The CSR Journal

Bengaluru, India: VMware, Inc., a leading innovator in enterprise software, has released the 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report to share progress made toward the company’s 2030 Agenda. The 2030 Agenda serves as a compass to guide business actions and commitments to drive outcomes of sustainability, equity and trust. "Every product we engineer, every...

Gurugram, India: HDB Financial Services (HDBFS), a leading non-banking financial institution completed the restoration of four waterbodies in the city – Sanpka, Tatarpur, Kharkari, and Alipur Ponds, in an effort to revitalise and renew these waterbodies. The eco-restoration is performed as a collaborative effort with HDB’s CSR partner Environmentalist Foundation of India. As a part...

Ahmedabad, India: Cadila Pharmaceuticals, in partnership with SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association), organised a Kishori Mela, to empower young girls with essential knowledge and awareness. More than 200 adolescent girls from Dholka and Daskroi talukas benefited from the event. Right knowledge about the proper nutrition is essential part of the growing stage of adolescent...

The Adani Group is planning to build a massive hybrid renewable energy park in Gujarat which will be capable of generating 20 GW of green energy. The park will be located in the middle of a desert, in Gujarat’s Khavda. The project will be executed through Adani Green Energy (AGEL), the renewable energy arm of...

Baxter Pharmaceuticals India Private Limited has announced the successful completion of Project SRUJAL, a multi-year corporate responsibility initiative focused on improving water access in communities near the company’s manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad. The multimillion-dollar initiative has reached an estimated 46,000 people residing in 11 villages within the Sanand, Bavla and Dholka talukas of the...

Northern India was battered by heavy rains over the past two weeks, with New Delhi marking its wettest day on July 9th, 2023 in more than 40 years according to officials and local media. Torrential rains across the region have caused landslides and flash floods, and killed at least 41 people according to estimates...

PepsiCo, Inc. has published its 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Summary, sharing the first full year of reporting since the launch of PepsiCo Positive (pep+) in 2021. pep+ is an end-to-end transformation program touching virtually every aspect of PepsiCo’s business – from how ingredients are grown; to how its iconic portfolio of products are made, moved...

Volkswagen Passenger Cars India has announced special service support for its customers affected by the flood situation in the northern region of the country. Volkswagen will provide service support by offering Complimentary Road Side Assistance to Customers from Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and UT Chandigarh...

Gurugram, India: In the wake of the unprecedented devastation in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, MakeMyTrip Foundation initiates the immediate deployment of INR 5 crores towards relief efforts. The Foundation will work with a network of on-ground partners, government bodies, experts, NGOs, and locals to help operationalize immediate relief efforts. Deep Kalra, Founder...

New Delhi, India: Ayana Renewable Power, one of the largest Independent Power Producers (IPP) in India and backed by National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), British International Investment (BII) and Green Growth Equity Fund, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art skills development centre to provide vocational training for the youth in the northern Karnataka region of...

Government of Madhya Pradesh in collaboration with international non-profit organisation United Nations Population Fund India (UNFPA) has come up with an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven chatbot to share accurate information on social issues and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among teenagers and young adults. The chatbot has been named 'Just Ask' or 'Khulke...

Achieving a significant milestone, CREDUCE, a leading Carbon Credits Origination and Offset solutions provider, has signed an MoU with the Gujarat Ecology Commission, established by the Government of India, for a project-based activity on monitoring mangrove habitat plantation. The strategic partnership is aimed at preserving mangroves and restoring 10,000 hectares of coastal areas in...