The CSR Journal

Kellogg Company and TechnoServe have announced the ‘Improving Livelihoods for Smallholder Farming Households in Uttar Pradesh’ program for the economic empowerment of smallholder wheat farmers in five districts of Uttar Pradesh, a state that contributes significantly to India’s total agricultural output. The program will help farmers to improve crop productivity, access better markets and...

Over 12 million students migrate domestically for higher education every year. Increased internet penetration leading to growing awareness, rising aspirations and socio-cultural evolution is driving greater student migration, creating the need for modern, amenity-rich living options for students in key educational hubs. Today, as we begin Unlock 4.0 in the midst of an ongoing...

Reckitt Benckiser, under its flagship CSR programme, Banega Swasth India has partnered with Plan India to support the frontline workers and medical practitioners amidst the raging spread of COVID-19. During this crisis, the vulnerability of frontline workers and medical practitioners has come to the fore. The worst-hit are the communities that are remotely placed with...

Offering relief in the pandemic, Sodexo - Stop Hunger has joined hands with leading public service organizations – India Food Banking Network and Zomato Feeding India to offer aid to the daily wage-earners and low-income families in the local communities. Under the CSR initiative, Sodexo - Stop Hunger will supply dry ration kits and ready-to-eat...

At the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) third Annual Leadership Summit entitled U.S.-India Week: Navigating New Challenges, Anand Mahindra (Chairman, Mahindra Group) and Shantanu Narayen (Chairman and CEO, Adobe) were conferred with the 2020 Leadership Award for exemplary vision towards promoting U.S.-India bilateral ties. The 2020 USISPF Leadership Awards is given to two business leaders...

Bollywood star Salman Khan has joined hands with the Government of Maharashtra and Elan Foundation (philanthropic arm of commercial realty developer Elan Group) to rebuild homes destroyed by the floods in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The 2019 floods affected 223 villages in Kolhapur and displaced around 28,897 people in the district. In February 2020, Elan Group announced...

SOS Children’s Villages of India, an international NGO dedicated to the holistic development of children without parental care and those at the risk of abandonment, signs two MoUs with the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of Gujarat. The partnership involves providing the technical expertise by the NGO and be the nodal agency...

Inspiring change and spreading a ray of hope and positivity in these trying times; BIG FM, one of the leading radio networks in the country, and HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Ltd., one of India's largest general insurance company in the private sector, lead by example as they join hands to distribute ration kits...

Digital transformation expert Adosphere has announced the successful execution of a community and collaboration building project for training and curriculum support for over 1.2 lakh teachers. Teachers Day 2020 marked one year of the CSR project, which has facilitated online collaboration and training for teachers across Gujarat, helping local students continue their studies despite...

Water security is the adaptive capacity to safeguard the sustainable availability of, access to, and safe use of water for health, livelihoods, ecosystems, and productive economies. In light of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of water for overall human development is even more relevant. Recognizing the need to build a timely discourse and action...

Edelweiss Group recently announced a public service and awareness initiative, #HelpYourHelp, a platform that helps build awareness and facilitates change for the domestic help community, who have been impacted by COVID-19. Olympic athletes such as Dipa Karmakar, Hima Das, Rani Rampal have taken the #HelpYourHelp pledge and encouraged others to follow suit. Battling loss of income...

American Express has instituted annual scholarships for economically-disadvantaged and meritorious students, including ‘Ambition Awards’ for deserving women students at IIT Madras, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR). Scholarships being awarded as part of the grant to IIT Madras from American Express include: 1) American Express Ambition Scholarship for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology...