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The universally dreaded plastic waste is now acquiring some ‘good-reuse-karma’. Upcycling techniques have generated a great potential to design more sustainable CSR initiatives that can help clean up plastic waste, create useful products & generate fair trade employment opportunities

IDEALLY, a good deed shouldn’t expect anything in return. But with 2 percent of their profits being diverted to Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives under mandatory legislation, even the most generous of qualifying companies are looking to minimize the effect of the blow to their coffers. Sources in the Corporate Affairs Ministry confirm heavy lobbying is...

In a communication to the Finance Minister, the international roads advocacy group has demanded 100 percent tax exemption for corporate houses, NGOs, industry, individuals in its road safety programmes

FOR 32 children from Mumbai, who live in underprivileged conditions and find it tough to even fulfill their basic needs on most occasions, it was a moment of exhilaration when celebrity lensman Atul Kasbekar reached out to them to conduct a masterclass on photography. Kasbekar was participating in an event called Mumbai Meri Jaan,...

From working at coffee shops to applying paint, how ICICI Foundation is making vocational development the cornerstone of its wp activities

They still call him Raj the Cycle Chalao guy in some parts. But today, Raj Jaganam has covered 200 km of villages, to find and fund the best of early-stage social entrepreneurs till they find their footing

Hospitals in the US are shifting to fresh, organic food to improve the health of their patients. Corporate houses in India could similarly harness the vast tradition of Ayurveda, adopting and strategically implementing the concept of ‘Food as Medicine’ as a business or wp activity.

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has left for Brazil to attend the sixth BRICS submit to be held in Brazil. The theme of the high-profile summit this year is ‘Inclusive growth and Sustainable Development’ – echoing a key plank of the new government. READ the statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office before he left for...

Environment journalist and author of Green Wars Bahar Dutt spells out some Dos and Don’ts for corporates gearing up to spend their mandatory 2% on wp

At the surface level, it seems to be an initiative which only has brownie points to showcase. And in formal conversations, no stakeholder is holding back any praising term to underline the good intentions it quintessentially carries. Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) laws which came into the effect this April and provisions for a mandatory...

The Comptroller & Audit General of India (CAG) has revealed a ‘serious lack of initiative, implementation and desire to implement Corporate Social Responsibility’ scheme in at least 41 out of 110 central public sector enterprises (CPSE’s)

UNFPA has partnered with sustainability management company NextGen to provide a cloud and mobile enabled platform for corporates to channel Corporate Social Responsibility funding for the benefit of adolescent girls. The NextGen-developed cloud and mobile solution, called ‘p3’, provides a monitoring, evaluation, reporting and impact assessment for the projects by participating companies using the...