The CSR Journal

Over the next decade, one of Asia's largest diversified real estate groups CapitaLand aims to spur ESG initiatives within the company. By 2030, the company intends to secure SGD 6 billion through sustainable finance such as sustainability-linked loans, green loans and green bonds. This is triple the SGD 2 billion it has raised to...

Sightsavers has been recognised as one among “India’s 10 Best NGOs to Work for” by Great Place to Work Institute India. The award is given to NGOs that reflect a high performance and high trust culture for their employees. Every year, more than 10,000 organisations from over 62 countries partner with Great Place to Work®...

Mastercard’s (NYSE: MA) signature STEM education program, Girls4Tech, has reached its initial milestone goal of educating one million girls. In the backdrop of UNICEF’s International Day of the Girl Child, Mastercard announced a new goal for the Girls4Tech program to reach five million girls globally by 2025. In India, supported by the Mastercard Impact Fund...

CP Group of companies distributed free meals of Five Star, their QSR, to 500 veterans. CP Avant Pvt. Ltd (CPAPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Charoen Pokphand Group (CPG), Thailand reached out to veterans with meal boxes. This drive took place in collaboration with NGO Earth Saviours which provides shelter to abandoned senior citizens and...

NABARD, on the occasion of International Day of Rural Women, launched MY PAD. MY RIGHT, a developmental CSR initiative which aims to make an impact in rural menstrual hygiene by empowering rural women to take up manufacturing of sanitary pads. The menstrual hygiene-cum-livelihoods programme will provide one sanitary pad making machine to Self Help Groups...

Mahindra & Mahindra is among the 100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies in the world according to a recent ranking by The Wall Street Journal. Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has been ranked 17th (the highest ranking for an automobile company, and the highest ranking for any Indian company) on this prestigious list. Ranking for Most Sustainably...

Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore Business continues to support the battle against COVID-19 through various community outreach activities in order to ensure the Safety of people and to support the efforts of Government & other concern authorities to overcome this unprecedented situation. Recently, the company has provided 100 fingertip pulse oximeters to the Directorate...

Ministry of Mumbai’s Magic, a collective of citizens of Mumbai has submitted recommendations generated from an online public consultation to BMC officials to improve the condition of Mumbai’s parks and gardens. As part of the consultation, citizens of Mumbai shared their solutions, grievances and experiences to better the city's public parks. The consultation was...

Gurugram‐based Hospido, a technology based cancer care platform, presents India’s first virtual run: Run2Beat for breast cancer awareness from October 17-31, 2020. Research suggests it takes 2 minutes to do a breast cancer self diagnosis, and through the run Hospido wants to create an awareness on early diagnosis of cancer. Run2Beat is a virtual run,...

We stand at a critical threshold today, where we are facing a pandemic and are witnessing the ever-depleting level of water. A precious natural resource, that is imperative for our survival and overall well-being needs to be nurtured, cared, protected, and preserved. Harpic Mission Paani through its new campaign ‘Swachhta aur Paani’ (Hygiene and Water)...

Adhata Trust, a Mumbai-based NGO focused on the psychosocial welfare of senior citizens, celebrated World Elders’ Day 2020 virtually. The online event saw performances by Adhata members to the theme of ‘Khushiyon ki Home Delivery’, as members and participants logged in and eagerly cheered each other. The International Day of Older Persons is observed across...

Committed to extending its CSR support to local communities, the Alstom Corporate Foundation has announced its final selection of projects from across the world for the 2020 cycle. With a budget of €1.9 million, Alstom Foundation received 167 project submissions from across the world and decided to fund 29 projects from its 2020-21 budget. Six...