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Free vaccination drives and CSR activities by Indian companies during the third wave

The third wave of COVID-19 came like a jolt out of the blue just as citizens were settling into a false sense of safety. However, this time the nation was better prepared. Not only were a record number of people double vaccinated against the virus, public and private players had already laid the groundwork...

Oxfam Virtual Trailwalker Challenge 2022 will focus on gender issues with the theme #WalkInMyShoes

The first edition of the Oxfam Virtual Trailwalker Challenge for 2022 imbibes the spirit of the National Girl Child Day. The theme of the challenge is #WalkInMyShoes. It will not just get participants closer to their fitness goals but also support Oxfam India's work towards gender and economic equality. National Day of the Girl Child National Girl...

This edtech collaboration is easing Indian army veterans into new-age tech roles

Edtech company Hero Vired has entered into a new partnership with Text & Clicks Academy to upskill existing, retiring and retired armed forces personnel and veterans. This first-of-a-kind partnership offers training and placement in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science on a larger scale. This collaboration will provide attractive...

Global Sustainability Report: 3M Commits to Carbon Neutrality by 2050

Continuing our series of reports on multinational corporations, today we are going to explore the sustainability initiatives of 3M. The 3M Company is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, US health care, and consumer goods. The company based in Maplewood, a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota, made $32.2 billion...

Tata Power created a not-for-profit app so Indian citizens can take climate action

Tata Power, in its commitment to #DoGreen and contribute to the collective well-being of our shared home – planet Earth – has launched the 'Tree Mittra App' on the occasion of the International Day of Education today. The day was proclaimed by the United Nations in 2018 to celebrate the role of education in bringing...

Delhi-based NGO Partners with Medanta to Organize Free Vaccination Camp for Underprivileged Children

Delhi-based NGO Wishes and Blessings organized a vaccination camp for underprivileged children in partnership with Medanta. Under this initiative, free of cost vaccinations were provided to EWS children falling in the age group of 15-18 years. The medical team came equipped to administer over 150 Covid-19 vaccines to destitute children; however, the turnout was lower...

Bisleri ‘Bottles for Change’ CSR initiative and MCGM collect 650 kgs of used plastic in Mumbai

Bottles for Change – a CSR initiative by Bisleri recently partnered with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai’s (MCGM) G North Ward to arrange a plastic collection drive from housing societies, chowkis, corporates and theatres spread over four days. In a four-day activity, Bottles for Change collaborated with G North ward and Sangam Pratishthan for...

Top 3 predictions for CSR and non-profits in 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to heavily influence trends in the CSR industry. The emerging trends in 2022 are similar to the ones seen in 2021 owing to the recurring Covid waves leading to restricted movements and lockdowns in the country. This year, the focus is expected to be on directing the funds for recovery...

Lodha commits to setting science-based targets for emissions reduction

Top real estate developer Lodha has announced its commitment to set carbon emissions targets in line with climate science with the Science Based Targets initiative. This announcement is further to Lodha’s pledge on this World Environment Day to go carbon neutral by 2035. Recently, the group also received an exceptional score in S&P Global Corporate...

NGO WOTR (Watershed Organisation Trust) marks 28 years of rural transformation in 5,387 villages

Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), a globally recognised organisation dedicated to transforming the lives of millions in rural India, has empowered 45 lakh beneficiaries through its various programmes since its establishment in 1993. Marking its 28th foundation day recently, the Pune-based social welfare organisation announced that it has executed rural development and ecosystem-based adaptation programmes for...

Gen Z woman entrepreneur launches new campaign to empower homemakers

24-year-old Anamika Pandey, an engineer from Uttar Pradesh, dropped out of MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business to pursue a career at Bigbasket’s new venture - BBdaily to only quit later to launch her own food product startup Naario. Campaign for women homemakers Anamika wanted to help her mother and some other...

This Pune Doctor Delivers Female Babies at No Cost

The birth of a girl child is still considered to be a burden in several regions of India. This clearly reflects on the skewed gender ratios in different states in the country. The cases of female infanticide are not that rare in several regions. Moreover, the cases where female children are either abandoned or...

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