The CSR Journal

HDFC Bank, under Parivartan, announced today a slew of measures to set up and enhance medical infrastructure across the country to assist the fight against the pandemic. The measures comprise setting up permanent medical infrastructure such as Oxygen plants, medical equipment, and ICU facilities, in addition to providing medical supplies to hospitals across India. The...

Housing finance company IIFL Home Finance has committed to raise Rs 2 crore to support COVID patients, their families and healthcare workers across India. They have initiated a fundraising campaign on GiveIndia for this purpose. The funds will be used for providing oxygen supply and life-saving equipment, help low-income families bereaved by COVID, overcome their...

Remarkable singers Usha Uthup and Raghav Sachar will join hands with other popular Indian artists for the “Hope and Believe” virtual concert on 29th May 2021. The voluntary fundraiser event, which is free to attend, not only aims to provide much-needed respite via live music during the pandemic, but also to raise funds for...

As the world continues its fight against COVID-19, it is the indomitable spirit of the frontline workers, who have risked their lives to ensure our safety that has kept us going. Keeping close to its purpose of “Care Beyond Skin”, Beiersdorf and NIVEA India have partnered with United Way India to distribute special Thank...

Canon India is conducting a vaccination awareness drive and setting up support camps in its adopted villages - Maheshwari Village (Haryana), Parivali Village (Mumbai), Kalyanpur Village (Kolkata) and Annadodi Village (Bangalore), to help them register for vaccination. Canon India is helping the villagers with the required information on vaccination, its benefits, after-effects, and procedures. Additionally...

BMW Group India has pledged a total of Rs. 8 crore towards the COVID-19 pandemic. The company's CSR efforts are dedicated to augmenting healthcare infrastructure and medical services in Gurugram (Delhi NCR) and Chengalpattu (Tamil Nadu). CSR efforts Associations with government and non-government organisations have been initiated for on-ground implementation. 150 oxygen concentrators have been imported by...

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel, inaugurated Vedanta BALCO’s COVID Field Hospital in a virtual ceremony on Wednesday. BALCO, Vedanta Group’s Chhattisgarh-based subsidiary, has marshalled all resources to establish this COVID hospital within the perimeter of its landmark Balco Medical Centre (Cancer Hospital). The air-conditioned field hospital, which has 90 beds equipped with oxygen support...

As the nation battles an intensifying second wave of COVID-19 infections, numerous hospitals and care centres have been pushed to the edge due to an acute shortage of beds and medical oxygen, hindering people from procuring medicare facilities. Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases, India’s oxygen producers too are currently struggling to keep up...

Epson has joined forces with National Geographic to promote the protection of the world's permafrost - the frozen ground beneath the polar regions of the earth - in its newly launched 'Turn Down the Heat' campaign. The campaign comes as scientists predict the world's permafrost will thaw entirely by 2100, drastically changing ecologies, raising global...

MARS Petcare is launching a Covid-19 relief campaign to stop pet parents from abandoning their cats and dogs in such bleak times. MARS Petcare will be providing a sufficient supply of Pedigree (for dogs) or Whiskas (for cats) food products free of cost for 14 days to pet parents who have been tested positive...

Real estate developer Embassy Group has continued its support of the Bengaluru City Police as the number of positive cases of Covid-19 rise in Karnataka, by donating 4,500 face shields and 8,000 re-usable gloves for traffic police personnel, at the cost of Rs. 15 lakhs as part of its CSR. The critical protective equipment was...

As the country battles the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore Business is ramping up the support to state Govt. in combating COVID through various community outreach initiatives and contributing towards Medical infrastructure in the state. Recently, Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore Business provided 100 Beds at Goa Medical College...