Business Ethics & Philanthropy
Corporate Social Responsibility Not to be Treated as Peripheral Activity: Union Minister
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) works should be part of the long term strategy of companies and should not be treated as ad hoc activities,...
Limitations of The CSR Mandate
In 2013, the government of India mandated the companies that makes a net profit above a specified threshold level, to spend to per cent...
CSR Top 10: Responsible Business Rankings 2018
Companies undertake many types of responsible business activities. It is difficult to comprehend easily the breadth and scope of their work. A new study...
Branded Waste – How CSR can help increase sales
Five states in India banned single-use plastic viz. Plastic bags, in the last one year and there was a huge uproar about the same...
2018 Review of CSR Projects in Water Management
The National Water Mission targets to reduce water consumption by 20% in all sectors by 2030. To achieve this, many policy level initiatives have...
Partnerships that Enable Impact at Scale
“Are you implementing a local / specific solution or are you willing to subsume your approach in a collaborative approach?”
“Do we work with...
2018 recap of CSR projects to manage plastic waste in India
Waste is a big environmental challenge, for companies across the board. Leading Indian companies recognise waste management as a key issue. Plastic is used...
Biodiversity, the lesser child of CSR
Usually when conversations happen on CSR in India, it is often seen that the topics being discussed are community development, with programmes like education,...
CSR Report: Nestlé India spent above 2% of average net profits
Nestle India Limited spent more than the prescribed 2% in corporate social responsibility programs in the financial year 2017-18. While the prescribed CSR expenditure...
Intersection of CSR and business resilience
Most business leaders you speak to would agree that corporate social responsibility is important. Some would rattle off a long list of things they...
1,000 Indian firms under scrutiny for unspent CSR funds
Companies that are holding back on their corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending and are re-routing the funds to the balance sheet could soon face...
CSR report: Maharashtra receives largest amount of money for CSR
Maharashtra topped the list of states receiving the largest amount of money for CSR, followed by Gujarat and Rajasthan, while eight states saw a...