The CSR Journal

Sustaining its commitment of contributing towards the wellbeing of healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic, with the able guidance of the Principal Scientific Advisor’s (PSA) Office to the Prime Minister, GoI, PNB Housing Finance Limited (PNBHFL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology). The initiative will support critical...

As COVID-19 continues to spread, there is a growing need to feed the most vulnerable communities in our society. In line with its purpose of nourishing the world, Cargill has pledged support to families through dry ration kits containing Gemini Cooking Oil and NatureFresh Acti Lite along with NatureFresh Atta and cooked meals. The...

Yuva Unstoppable, an India based non-profit organization founded by Amitabh Shah, recently distributed family essential kits to daily wagers, supporting about 15000needful people across the country. In addition to this, the NGO also distributed hygiene kits for police personnel and their family members under its ‘Unstoppable Police Project’, benefitting close to a total of...

Utkarsh Healthcare Foundation India, which has been working for health and education of women and children since 1998, has distributed more than 5 lakh chocolates among the needy and children since the lockdown began. “It was with the aim to bring smiles on their faces that we decided to distribute chocolates and cheese wafer packets...

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...