The CSR Journal

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...

Governments across the world support the nonprofit sector through various measures. One of the most common and visible of these are tax incentives on charitable donations made by individuals and corporates. The Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP), Ashoka University, and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) conducted a study on the relationship...

2021 has been an eventful year for women across the globe. The global institutions and leaders across the globe have taken decisive actions in the year by delegating resources to work towards empowering women and promoting gender equality. As the year comes to an end, let us recap the five good news in 2021...

Come the most cheerful time of the year, and the world transpires into a happy comfortable place. Unfortunately, not everyone is privileged enough to have the luxury to enjoy this comfort. With more than 30,000 children left parentless by the pandemic, is it important that we come together and work towards giving them a...

UltraTech Cement has invited notable architects, experts and bright talent from the student community in the engineering and architectural sectors to register for the 5th edition of its IndiaNext initiative. The entry kits and details of the competition are available on www.ultratechindianext.com The theme of this year’s IndiaNext initiative is ‘Build with Speed’, in which India's...

As a part of Godrej & Boyce’s community water development initiatives, the flagship company of Godrej Group, recently set-up the sixth water tank in the Takavali Village of Vadval Gram Panchayat in Maharashtra. The inauguration witnessed participation from key officials from Panchayat, Samitee Khalapur, GCD (Groundwater Conservation District) and corporate social responsibility team of Godrej...

Amazon headquarters announced 18 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects across the U.S., Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., totaling 5.6 gigawatts (GW) of procured capacity to date in 2021. Amazon now has 274 renewable energy projects globally and is on a path to power 100% of its business operations with renewable...

Global warming and climate change have affected the weather if the cities of India significantly. Instances of unseasonal rainfall, floods, droughts and other natural phenomena have been a hindrance to the normal way of life. The air pollution in the capital of India has compelled the shut down of several schools and resort to...

The Adani Group, India’s fastest-growing portfolio of companies, will institute the Adani Prize for Social Enterprise – India’s biggest annual prize in the social sphere. This was announced by Mr Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, at the first-ever Green Talks, an Adani talk-series initiative to provide social entrepreneurs a platform to present...

There seems to be a heightened social consciousness with 61% of participants in a new Indian survey preferring to work for a company that engages meaningfully in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and 55% believing in purchasing products from socially responsible businesses. Close to 500 individuals from across the country participated in the annual GiveIndia...