The CSR Journal

Puducherry, a colony of the French until 1954, is a union territory (UT) of India known for its heritage and culture. The influence still persists in the region with many native residents of Puducherry still speaking French and living on French cuisine. The coastal union territory is a tourism hotspot for Indians and foreigners...

Kutch is the largest district in India. It is, in fact, larger than some of the smaller states of the country. The region is mostly arid, with a major part of it covered by the salt desert. The world knew about Kutch because of the natural disasters it has to bear ever so often....

Pune, India: Inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Quick Heal, the leading cybersecurity service provider through its CSR initiative donated ‘Arogya Yan’, a fully equipped medical van, to the rural community in Barpeta, Assam. In collaboration with Srijan Ek Soch, a local NGO, this initiative aims at making basic treatment and necessary testing...

Bengaluru, India: Herbalife Nutrition Ltd., United Way of Bengaluru (UWBe), and the Noolpuzha Gram Panchayat have come together with a vision to ensure integrated development of the Noolpuzha Gram Panchayat, Wayanad's second largest tribal belt. This integrated rural development program, called 'Rural Rising', is a flagship intervention of UWBe, built on a 'convergence model' where the...

New Delhi, India: As part of United for Financial Health, Experian’s global corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, 50,000 lower income women could improve their quality of life by gaining financial literacy and management skills through Project Laxmi, a financial literacy programme run by Srujna Charitable Trust, which empowers women impacted by poverty. Experian, the world’s...

Climate change has emerged as the biggest global challenge in the 21st century. The world is increasingly warming up, a major reason being fossil fuel emissions like oil, gas and coal caused by humans. In such a situation, controlling the emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is the need of the hour. While...

Unacademy, India’s largest learning platform, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rajasthan Council of School Education, Department of Education, Govt of Rajasthan to enable Government students to prepare for various competitive exams. Unacademy will offer 1500 Learners subscription based scholarships to help them achieve their goals. Unacademy will identify...

Mumbai, India: Under its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, State Bank of India Chairman Dinesh Khara donated two Cardiac life-saving ambulances to Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar’s The Art of Living and Maratha Mandir’s Babasaheb Gawde Charitable Hospital in Vile Parle (East).The function took place at the Circle’s office in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai. The initiative was...

On World Diabetes Day, Britannia NutriChoice launched a first-of- its- kind service that democratizes access to nutrition for people with diabetes. The initiative uses the expertise of Nutrition and Health coach, Ryan Fernando to deliver diet plans customized to age and dietary preferences. The campaign will reach over 15 million people in India and...

Mumbai, India: Marico Limited’s flagship initiative — Parachute Kalpavriksha Foundation launched a multi-pronged campaign to pay tribute to India's farming communities by celebrating their innate spirit of growth and nurturance. The integrated campaign spread across print, digital and social media channels,released an ad film with an aim to not only sensitise consumers about the nurturing...

New Delhi, India: Reinforcing its focus on addressing childhood malnutrition and promoting healthy living, nutrition, and hygiene practices among underprivileged children, Amway India, one of the country’s leading FMCG Direct Selling companies, launched a series of initiatives under its CSR campaign - ‘Nutrition for better, healthier tomorrow’ on the occasion of Children’s Day. As...

The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, and Nestlé come in as the world’s top plastic polluters for five years running, according to ‘Break Free From Plastic’s latest global brand audit report. The 2022 Brand Audit analyzes five years’ worth of citizen science trash-collection data, exposing how corporate voluntary commitments are not effectively reducing these companies’ devastating...