CSR
175 Countries Sign The Paris Agreement On Earth Day
The historic agreement on climate change marked a major milestone on Friday with a record 175 countries, including India, signing on to it on...
Corporate Houses Don’t Invest Enough In Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative
Only 10 private companies and two industry bodies contributed towards building toilets in schools under the famed Swacch Bharat Mission till March 1, 2016...
Time to Ring Bells of Equality For the LGBT Community
From the middle of nowhere a few years ago, transgenders today are going places. In April 2014, India's Supreme Court recognised transgenders as people...
Philanthropy To Purpose: India Inc. Is Finding Its Socially Responsible Feet
It’s four and a half years since we started working with great Indian companies on their social responsibility. In that time we’ve been watching...
Advisory & Capacity Building Body Will Help Instead of a Supervising Body: Vanessa D’souza, CEO, SNEHA
Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action (SNEHA), is a non - profit organisation, that believes in investing in women's health and is essential...
Only 1.3% of the total CSR spend actually goes to career counselling: Craft Driven “Market” Research
Education sector has been one of the highest recipients of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds last year. Further detailing the spending in the sector,...
Standard Chartered Bank announces five new eye care projects for underprivileged
Standard Chartered Bank announced the launch of five new eye care projects to bring in innovation and strengthen the delivery of eye-care to the...
Tale Of Education
Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) is a proposal by the Human Resource Development ministry of India whose aim will be funding infrastructure creation for...
Teradata Partners With Project Nanhi Kali To Support The Education Of Underprivileged Girls
Teradata, a big data analytics and marketing applications company, announced its partnership with Project Nanhi Kali to support education initiatives for young girls in...
It is better to abide by the laws than trying ways to circumvent them: Dr Rashneh Pardiwala, CERE
Dr Rashneh Pardiwala is an environmentalist and a CSR consultant by profession. An Ecologist from the University of Edinburgh, she has specialised in the...
Linking Leadership Development With Social Responsibility Improves Employees Performance: Study
A global study released by Hay Group division of Kon Ferry a global people and advisory firm, shows that when organizations include social responsibility...
Success Stories Are Missing In The Media: Kailash Satyarthi, Activist & Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Kailash Satyarthi has been active in the movement against child labour since the 1990s and has freed over 80,000 children from various forms of...