The CSR Journal

Covid India Campaign, a non-profit, volunteer-driven, disaster support task force is collaborating with Applied Materials India Private Limited to help support medical communities during the Covid-19 crisis. Leveraging such collaborative efforts, Covid India Campaign has engaged with specialists, including 3D printers, critical care experts, designers and engineers, under one roof to better gauge ventilator splitting...

Extending its support to combat COVID-19, internet service provider ACT Fibernet today joined hands with the Government of Telangana for a CSR distribution. The company has donated 25,000 rapid antigen testing kits to the Medical Infrastructure Division, Department of Health, Government of Telangana to provide hospitals with necessary resources to test and correctly determine patients...

Content company Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEE) in line with its national level CSR drive against COVID-19, officially handed over critical healthcare equipment to the state of Karnataka. In the presence of Chief Minister, B. S. Yediyurappa, the healthcare equipment was handed over to the Karnataka Government. The Company will be utilizing the sanctioned CSR...

Proteon Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company and leader in bacteriophage technology for livestock farming, the parent company of Vetphage Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, announced a strategic partnership with DuPont Animal Nutrition in distribution of Proteon’s innovative bacteriophage solutions. The aim of the partnership is to bring Proteon’s bacteriophage technology to poultry producers in selected countries, with the...

For many filmmakers, COVID-19 has derailed their projects. But for the Canadian co-directors of The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, it actually added to their themes, and the two worked feverishly to incorporate the pandemic in time for the Toronto International Film Festival. Premiering at TIFF, the up-to-the-minute documentary by Joel Bakan and Jennifer...

Hypothesising a spike in mental health-related issues, Suicide Prevention India Foundation (SPIF) a Bangalore-based, Section-8 not-for-profit, reached out to mental health professionals (MHPs), that included psychotherapists and psychiatrists, across the country. The survey COVID-19 Blues explored common concerns people seeking therapy have been facing, the changes in help-seeking and how the pandemic is affecting...

Welspun Foundation for Health & Knowledge, the CSR arm of Welspun Group has been providing essential medical equipment to Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) as a part of its effort to combat Covid-19 in Vapi. With an objective of providing better health care facility, under the ‘Village Connect’ project Welspun Foundation reached out to five...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the face of the Indian workforce. About 40 million workers in India lost their jobs due to the lockdown, impacting the livelihood of a large part of the Indian population. As the lockdown eases and worksites open up, many migrant labourers and daily wage workers are struggling to find the...

On Engineers Day 2020, let's appreciate Elon Musk and the engineering marvel that every Tesla car is. The corporation has made strides in electric automobiles and cleantech which will hold up in the new normal. Since the onset of shelter-in-place orders and travel restrictions due to COVID-19, we have seen dramatic increases in air...

To help combat the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country, speciality chemicals company LANXESS today donated six ventilators worth over INR 1 crore to Kaushalya Medical Foundation Trust Hospital and Bethany Hospital in Thane. Both hospitals have been provided with three ventilators each. The donation was done as part of the company’s CSR initiative...

As the world tries to slowly recover some semblance of normalcy even in the face of rising COVID-19 cases and an economic downturn, the Population Foundation of India (PFI) has launched a campaign titled ‘Himmat Hai Toh Jeet Hai’ to celebrate himmat, and fortitude that Indians have but will need much more of. The anthem...

During National Nutrition Month 2020, DSM India – a purpose-led, science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living – launched its second Project Streedhan campaign, underlining the need to build immunity through proper nutrition. Project Streedhan is a CSR initiative of DSM India, aimed at increasing awareness among urban Indian women to prioritise their...