The CSR Journal

In an endeavour to supplement the evolving educational and learning needs of school students, DLF Foundation, the philanthropic arm of India’s real estate giant DLF Ltd, distributed electronic tablet devices to over 69 school students from underprivileged quarters of the city. The distribution of these devices took place at an event held at DLF Cyber...

ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (PSPD) has collaborated with the Invest India to launch the ‘ITC Sustainability Innovation Challenge’, which would support innovative start-up ideas on sustainable packaging and smart waste management solutions. This win-win partnership will enable ITC-PSPD to leverage India’s rich start-up repertoire whilst also providing support to the country’s start-up...

Known as the ‘Gateway of Kumaon’, Haldwani is the third most populous city in Uttarakhand and serves as an important business centre. The city of Haldwani along with its twin township of Kathgodam forms the Haldwani-Kathgodam Municipal board in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The city is in the news because Prime Minister Narendra...

The importance of technological development and scientific research has never been felt more than now, as the pandemic takes over the globe. It is only because of technology, that we have been able to conduct daily affairs, produce vaccines, work, study or even socialise. The communication systems backed by technology has allowed for seamless...

ACC Limited, one of the leading players in the Indian building materials space, was honoured with Gold award at the 7th India Health & Wellness (IHW) Awards during the India Health & Wellness Summit held in Delhi recently. The Award was conferred by the honorable Minister of State, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment...

Ahmedabad-based pharma major Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited has adopted 15 villages and will develop them as “Model Villages” under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Of the 15 villages, 12 are in Gujarat, including eight in Ahmedabad, two in Mehsana, and two in Bharuch, two villages are in the Samba district of Jammu & Kashmir, and...

The Mundar Redevelopment Project initiated by Habitat for Humanity India in partnership with HSBC India and Swayam Shikshan Prayog has helped to bring normalcy in the lives of flood-affected families and put them on the path to rehabilitation. Mundar is an island in Kottayam district, Kerala. Spread over 10.12 square kilometers, it is surrounded and...

The year 2022 will be marked as the recovery year after the pandemic. It is expected that during this year, the innovative startups and social enterprises that were established during the last two years will get a major boost, allowing the growth of the number of young wealthy people. This will, in turn, also...

The pandemic has been a major setback for sustainable development everywhere. There is a very real risk that inequalities will widen greatly between rich and poor countries due to differences in access to vaccines and financing, says The United Nations Sustainable Development Report 2021. The health and economic rationales for a rapid global scaling-up...

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns in the last two years have changed the education sector in its entirety. Disrupting the conventional offline education, it has opened up new avenues to change and improve the education system by introduction of heavy use of technology in imparting knowledge. With the emergence of a new COVID...

Minda Corporation Limited, the flagship company of Spark Minda received the 6th ICSI CSR Excellence Award for innovation and sustainability in managing Corporate Social Responsibility in the emerging category on 18th December. With the intent of creating an all-pervasive awareness for good governance in India Inc., the award promotes and recognizes the exemplary performance of...

Tata Steel has featured amongst the top 10 steel companies in Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2021. The company has retained its position in the DJSI Emerging Markets (EM) Index for the 10th consecutive year. Tata Steel is also one of the top 15 companies from India who made it to the...