance company. Having the firm’s CSR activities spread in rural and urban areas, Makkar believes that CSR activities also ensure relation with beneficiaries which in turn helps in growth of the business....
Lady Leaders Driving The Social Change
Disapproving women’s stereotype image of being soft and feeble, women are changing the landscapes of various industries. Having conquered many pinnacles in almost every sector, women have also been at the forefront to make society a better place to live in.
On this International Women’s Day, we bring to you leading ladies from the corporate...
Govt and Corporates have to work together to see a better India: Jitendra Kalra, Reliance Foundation
Jitendra Kalra, the Chief Operating Officer of Reliance Foundation heads a 450-member-team wearing a humble smile. Prior to this position he has worked with Indian Civil Services, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Dr Reddy’s Foundation that showed him different dimensions of society. His experience in varied sectors makes him believe that bigger...
How can CSR support the Make in India movement?
The ‘Make in India’ week is set to take place in Mumbai, the commercial capital of India from February 13 to February 18, 2016. Expected to attract many foreign investors and investments in India, the event would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 13th at the MMRDA grounds.
PM Modi in his...
Most companies from Tamil Nadu, Haryana and West Bengal spend actively on CSR
About 62% companies based in Tamil Nadu and Haryana proved to be socially responsible by spending atleast 2% of their profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR).
A report published by CRISIL Foundation reveals that most companies in West Bengal spent above 1.5% of their CSR funds in 2015, the first year of implementation of the...
We always had laws, but implementation is the challenge: Paresh Parasnis, CEO, Piramal Foundation
Paresh Parasnis, the CEO of Piramal Foundation, the wp arm of Piramal group believes that the corporate houses should be given time to learn and work in the social sector. Having corporate experience for about three decades in HDFC Standard Life Insurance, Parasnis joined the social sector in 2012. With close to 2000 employees,...
