The CSR Journal
Swiss banking corporation Julius Baer donates $1.4 million to Indian NGOs for critical Covid relief
Julius Baer today announced a $1.4 million (approximately 10.5 crore rupees) commitment to support critical COVID-19 relief programmes to help households and families severely impacted by the second wave of the pandemic in India.
The Swiss bank has pledged to make donations that will be equitably distributed to three NGOs: Apnalya (a Mumbai-based NGO working...
ICICI Securities extends CSR funding to IIT Kanpur for Mission Bharat O2 ICICI Securities has extended CSR funding to IIT Kanpur for Mission Bharat O2
The Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur, said it has raised CSR funding from ICICI Securities for Mission Bharat O2 (MBO2), to support domestic manufacturing of oxygen concentrators on scale.
What is Mission Bharat O2?
With this project, SIIC IIT Kanpur aims to make the Indian healthcare manufacturing ecosystem self-reliant. Mission Bharat O2 is...
CSR: Quaker providing 1 lakh oatmeals to healthcare heroes at 45 govt. and private hospitals
Quaker Oats has partnered with Smile Foundation to launch #SalutingOurHeroes, an initiative to provide over 1 lakh oatmeals (* 1 oatmeal = 40 grams of Quaker rolled oats) to the healthcare heroes in India.
As part of this CSR initiative, Quaker will reach out to over 45 government and private hospitals and medical institutions. The...
Embassy Group receives U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership Award for green building projects
Real estate firm Embassy Group is among the very few in South East Asia to grab the 2021 U.S. Green Building Council Leadership Award. This accolade is a testimonial to Embassy Group’s commitment to sustainability and creating eco-friendly projects.
The 2021 U.S. Green Building Council India and Southeast Asia Leadership Awards held virtually at USGBC Live...
IDFC FIRST Bank employees fund Ghar Ghar Ration program for 50,000 Covid-affected customers
IDFC FIRST Bank announced the launch of Ghar Ghar Ration Program, an employee-funded program for its low-income customers whose livelihoods are affected by COVID-19. The Bank also announced a comprehensive program for the families of employees who unfortunately lost their lives due to COVID-19, and a number of other CSR initiatives aimed at controlling...
CSR: Myprotein pledges 12% of global sales in May to various NGOs for Covid aid
Global sports nutrition brand, Myprotein, has pledged 12% from its sales in May to a number of local causes in India to help the country in its fight against Covid-19.
So far, Rs. 1.25 crore has already been raised through the brand’s Impact Week online sales event and a further 12% from Myprotein profits in...
Azim Premji Foundation (The Philanthropy) supports new ‘NCPEDP-Javed Abidi Fellowship on Disability’
The National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), a cross-disability advocacy organisation, in collaboration with Azim Premji Foundation (The Philanthropy) is proud to announce the NCPEDP-Javed Abidi Fellowship on Disability. This is a three-year immersive grassroots fellowship programme for youth with disabilities having a keen interest in disability issues and looking...
CSR: Nippon Paint provides grocery supplies to 1500 painter families in Tamil Nadu
As the second wave continues to affect the income of the daily wage earners such as painters, Nippon Paint (India) Private Limited (Decorative Division) extends support to the painter community. The paint manufacturer has resumed its outreach efforts to painters who have been affected due to a lack of employment opportunities.
In the first phase,...
Free helpline for stressed Covid warriors
The last 16 months of the pandemic have been tough for the frontline healthcare workers; and the second wave pushed the limits of the healthcare infrastructure, creating additional emotional distress for these Covid Warriors.
Aavishkar Centre for Self-Enrichment has launched a free helpline for supporting Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Paramedics and other healthcare workers on Covid...
CoLive initiates survival kits targeting 2 lakh tribal families in Karnataka and Odisha
Covid Livelihood Coalition (CoLive), a consortium of grass-root level Covid response collectives, has come together to protect and sustain India's most vulnerable communities linking health and livelihoods at a local scale. Its maiden endeavour is a survival kit that targets nearly 2 lakh tribal families in 5000 villages in the states of Karnataka and...
Top NGOs Eliminating Child Labour in India
2021 is officially the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour while June 12 is observed as the World Day Against Child Labour. Almost one in ten of all children worldwide are in child labour. While the number of children in child labour has declined by 94 million since 2000, the rate of...
ISKCON Bhiwandi Helps the Underprivileged with 1000 Free Meals Per Day
ISKCON has been at the forefront of charity and social welfare through their various temples across the city and their ‘Food for Life’ is one such significant initiative that aims at fighting hunger with nutritious, Stavik meals served to the underprivileged in its vicinity. ISKCON’s Bhiwandi temple is leading one such significant ‘Food For...
