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Tupperware: A Legacy Brand Embracing a Sustainable Future
As overflowing landfills and waste-ridden seas dominate the headlines, advocates continue to call on companies to embrace a circular economy, in which materials are infinitely reused and nothing becomes waste. Tupperware Brands is among...
Building Circular Apparel Textile Industry in India
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL) is joining a unique and pioneering industry-led platform, ‘Circular Apparel Innovation Factory’ (CAIF) in collaboration with Intellecap. CAIF is India’s first industry-led...
UltraTech Cement to exceed 25 per cent ‘green energy’ contribution to total energy consumption by 2021
UltraTech Cement Limited is aiming to increase contribution of green energy to 25% of its total power consumption by 2021. This increase is more than...
CSR: Mysuru City Corporation plans to procure 100 mobile toilets
After securing the third spot in the ‘Swachh’ rankings this year, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has set a target of procuring at least...
How age shapes response to CSR ads
Millennials may have different motivations for supporting corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts than older consumers, with important implications for advertising in this space, a...
Avashya Foundation to plant 1,02,500 plants under Maitree initiative
Avashya Foundation, the CSR arm of Allcargo Logistics, has announced that it will plant 1,02,500 trees by working with 2300 farmers in Jawahar, Mokada...
Capgemini sets up ‘Digital Academies’ in India
Capgemini has launched its Digital Academy initiative in India, a one-of-a-kind program focused on digital inclusion aimed to reintegrate a wide range of people...
OYO launches its CSR programme ‘OYO Reach’ from Shimla
OYO Hotels & Homes, South Asia’s largest, China’s top two and the world’s fastest growing chain of hotels, homes and living spaces firm launched...
Overtourism Causing Loss of Life at Everest
11 trekkers lost their lives while attempting to climb Mount Everest in 2019. Three of them were Indian nationals, according to the official data...
L&T Financial Services Launches ‘Digital Sakhi’ in Tamil Nadu
L&T Financial Services (LTFS), a Non-Banking Financial Services Group, launched ‘Digital Sakhi’ - an educational programme aimed at digital financial inclusion of rural women...
Nestlé India Conducts Cleanliness Drives Across Locations On World Oceans Day
Nestlé volunteers worldwide participated in clean-up drives to celebrate World Oceans Day, on June 8, 2019. In India, around 2000 volunteers participated in this...
Miss India pageant criticised for being partial to fair skin
By Annie Banerji, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Organizers of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant came under fire on Thursday for selecting only fair-skinned women, with human...