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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is considered to be a very important and beneficial tool for companies. It works not only in favour of the society but also for businesses in the form of building goodwill, attracting talent and even build a loyal customer base. While the advantages of CSR are multifold and many, it...

Reducing food waste can have a positive impact on suppliers’ and consumers’ well-being. Food loss and waste results in roughly $940 billion in economic losses globally per year, according to a report by corporate coalition Champions 12.3. Reducing food waste in India can generate a “triple win.” It can save money for farmers, companies,...

Cavinkare today launched its Walk India CSR initiative in Assam by donating free customized artificial limbs to over 100 deserving amputees from in and around Goalpara, Bongaigaon and Barpeta region of the state. This marks Assam to be the first state after Tamil Nadu to benefit from Walk India. This CSR campaign by CavinKare offers support...

Andre Maurois, a French Author has said, “Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.” India as a country has tremendous potential to be a superpower in the near future. One of the major things that hold the country back from this is certain social norms which are highly...

Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) will be in the spotlight in 2020, going by Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan's latest declaration. He announced at the 107th Indian Science Congress last Friday that his ministry is in an advanced stage of developing a formal policy on scientific social responsibility. Through the Department of Science and...

A new study by San Francisco State University Assistant Professor of Management Nara Jeong suggests that CEOs look to the White House in the USA for leadership on social responsibility—but not the way you might expect. It turns out that corporate leaders are less likely to act on their values when they're in agreement...

2019 brought into focus the “cancel culture” (named Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2019). Cancel culture is toxic, it's a term that captures an important aspect of the past year's Zeitgeist. It's an attitude which is so pervasive that it now has a name. Cancel culture has become, for better or worse, a...

On one hand, the rising population of the earth demands intensive agriculture practices to ensure food security of it’s inhabitants. On the other hand, it sucks the life out of the planet slowly and gradually by soil degradation and increased carbon emissions. Its dependence on singular crops, heavy ploughing machinery, fossil-fuel-based fertilisers and pesticides...

You call yourself an animal lover yet haven't really done anything for your four-legged friends. However, sporadically feeding strays doesn't count! Well, 2020 could be the year that desire changes into action. In our first of the series, Resolution 2020, we propose making new furry friends. When most people think of helping animals, they think...

Aluminium is one of the most abundantly used metals. It is widely used in various sectors including transportation, consumer goods to power lines. It is also an important component in various electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and TVs. This is why it is always in high demand. Thus, it is imperative to...

Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana governments set up their respective CSR advisory boards in 2019. Not to be left behind, Andhra Pradesh ended the year with an announcement on the same lines. On December 31, the State government created Connect to Andhra, a non-profit society—by subsuming Smart Andhra Pradesh Foundation—to streamline the mobilisation and utilisation...

Almost 70% of Maharashtra state’s geographical area lies in the semi-arid region, rendering it vulnerable to water scarcity. The plight of people living in these areas has been exacerbated, considering that three of the past five years have been declared as drought years by the government of Maharashtra. As a result of this, the...