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Walmart to Reduce 1 Billion Metric Tons of Emission From Global Supply Chains by 2030
Walmart Inc. has issued its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which details the company’s goals, progress and achievements for the fiscal year 2019...
CSR: Road Crashes Killing Most People – WHO
Road crashes still contribute to the most number of deaths in the world. According to a report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO),...
CSR: Gender Pay Gap and SDG 5
Globally, it is estimated that women earn 77% of what men earn. While data from 37 countries show the gender pay gap is slowly...
Swiggy delivers over 1.5 million orders a month on cycles, encourages electric vehicles
Two years ago, Swiggy took a leap towards sustainable development by encouraging more mechanical cycles for its fleet. The move also had the added...
Volunteers Are Cleaning Up 22,000 Pounds of Trash Left on Mount Everest
People who attempt to climb Mount Everest have to make a $4,000 deposit before their ascent that they only get back if they lug...
CSR: Purpose of a Purpose in Business
It has become very popular in recent years for companies to have a short and accessible purpose statement. Such corporate purposes are then communicated...
Drinking water topmost need in wake of Cyclone Fani
‘Cyclone Fani’, one of the strongest storms to batter the Indian subcontinent in decades, made landfall near Puri, India, on 3rd May 2019. Over...
IMFA commits Rs 75 lakhs to Cyclone Fani relief efforts
Subhrakant Panda, Chairman, FICCI Odisha State Council and Managing Director, IMFA today appealed to corporates to contribute generously to help those affected by Cyclone...
United Nations launches project to boost women’s entrepreneurship in Cambodia
Women-owned businesses have been on the rise over the past twenty years in the Asia-Pacific region. In Cambodia, around 65 per cent of micro-sized...
Great Powers in Afghanistan, Between Cooperation and Competition
By Abdul Bari Nijrabi and Max Bone
On April 25, representatives of the United States, Russia, and China convened at the first trilateral meeting on...
This Amazon-Led Alliance is Out to Revolutionise Healthcare
In January 2018, the world’s richest man entered into an alliance with the CEOs of the world's third-largest public company and the United States’ largest bank.
Their sights were set...
CSR: Potential Positive Applications of Synthetic Biology
Science and technology have made leaps of progress in the field of biotechnology. The power of technology is such, that scientists can modify microorganisms...