The CSR Journal

MARS Petcare hosted a webinar on June 30 that aimed to identify and address issues around the welfare of homeless animals in India. The seminar brought together stakeholder representatives, NGOs and government bodies to find solutions for the welfare of stray companion animals. On the panel were Dr. Chinny Krishna, founder of Blue Cross of...

Grand Maratha Foundation, a non-governmental organization based in Maharashtra organized a week-long large scale grocery distribution drive across various locations in Thane for the needy and underprivileged. The drive started in Shree Krushna Nagar, Ambernath and in Leprosy Colony Anand Nagar, Thane. The food distribution drive was further extended to theatre backstage artists and the...

India is not just fighting a COVID 19 outbreak, but is also battling existing undernutrition. The spread of COVID-19 has impacted the health, nutrition, livelihoods and wellbeing of India’s most vulnerable populations and will have a lasting effect on people in rural India. The impact of malnutrition has increased, especially amongst most at-risk children...

Plastic pollution is a manmade global catastrophe that poses a major threat to the environment, biodiversity as well as human health. With an aim to contain the pollution caused by plastic bags and raise awareness about the same among people, International Plastic Bag Free Day was created by Bag Free World. The day was...

In its endeavour to support the nationwide vaccination drive and the efforts of the government in the fight against the COVID-19, humanitarian organisation SEEDS (Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society) has officially launched ‘Kavach’ a Covid-19 national vaccine adoption program under its ongoing campaign #ShareTheBurden. The formal announcement of the programme was done through an...

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has facilitated the immunisation for over 9300 children against polio in a span of 11 years. Organized in association with the Public Health Department of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), CSMIA observed its latest Pulse Polio Immunisation Drive on June 27, 2021, where it witnessed the...

Marico Limited, one of India’s leading FMCG majors, has topped the charts amongst all FMCG companies in CRISIL’s recently launched ‘ESGauge’ – the ESG performance scores. It accredits the organisation’s commitment to set the benchmark for sustainability and accountability in business operations. In the report, which mapped ESG frameworks and implementation for 225 companies (largest...

HDFC Bank’s #SalaamDilSey initiative, a national platform for general public to show gratitude to doctors for their tireless service during the pandemic, to pay tribute to doctors across the country. Launched on June 23, #SalaamDilSey encourages one and all to take a moment to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution of doctors and provides a platform...

The economic downturn in the face of the pandemic calls for bolstering of skill development for higher employability. According to the latest report on the talent demand and supply in post-COVID India, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were among the top states to have available skills in English as a second language. Rajasthan topped the list...

WNS Cares Foundation (WCF), the CSR arm of WNS, today announced that it has joined forces with Tech Mahindra Foundation (TMF) to raise the cybersafety quotient of over 24,000 beneficiaries of TMF’s programs through WCF’s CyberSmart portal, India’s first holistic, free-for-all cybersafety education portal. The WCF team will train over 800 TMF facilitators to use the...

The world has been grappling with the deadly pandemic for the last two years. During this time, millions have fallen sick, so many lives are lost, the economies have crashed and the fear is rife among the people. Doctors at this time have been the angels for people by curing them, giving them hope,...

Mondelez India, today announced a grant to Hasiru Dala, an NGO that will recycle Multi-Layered Plastic (MLP) waste to create sustainable furniture boards for creating tables, benches and for other uses. The pilot project will use the technology purchased from start-up TrashCon, to convert ~600 tonnes of MLP waste per annum into ‘WoW Boards’....