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Salesforce-Siemens collab bringing touchless tech to offices
Salesforce and Siemens have announced a strategic partnership to develop a new workplace technology suite that will support businesses globally to safely reopen and deliver the future experience for physical workplaces.
The partnership will combine Salesforce’s Work.com, powered by Customer 360, and Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure solutions, including Comfy and Enlighted, to orchestrate the processes, people...
Community Engagement Grants for Grundfos India CSR projects in Tamil Nadu
Given that in India, vulnerable population groups are at risk because of various lockdown measures, three projects in India have received funding via the Grundfos Foundation's new Community Engagement Grant. Funding goes to local Grundfos India CSR projects in Tamil Nadu.
Two of the grants went to Hand in Hand India, an NGO that has been...
Cooper Corporation stepping up CSR activities in Satara to support Maha hgovernment
Cooper Corporation, manufacturer of engines, auto components and gensets, has been actively engaged with local authorities to revive Satara from the impact of the COVID-19. The company has been involved in the fight against the pandemic in several ways. It has initiated a drive to distribute more than 15,000 “Mask Booklets” in Marathi on ‘How...
Adidas to make shoes and clothes with 100% recycled polyester in 4 years
Global sportswear giant, adidas, in a bid to fight plastic pollution has launched a sustainability film to celebrate its 5-year successful partnership with Parley. Through this film, adidas aims to raise awareness about fighting marine plastic pollution and replacing all plastics and polyester in its products with recycled materials by 2024.
In 2015, adidas announced...
Feed Voiceless Street Animals
While we are sitting comfortably in our houses and getting at least two meals a day, thousands of stray animals have almost nothing to eat since the lockdown was imposed. They are surviving on whatever little trash they can find, even the people who care for them can’t step out to feed them regularly....
Municipal Corporation kickstarts Mission Zero in South Mumbai
The 'Mission Zero' initiative has been launched in South Mumbai in collaboration with the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Bhartiya Jain Sanghtana (BJS), Desh Apnayen and CREDAI-MCHI to curb the growing corona outbreak.
Considering the increase in patients in some parts of Mumbai, the Corporation decided to implement Rapid Action Plan in those parts. Taking cognizance...
India must spend 5% of its GDP on healthcare, says Amitabh Kant
"India must spend 5% of its GDP on healthcare; this is critical in the long run, as we need to be able to take care of our population,” said Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog at a global webinar on COVID-19 pandemic jointly organized by Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and...
CSR: Takeda India contributes ₹1.2 Crores to COVID-19 PM Cares Fund
Takeda India, part of the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, a global biopharmaceutical company, has announced a donation of ₹ 1.2 Crores to the PM Cares Fund to support India's fight against COVID-19.
The contribution to the PM Cares Fund aims to support patients and the Government to contain the spread of the disease. Bringing innovative...
L’Oréal allocates €150 million to urgent sustainability issues
L’Oréal launches today its new sustainability program “L’Oréal for the future”, laying down the Group’s latest set of ambitions for 2030. In the context of growing environmental and social challenges, L’Oréal is accelerating its transformation towards a model respecting planetary boundaries and reinforcing its commitments to both sustainability and inclusion.
L’Oréal will allocate €150 million...
AASHA Foundation’s ‘Course For A Cause’ support Families of Galwan Valley martyrs
In a bid to extend financial support to the families of the beloved soldiers who lost their lives in the Galwan Valley while fighting against China, Mumbai-based AASHA Foundation is hosting a trailblazing initiative, ‘Course For A Cause’. The five-day philanthropic event will conduct 5 different webinars on skill-building courses, proceeds of which will...
CSR News: Hindustan Zinc launches “Koi Bacha Rahe Na Bhookha” Campaign
Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), in association with Government’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), has launched “Koi Bacha Rahe Na Bhookha” campaign - aimed at improving the health and well-being of the children in the age group of 0-6 years across 3089+ Anganwadis in Rajasthan. Through this campaign, HZL aims to break the chain of malnutrition and...
CSR News: Ramky Enviro launches Solid Waste Management plant
Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL), a leading provider of comprehensive environment management services in India as well as Asia today launched Chhattisgarh’s largest solid waste management plant with a capacity of managing 700 tonnes of waste per day in Raipur.
The plant was inaugurated by Shri Bhupesh Bhagel, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. The entire...