The CSR Journal

SATO, LIXIL Group Corporation’s social business that aims to solve water, sanitation, and hygiene problems by providing affordable and easy-to-install sanitation systems to local communities around the world, has today introduced its new handwashing solution called the ‘SATO Tap’. According to UNICEF, 40% of the world’s population still does not have access to basic handwashing facilities...

In its mission to enrich lives in the communities, Toyota Kirloskar Motor today inaugurated two community-based water purification units in Maddur Taluk in Mandya District. In addition, two more units will be inaugurated by end of this month in Ramanagara District. With this, Toyota Kirloskar Motor has installed a total of 41 units in...

Vedanta Limited’s, flagship project “Nand Ghar” has rolled out e-learning modules for home-schooling through WhatsApp groups across villages of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha. The e-learning modules consists of stories, games, rhymes, home based activities, moral science lessons and more for children below six years of age. ICDS, Government of Rajasthan issued an order to...

In a big move, companies which are spending heavily under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) will soon be able to trade their excess component. This has been done on the recommendations of market watchdog SEBI's high powered committee on Social Stock Exchange (SSE). Under this dispensation, companies that are spending more than the limit under...

WNS (Holdings) Limited, through its CSR arm WNS Cares Foundation (WCF) today announced the national launch of CyberSmart portal. Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), did the honours. CyberSmart is a holistic cybersafety learning ecosystem for education and empowerment of students, teachers, volunteers and parents, supported by NASSCOM. Shamini Murugesh,...

Ever since coronavirus brought India to a halt, no one has suffered more than migrant labourers. Away from home, jobless and unable to pay rent, lakhs of workers have been on the road trying to reach their native villages. To help migrant workers, Mankind Pharma has collaborated with New Delhi-based NGO Turn Your Concern...

The United Nations observes 23 June as International Widows Day 2020 today. This day is observed since 2011 to draw global attention towards the voices of widows and to galvanize the unique support they need. This day is followed at the Mukul Madhav Foundation and CSR of Finolex Industries in order to empower widows. Empowering...

The United Nations marks today as Public Service Day 2020. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of innovative and adaptive public service delivery and the critical role public servants play has been highlighted like never before. Whether working in healthcare or delivering essential services in the areas of sanitation, social welfare,...

Welspun India Limited, the global home textile major, launched Project Saksham with an aim to connect with the families of Welspun employees residing in Bihar and Jharkhand to reassure them about the wellbeing of the workforce as well as build awareness amongst the local communities around precautionary measures to be taken to fight the...

Tata Motors has released its Corporate Social Responsibility report 2019-20 which states that the automobile manufacturer's total social investment in FY 2019-20 was ₹ 25.19 crore of which ₹ 22.91 crore were toward CSR Programmes & Projects, drinking water projects that are mainstreamed in CSR agenda and one-time investment towards disaster response. Over 8.3...

The Rajasthan government has approached the Supreme Court, challenging the validity of a circular by the Centre, excluding a special fund, created under the CM Relief Fund from receiving donations as corporate social responsibility, for the purpose of mitigating effects of COVID-19 pandemic. It has reported that the State claimed the April 10 circular, allowing...

Gillette India has been a long-standing partner of the barber community. Gillette and barbers have a special bond as partners, and together they are a part of the essential fabric that grooms everyone, every day. In a world gripped by the pandemic, the impact on barbers has been profound as shutters stayed closed and...