Business Ethics & Philanthropy
CSR News: BMW India Foundation formed for corporate social responsibility initiatives
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 News: On 75th anniversary of Mahindra Group, employees pledge to volunteer 750,000 hours
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...
Prakash Javadekar: Indian govt will give every house potable tap water by year 2024
“India has made tremendous progress in last 6 years in achieving all the important SDG targets. The government is committed to give every house...
Global CSR Report: Sony for Sustainability
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,...
PM CARES Fund is an oxymoron where CSR donations disappear
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...
Rise of CSR and ESG destroys Friedman doctrine on its 50th anniversary
September 2020 marks 50 years since Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman told us that “greed is good”. His polarising editorial, 'The Social Responsibility of...
CSR: LEGO Commits to be a Sustainable Toy Brand
As the world suffers from the impacts of plastic pollution, people are becoming more conscious about choosing products that minimise plastic pollution. Such activism...
Meet the James Bond of Philanthropy
We often come across millionaires and billionaires who eventually go broke. They are usually self-made businessmen carried into oblivion by delusions of grandeur. However,...
Corporate Social Responsibility: Apple and Singapore Government Reward Citizens for Keeping Healthy
Singapore is known for being the information and technology hub in the Asia Pacific as well as taking revolutionary decisions to bring about the...
Docu ‘The New Corporation’ depicts false CSR claims by international cos
For many filmmakers, COVID-19 has derailed their projects. But for the Canadian co-directors of The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, it actually added...
Top 20 Indian Companies for CSR in 2019
COVID-19 has taken up the lion's share of CSR funding. We were keen to know what the companies adjudged for Best Practices in 2019...
ITC Ltd. Chairman Sanjiv Puri reaffirms company’s superordinate national purpose
In his AGM address, Sanjiv Puri, Chairman, ITC Limited shared his vision on the organisation’s top strategic priorities in preparing for the ‘Next Normal’...