The CSR Journal

In its efforts to provide quality healthcare to the economically and socially deprived sections of society, PNB Housing Finance donated a mobile medical unit (MMU) to NGO Adharshila based in New Delhi. The MMU will visit construction sites, labour colonies and urban slums to provide health checkups and referrals, thereby ensuring the welfare of construction...

Violence against women is a serious issue globally and India is one of the countries to top the list. FLO, the Women’s Wing of FICCI, in association with Humara Bachpan Trust (HBT), a Bhubaneswar-based NGO, reiterated its commitment towards promoting gender equality and prevention of gender-based violence against females. The 16-day intensive campaign was aimed...

Shahani Academic & Global Empowerment Foundation (SAGE), a non-profit trust focused on skills training, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rise Infinity Foundation, Secretariat of MahaPECONet, a coalition of development partners convened by UNICEF. Through this agreement, SAGE and UNICEF MahaPECONet seek to collaborate towards the skilling and upskilling of youth from migrant...

Gates Foundation and Vedanta founder and Chairman Anil Agarwal today announced a new partnership to support the Government of India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) as it works to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, which aims to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. During a virtual meeting today...

The 4th South Asia SDG Forum organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Maldives' Government virtually from 2 to 3 December 2020, brought together over 450 participants from governments, think-tanks, and civil society organizations from eight South Asian countries. Preceded by the South Asia People’s...

Electronics major Samsung celebrates 25th anniversary in India with the announcement of #PoweringDigitalIndia. What is #PoweringDigitalIndia? #PoweringDigitalIndia is Samsung's brand new vision for the country that will be driven by an exciting new CSR programme aimed at students across the nation, a refreshed local R&D strategy with special focus on the local startup community and new...

In a mission towards reducing the carbon footprint and becoming a more responsible corporate citizen spearheading sustainable business efforts, Myntra has equipped two of its largest Fulfilment Centers (FC) with solar roof panels. The solar panels at the two FCs located in Bhiwandi, near Mumbai and Bilaspur, near Gurgaon, are spread over 58,000 sq ft,...

IIIT-Delhi hosted the second edition of Digital Delhi Conclave on December 5, 2020. This year, the agenda centred around the theme of ‘sustainable cities and communities’ which is an important sustainable development goal for the national capital. This was the second edition of the institute's annual conclave following the success of the inaugural edition...

Cross-border paperless trade has great potential to not only grow trade competitiveness but also to address new challenges associated with e-commerce and the digital economy. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in collaboration with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the Enhanced Integrated Framework...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic across India, HCL Foundation (HCLF) has come forward with its partner to support the wellbeing of people. The organization’s CSR support is aimed at complementing the State’s efforts to increase and enhance the healthcare facilities for elderly people. The Mobile Healthcare Unit (MHU) initiative was inaugurated at HCL Lucknow...

The second phase of the source segregation programme - Alag Karo 2.0, was launched in Gurugram earlier this week. With the support of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), Tetra Pak India along with Coca-Cola India and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, have once again joined hands with SAAHAS (a non profit...

Tata Steel has been recognised as the “Best Organisation Contributing in Sports through CSR” at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2020. The India Sports Awards ceremony took place on a virtual platform during ‘TURF 2020’ - 10th Global Sports Summit on December 8, 2020. Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President Corporate Services, Tata Steel, received the award...