Business Ethics & Philanthropy

The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), a registered charity dedicated to preventing road deaths through safer road infrastructure, in association with FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company and a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. has announced the launch of the 5-Star Global Connections Initiative. The CSR programme will unlock the power of partnerships...

Plum is India’s first 100% vegan beauty and PETA certified cruelty-free brand which is all about “being good” - to your skin, to your senses, to others and to the environment. The skincare firm announced the expansion of its vision to lead the charge for conscious and clean beauty in India, by unveiling the...

Capgemini Group revealed its Purpose which was developed in collaboration with its many stakeholders, and with the Group’s employees at the heart of the process. It now forms one of the fundamentals of the Group. The Purpose is: “Unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future” Capgemini Group believes that digital transformation should...

Girls get it done. And no other brand depicts this better than NIKE. This sports brand, which has epitomised cool for decades, is making sports and fitness all the more inclusive, especially for girls and women across the board. A look at the NIKE Global Impact and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of late...

Nestlé India Limited, a leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company has been in India for about 100 years. The company, since its inception, has projected a responsible behaviour by ensuring the welfare and upliftment of communities around which it operates. The company believes that creating better livelihood opportunities for the communities residing around its...

German luxury carmaker BMW India has announced that it has registered a non-profit company christened ‘BMW India Foundation’ to plan, implement and oversee all CSR projects of BMW India, BMW India Financial Services and BMW India Leasing. The not-for-profit has formed a ‘Make a Difference’ team with employees of BMW Group India and BMW India...

The Mahindra Group today commemorates its 75th anniversary since its inception in 1945. To celebrate this significant milestone, its employees pledge to contribute 750,000 hours volunteering. This is for the well-being of the communities in India and around the world, as part of Mahindra’s campaign, ‘My Seva’. The campaign aims to enthuse employees to celebrate...

“India has made tremendous progress in last 6 years in achieving all the important SDG targets. The government is committed to give every house potable tap water by 2024," said Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, during his opening speech at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit 2020. Dignitaries and speakers gathered...

The Sony Group is a global organization with a broad range of businesses around the world—electronic equipment, devices, game consoles, digital networks, motion pictures, music, and financial and insurance services. The group’s management approach is “getting closer to people,” and its purpose is to “fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity...

In an earlier editorial on the future of CSR funding in post-lockdown India, we had raised doubts over the transparency of the PM CARES Fund. Turns out, The CSR Journal is not alone. Trinamool Congress leader and MP, Mahua Moitra, broke the internet with her intelligent critique on this same Central government scheme in...

September 2020 marks 50 years since Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman told us that “greed is good”. His polarising editorial, 'The Social Responsibility of Business Is To Increase Its Profits,' was published in New York Times Magazine on September 13, 1970 and went on to haunt the markets for decades to come. However, the...

As the world suffers from the impacts of plastic pollution, people are becoming more conscious about choosing products that minimise plastic pollution. Such activism by consumers has inspired many businesses leading them to a path to sustainability. One such company is LEGO. LEGO has announced that they will be replacing the plastic packaging from their...