The CSR Journal

India is seeking to double the incomes of its farmers by 2022. Food sovereignty is an important measure to meet this target. What is Food Sovereignty? Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture...

Srinivasan Services Trust (SST), the social arm of Sundaram-Clayton Limited and TVS Motor Company, handed over 20 numbers of Fenix LR 50R high luminescent searchlights, 100 numbers of Fenix TR 16 searchlights, 25 numbers of camera traps, 12 numbers of GPS, 600 numbers of memory cards for tiger census, 360 numbers of raincoats to...

SBI Foundation and Social Alpha jointly announce the launch of the challenge, Techtonic: Innovations in Assistive Technology, inviting innovators and entrepreneurs working on products and services that address the difficulties faced by people with disabilities and enable them to lead an empowered life. Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, Managing Director (Retail & Digital Banking), State Bank of...

Airtel Business and IBM have collaborated to deploy a hybrid cloud solution for a group of Milk Producer Companies (MPCs) created by NDDB Dairy Services. The hybrid cloud solution that leverages Airtel Cloud and IBM Power servers, will host the ERP and other key applications to accelerate the digital transformation of the MPCs. These...

Vistara, a joint venture of Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, recently concluded Phase II of the ‘Vistara Wellness Initiative’, thereby contributing over 1000 wellness kits containing dry ration and sanitisation essentials to several vulnerable families across India. Aligned with Vistara’s philosophy of giving back to the local communities it operates in, the ‘Vistara Wellness Initiative’...

Global aerospace company Boeing India installed a STEM Lab at Shishu Mandir, Bengaluru as part of its CSR to encourage students to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. With an objective to empower communities through education and providing an ideal environment with better school infrastructure, Boeing India has collaborated with Shishu Mandir....

For the third year in a row, #Unlabel, the flagship talent event of Bengaluru-based NGO 'Mitra for Life,' showcases talented people with Autism and other special needs. The event was organised by Mitra for Life with the goal of allowing the young performers to be recognised as artists rather than people with special needs. The...

Taking its promise of care forward, biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca India Private Limited, joined hands with ‘Make-A-Wish’ Foundation India to fulfil the wishes of about 500 children suffering from critical ailments across the country. Under this CSR partnership the organisation supported a series of 11 events organised either virtually or on-ground across Bangalore, Goa, Mumbai, Kolkata,...

In the coming year, you will be hearing more about the concept of the Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL). Sustainability Linked Loans differ from ordinary green loans in the sense that they can be used for general corporate purposes rather than for a specific purpose. SLLs give borrowers the opportunity to apply the loan toward general business...

The belief in helping others and sharing good values is what the Aahwahan foundation stands for. The foundation & its team strives to bring meaningful changes to society through various CSR initiatives. Be it education, or hunger, women empowerment, or the environment, Aahwahan is a one-permanent solution in solving society’s most complex issues. Since the...

India Inc. has spent Rs 1.09 lakh crore towards various CSR activities in the last seven financial years, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has remarked. The spending is focused on issues including those related to health, education and poverty eradication, among others as observed by MCA. Positive Response to the CSR Law Minister of State for Corporate Affairs...

Avanse Financial Services, India’s new-age, technologically advanced education focused NBFC, has always gone above and beyond to improve and accelerate India's educational environment. The organization has been constantly working towards achieving a holistic growth for the larger community it operates in by remaining steadfast in its social responsibility mission of making quality education accessible...