The CSR Journal

COVID-19 has resulted in massive job cuts across the world, causing deep mental stress among people. As an organization that understands and promotes mental well-being among its employees, Admitad global affiliate network has launched a ‘Social Fund’ with a corpus of $3,00,000 for the staff, whose family members have suffered a job loss recently. The...

DBS Asia Hub 2 (DAH2) announced that it has raised over INR 6.5 Million to date, in support of COVID-19 relief measures. This will be utilized for providing over 435,000 meals and supporting the local hospitals with testing equipment. In partnership with United Way of Hyderabad, DAH2 organized a donation drive for employees to support...

Driven by the conviction that children’s education is the cornerstone of the progress of our country and should not get hampered under any circumstances, Nihar Shanti Amla has announced a Covid-19 special campaign called ‘Padhai Par Lockdown Nahi’. As part of the initiative, Nihar Shanti Amla is ensuring that the students can learn English being at home...

Vertex Global Services announced today $40,000 in donations to support domestic and global response to COVID-19 and to aid public health relief effort. “Given the severity of the commotion, there is a compelling need for a multi-pronged response, Vertex urges corporates and start-ups to come forward even more stronger and with concerted action to join...

Credit Suisse has pledged 4.5 crore rupees (approx. US$590,000) to support government and community efforts to address urgent healthcare needs arising from the COVID-19 outbreak in Maharashtra. With the support of the CSR of Credit Suisse, United Way Mumbai will purchase 36 ventilators and 11,500 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits including surgical masks, gowns, goggles,...

Tata Steel BSL (formerly Bhushan Steel) has launched a Miyawaki Plantation Project within its plant premises at Sarvoli, Khopoli in Maharashtra. Miyawaki is an afforestation technique developed by Japanese scientist Akira Miyawaki to grow dense plantations in a short time. Compared to the conventional method of afforestation, Miyawaki forest grows 10 times faster, is...

Fast growing cities in South East Asia are responsible for as much as 60% of plastic waste leakage into the environment. 75% of land-based sources of marine plastic pollution in the region originates from uncollected waste and 25% from leakages in the municipal waste management systems. Plastic pollution is also transboundary - up to...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) India has pledged financial aid of nearly INR 2 crore towards supply of medical kits, personal protective equipment (PPE), dry food, hygiene essentials and hospitalization for those most in need during the pandemic in Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. Specifically, FCA India Engineering has partnered with nonprofits Sevalaya in Chennai and United...

PwC India Foundation is supporting Project Nanhi Kali to empower 500 underprivileged girl children in Darjeeling by ensuring access to quality education and promoting concept-based learning. Project Nanhi Kali is jointly managed by K.C. Mahindra Education Trust and Naandi Foundation. Through this CSR initiative, PwC will be reaching out to students from Standard 1 to...

Mahindra has stepped-up its contribution in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. The carmaker, along with Saral designs, has delivered over 1,20,000 UV sterilised masks till date. These are UV sterilised masks with a filter layer with bacteria filter efficiency of 99.95 per cent. Mahindra Group had recently partnered with Saral Designs to modify their...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg today launched a child rights driven campaign with Danish NGO Human Act to support UNICEF’s efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic and protect children from its direct and knock-on consequences. These include food shortages, strained healthcare systems, violence and lost education. “Like the climate crisis, the coronavirus pandemic is a child-rights crisis,” said...

Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL), India’s first institutionally promoted Power Exchange, has made its contribution to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) fund to assist in providing relief measures to the affected people in today’s difficult times of COVID-19 pandemic. The contribution is made by all the company employees...