The CSR Journal

Aiming to equip rural youth with skills for livelihoods, Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF), working in rural livelihood and youth employment, has joined hands with Sir Mathuradas Vissanji Education Trust to upgrade its automotive training program. The Education Trust has upgraded the skill training infrastructure in four of its Skill & Entrepreneurship Development Institutes (SEDI)...

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) India, the CSR arm of McDonald’s, marked its 6th year of existence in India. The occasion celebrated RMHC India's commitment to supporting families with terminally ill children while also reaffirming its pledge to assist many more families in the future. Hundreds of kids participated in enjoyable games and other leisure...

LOTS (Lawyer on the spot) a product introduced by Lawyered, in partnership with AITWA for the welfare of the Transport and Logistics Industry, is on a mission to ensure that the drivers are empowered and get good treatment on the road this Driver's Day which was on 17th September. In India, truck drivers are probably...

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued a notification which announces certain amendments made by the Government of India in the rules governing corporate social responsibility (CSR). This has been named the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2022. Companies to set up CSR Committee According to this, the government orders companies having any amount...

India has committed to go Net Zero by 2070. At the India-focused discussion on Sep. 20 on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), a number of Indian panellists that represented a mix of policymakers and private sector executives claimed that the country could achieve the target earlier, provided that the...

Gurugram, NCR: Samsung today launched its CSR program ‘Samsung Innovation Campus’ in India to upskill youth in future tech domains such as AI, IoT, Big Data and Coding & Programming, reiterating its commitment to being a strong partner of India and working alongside the Government in its mission to empowering the country’s youth and...

Vadodara, Gujarat: Huntsman Textile Effects, the global leader in innovative and environmentally sustainable dyes, chemicals and digital inks, today inaugurated a water purification facility to provide dedicated supply of clean drinking water to about 5,000 residents of Umaraya village, located in Padra, Gujarat. The reverse osmosis plant – well equipped with storage tanks, filtration systems...

Vantage, the international multi-asset trading platform today announces its partnership with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation), as a part of its social commitment to strengthen educational opportunities in emerging markets like India. Within this partnership, Vantage is supporting the “State of the Education Report for India, 2022 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education,”...

Amazon.com Inc has announced that it would increase clean energy capacity by 2.7 gigawatts through 71 new initiatives as it works to use only renewable energy sources throughout its operations by the year 2025. This includes the business's first solar farm in Poland and its first renewable energy project in South America, a solar...

Mumbai, Maharashtra: Footwear retail chain Metro Brands will take on the mandate of improving the livelihood of Mumbai’s shoe-shining community through its latest ‘Ek Kadam Aage’ CSR intervention. The footwear brand will empower shoe shiners working in Mumbai’s railway stations between Churchgate to Mahalaxmi, Malad to Kandivali, VT to Masjid Bunder and Matunga to Byculla...

CapitaLand Hope Foundation (CHF), the philanthropic arm of CapitaLand Group, has launched its second CapitaLand Hope School in Bangalore, India to provide more than 400 children from underserved families with access to education.  CHF has contributed INR 50 million towards the construction of the school, which is the 31st of the CapitaLand Hope Schools which span...

IDEMIA, the leader in Augmented Identity today announced that it has joined hands with Noida Special Economic Zone Authority (NSEZ) to create inclusive infrastructure. The initiative is aimed at offering universal designs and accessibility to people, regardless of their physical ability and fully understanding of what they need, to do their jobs in best...