Leaders Speak

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar presided over The CSR Journal Excellence Awards on July 22 in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In his speech, he spoke passionately about the importance of corporate India investing in agriculture for India to become a global superpower. Shri Tomar is the Hon’ble Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Minister...

The role of CSR is important, especially in the developing countries around the world, said Shri. G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, at The CSR Journal Excellence Awards held in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on July 22, 2019. India mandated CSR in 2014, and since then the area has seen enormous...

तेरे दामन में तेरा चाँद है तो होगा ऐ फ़लक, पर देख तेरे सितारे मेरी महफ़िल में उतर आए हैं। क्या अपना पर्यावरण बचाने, अपने किसान भाइयों की मदद करने, किसी हुनरमंद को मौका देने और अपनी बेटियों को बचाने और पढ़ाने की जिम्मेदारी सिर्फ सरकार, न जी ओ और कॉर्पोरेट्स की हैं? आज यह बैठ कर...

At  the third edition of The CSR Journal Excellence Awards at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing, Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal was Chief Guest. She addressed the potential which CSR in India has, following its mandate in the Companies Act, 2013, to harness its superpower status amongst the major economies...

The CSR Journal spoke to leaders from the corporate sector as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the maiden budget 2019 of the second Narendra Modi government in the Lok Sabha on July 5, 2019. Budget 2019 is good for start-ups Said Avnish Sabharwal, Managing Director – Accenture Ventures & Open Innovation, India & Middle-East, “The Union...

CSR should hold the end-user at the centre of any work, believes Rajvi Mariwala. The daughter of Marico chairman Harsh Mariwala, Rajvi is a serious feminist and passionate animal rights advocate. Find out how the interests of next-gen philanthropist Rajvi Mariwala reinforce each other in an exclusive interview for The CSR Journal print issue....

Bureaucrat, civil servant and officer in the Uttar Pradesh cadre of the IAS, Durga Sakthi Nagpal is a role model for young girls today. She came into public view after launching a massive drive against corruption and illegal sand mining within her jurisdiction of Gautam Budh Nagar. She was later suspended by the Uttar...

We spoke to R S Subramanian, Country Manager, DHL Express India and a member of the DHL Asia Pacific (excluding China) Management Board, about their ambitious goal. Deutsche Post DHL Group announced that it will reduce all logistics-related emissions to zero by the year 2050. In pursuit of this ambitious new target, the Group hopes...

With an expenditure of Rs 374 crore in the last financial year, HDFC Bank is one of the largest spenders of CSR in the country, yet its focus has always been on sustainability. “We believe that business cannot prosper if the communities in which they operate fail. Thus all our social initiatives have a concerted...

Sustainable innovation is the mantra that Dell technologies seem to have adopted in its business processes as well as CSR initiatives. With various innovative solutions for waste management through recycling and reusing the accumulated waste, Dell has taken sizeable steps in contributing to environmental conservation. The company is also taking steps in improving the...

When it comes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one company which has made a clear commitment is Ingersoll Rand India Ltd. Their '2030 Sustainability Commitment' is designed around supply chain and operations, world-leading products, systems and services, and enhancing the quality of life. The CSR Journal asked the firm's Chairman and Managing...

Long before I heard the term 'cruelty-free', I had switched to using skincare products from a brand that proudly refrained from animal testing. As an animal lover, I didn't want my personal grooming to bring any harm to other living beings. I didn't know back then (more than a decade ago) that the brand...