The CSR Journal

Piramal Sarvajal, the safe drinking water initiative of Piramal Foundation launched a tool named Composite Water Vulnerability Index (CWVI) at its recent Webinar on ‘Sustainable Water Security for Urban Under-Served’ hosted in association with Center for Water and Sanitation (CWAS) and Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT). The CWVI tool is designed to rank...

With the pandemic taking precedence, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds saw a sharp diversion towards COVID-19 prevention and treatment. It has also stoked donation fatigue amongst individual donors. Wading through these uncertain waters, and the ‘new normal’ been an abstraction of Zoom calls and reorienting spaces around us. Sakshi-a rights based NGO, has innovatively...

In a unique initiative, school and college students across Mumbai and Maharashtra are being invited to share actionable ideas to combat environmental challenges. The initiative of not for profit Project Mumbai and the Government of Maharashtra (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change) aims to give an opportunity to children of the region to present student-led solutions through 'Ideas for...

With its continuous focus on CSR activities, Tata Steel hopes to reach out to at least two million people annually and make a meaningful difference to their lives by the year 2025. In the 2019-20 financial year, the company has reached out to 1.4 million people living in and around its operational areas and...

While Bollywood grapples with issues such as drugs and nepotism, there is a certain sect of people from the industry who have decided to do something for society. Amidst a long standing debate of providing women their basic necessity at an affordable cost, a few people from the film industry and corporate sector got...

Tata Starbucks has announced the Tata Starbucks Empowering Girls and Young Women programme, a new CSR initiative to support girls and young women in India through education, skills development and economic empowerment. As part of Tata Starbucks ongoing commitment to creating equal opportunities, the programme will provide girls and young women with the education, financial...

Districts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha have scored lowest in the second edition of the India Child Well-Being Report by NGO World Vision India. The ‘India Child Well-being Report 2020’ provides data on various child-centric indicators and analyses them through nine dimensions; namely life, bodily health, bodily integrity, senses, imagination, thoughts, emotions, practical reasons,...

After the success of Phase 1 of the MTV Nishedh campaign that reached over 10 million people across India, Viacom18 and MTV Staying Alive Foundation, supported by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., are all set to bring a digital-only miniseries MTV Nishedh Alone Together, revolving around Tuberculosis (TB). TB in the...

In a bid to thank COVID warriors and nurture promising talent, Imarticus Learning, India’s frontrunning professional education firm, is launching the #JoyOfGiving movement as a part of its CSR initiative. The new initiative, is launched on 19th November, just ahead of Thanksgiving Day, will offer a 100% scholarship for COVID warriors. Available to graduates from any discipline falling...

Carlsberg Group announces partnership with Desolenator, the world’s first solar thermal sustainable water purification technology, to create clean drinking water for a town of 4,000, in the Sundarbans in West Bengal, India. The Sundarbans, West Bengal, has been hard hit by climate change and water scarcity. The situation has been compounded in 2020 by COVID-19...

Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd, (BFIL) a 100% subsidiary of IndusInd Bank, has signed an MoU with The Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) of the Maharashtra Government to begin its Social Impact Initiative “Bharat Sanjeevani” at 31 districts in the state. The collaboration titled “Mahapashudhan Sanjeevani” under “Mukhyamantri Pashu Swasthya Yojana” will enhance the doorstep delivery of...

On World Toilet Day, bathware brand Hindware launched Build A Toilet, Build Her Future campaign, reiterating its commitment to promoting good health and hygiene. Introduced under the aegis of Hindware's year-round initiative – Hygiene that Empowers, the CSR campaign focuses on encouraging the girl child to continue schooling by providing access to adequate sanitation infrastructure...