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Among the topmost prosperous countries in the world, Canada is a popular location for businesses owners and immigrant workers from all over the world. Environment sustainability and responsible conduct is becoming a business imperative in this nation, which has a diverse population and immense natural wealth. 1. Corporate social responsibility in Canada To enhance the ability...

Social mobility is the extent to which people are able to move between socio-economic strata during their lifetime and between generations. In societies with low social mobility like ours, a person’s background often predetermines the upper limit of education they would attain, the type of work they would do and the level of income...

Plastic pollution is a manmade global catastrophe that poses a major threat to the environment, biodiversity as well as human health. With an aim to contain the pollution caused by plastic bags and raise awareness about the same among people, International Plastic Bag Free Day was created by Bag Free World. The day was...

India’s electricity demand is projected to grow at 9.9% yearly towards 2025 driven by its sheer size and economic growth. The demand dipped temporarily in 2020 due to Covid-19 induced lockdowns, but it not only rebounded to match the pre-COVID level but ended up exceeding 2020 highs in early 2021. Renewable energy will be the...

The economic downturn in the face of the pandemic calls for bolstering of skill development for higher employability. According to the latest report on the talent demand and supply in post-COVID India, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were among the top states to have available skills in English as a second language. Rajasthan topped the list...

The world has been grappling with the deadly pandemic for the last two years. During this time, millions have fallen sick, so many lives are lost, the economies have crashed and the fear is rife among the people. Doctors at this time have been the angels for people by curing them, giving them hope,...

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has made a substantial commitment of spending Rs. 75,000 crores on clean energy. Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of RIL said at the company’s AGM that the company will spend Rs. 60,000 crore on four so-called ‘Giga factories’ to produce solar cells, modules, hydrogen, fuel cells and a battery grid to...

Among the highest spenders on corporate social responsibility, the State of Karnataka enjoys the warm support of corporates, mostly comprising technology companies that are conscious of societal welfare. Private companies in Karnataka spend CSR funding largely on health, education and environmental initiatives. Organisations like Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Biocon, Sobha, Bosch, ABB India, Titan have not...

Ever since the pandemic became the big news of 2020, donations for the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) have been pouring in from responsible citizens and corporates alike. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the ex-officio Chairman of the dedicated national fund formed for the purposes of...

ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. Formerly ASEA Brown Boveri, it is a Swedish–Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to...

Today is the tenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The third Thursday of every May is celebrated as GAAD. What is GAAD? The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than one billion PwD (persons with disabilities or impairments). Over a billion of the...

महाराष्ट्र में जब से नई सरकार का गठन हुआ है तब से लेकर अभी तक सीएसआर सेल पर ताला लगा हुआ है, सीएसआर सेल यानि सोशल रिस्पांसिबिलिटी सेल, ये सेल पिछले तीन महीनों से बंद पड़ा हुआ है, सहभाग नामक इस सेल में फिलहाल ना कोई कर्मचारी काम कर रहा है और ना ही...