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CSR: Fashion Industry And Environment
The fashion industry is the second largest polluter of the environment in the world. With reducing price of clothes, fashion shopping has become quite frequent and is often categorised as an addiction. It is not rare for some shopper to name their latest fashion purchase as an impulse buy.
While it is easy to get caught...
10 Year Challenge: CSR then and now
As the 10-Year Challenge, or the 2009 vs. 2019 Challenge sweeps social media, The CSR Journal has its own take on the otherwise superficial trend. We are comparing the state of Corporate Social Responsibility in the country in 2009 vs. 2019.
Institutionalizing CSR
A decade ago, the most common CSR activity when it came to the...
J&K Bank dedicates musical fountain, open-air gym to war hero
Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday dedicated a musical fountain and open-air gymnasium to the people of Jammu in presence of the chairman J&K Bank Parvez Ahmed at Canal Road, Jammu.
The musical fountain and open-air gymnasium has been installed by the J&K Bank for the citizens of Jammu under its CSR initiative. Paying rich...
Pakistan: OICCI members invested over 20 billion rupees in 2018
Foreign investors who are members of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) have invested in excess of Rs20 billion during the past 12 months in the socio economic development activities in Pakistan.
Giving details, OICCI President Irfan Wahab Khan informed that “the OICCI CSR Report 2018 has been issued highlighting extensive financial...
Amway celebrates Louis Braille Day in collaboration with All India Confederation of the Blind
Amway India celebrated the 210th birth anniversary of Louis Braille with its 11 NGO partners for the eleventh consecutive year by organizing myriad initiatives. In Gurugram, the company inaugurated the refurbished computer training centre for the visually impaired by upgrading the equipment and accessories and provided braille books for the school library to further...
Swinging a Racket for a Change
The cause of children has found its voice through the luminaries in the badminton field. Child Rights and You (CRY) with Premier Badminton league organized an event for 50 underprivileged children from their project areas. The children not only got an opportunity to meet the players but also engage in friendly games with some...
FICCI for deduction in CSR expenditure irrespective of turnover in Budget
Industry chamber Ficci recommended the government to cut corporate tax rate across the board to 25% irrespective of turnover in the forthcoming Budget to spur economic growth and increase overall tax collections.
The chamber has also suggested revision in the tax slabs for the individual taxpayers with the top 30% rate to be applied beyond...
Ford Hits CO2 Manufacturing Emissions Reduction Target
Ford Motor Company has announced that it has achieved the company’s manufacturing emissions reduction goal eight years ahead of schedule.
In 2010, Ford’s Environmental Quality Office announced a goal – to reduce the company’s carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30 per cent per vehicle produced by 2025. It hit the target twice as...
ITM bike rally to spread awareness on road safety
Taking into consideration the safety of daily commuters, Turbhe Traffic police in association with ITM Institute of Hotel Management, Navi Mumbai organized bike rally for helmet awareness and road safety with 60 bikes, 90 students and 20 staff covering the distance of 20 kms starting from the Nerul Campus of ITM IHM to Nerul...
Canada: Offering choice in CSR activity spurs employee engagement
Employees working for companies with strong corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs tend to find their jobs more meaningful, boosting engagement.
And that impact is up to 20% stronger when workers are given a say in corporate CSR activities, according to a new study conducted by the University of British Columbia (UBC).
“Employees’ sense of meaningfulness and...
UP Government is Encouraging CSR Funding for Cow Shelters
Struggling to check stray cows, the Yogi Adityanath government has asked all district magistrates in the state to explore the option of getting companies to run temporary cow shelters as part of their corporate social responsibility obligations.
An order issued by the UP government to all senior administrative officials in districts mentioned this as part...
सवर्ण आरक्षण को लेकर नरेंद्र मोदी का मास्टरस्ट्रोक, आम चुनाव का ‘गेम चेंजर’ फैसला
आरक्षण को लेकर नरेंद्र मोदी सरकार का ये मास्टरस्ट्रोक राजनीतिक गेम चेंजर है। राजस्थान, मध्यप्रदेश और छत्तीसगढ़ में बीजेपी की चुनावी हार सरकार की आखें खोलने का काम कर गई। एससी, एसटी एक्ट में सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले को पलटने के बाद सवर्ण समाज में सरकार के प्रति नाराजगी साफ तौर पर देखी गई।...