Global Stories
Climate Emergency: Bushfires in Australia
About 62,000 square kilometres of the area has been destroyed in the massive Australian bushfires. This area is a little more than the entire...
Overseas Indians Making us Proud on NRI Day
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day) is celebrated on January 9 to strengthen the engagement of the overseas Indian community with the Government of India...
Reducing Food Waste Makes Financial Sense
Reducing food waste can have a positive impact on suppliers’ and consumers’ well-being. Food loss and waste results in roughly $940 billion in economic...
The White House Plays Surprising Role in Driving CSR
A new study by San Francisco State University Assistant Professor of Management Nara Jeong suggests that CEOs look to the White House in the...
Cancel Culture is Toxic, What To Expect in 2020
2019 brought into focus the “cancel culture” (named Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2019). Cancel culture is toxic, it's a term that captures...
Top 5 Global CSR Trends To Watch In 2020
2019 was a pivotal year in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as the concepts of corporate responsibility and sustainability received significant media attention, and the...
2020 will be a make-or-break year for biodiversity
The UN General Assembly had declared the period 2011-2020 as United Nations Decade on Biodiversity. As the year 2020 brings the decade to a...
Indian NGOs celebrate the formal adoption of the 2019 Resolution on the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly
The Resolution on the Rights of the Child has been formally adopted by the UNGA on 18 December 2019, the resolution focuses on children without parental care –...
CSR: Climate Risk Reporting – A Lesson from Japan
It has been repeatedly reported that global Carbon Emissions are continuing to spiral upwards. The scientists have warned that our planet may already have...
Preventive Measures to Eliminate Violence Against Women
Orange the World campaign launched by the UN, is a multi-year effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls, will focus...
Five Things to Know About Emissions Gap Report 2019
The world is striving to fight climate change by making efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions in every sector. Various climate summits are inspiring...
Role of CFO to Ensure Business Sustainability
CFOs have historically been responsible for making financing and investment decisions based on ROI and NPV. In the next ten years, there will be...