Leaders Speak

Hygiene has assumed a greater significance since the pandemic, given that handwashing with soap is one of the most effective, simplest and cheapest measures to prevent the spread of Covid and several other infectious diseases. Discussing customised solutions on sanitation for the rural and peri-urban communities is Mr Amit Konlade from SATO in an...

कोरोना की बंदिशों के बाद टूरिज्म को एक्सप्लोर (Explore Maharashtra) करने के लिए हर एक राज्य पर्यटन की संभावनाओं को बढ़ा रहें है। महाराष्ट्र पर्यटन विभाग ना सिर्फ सस्टेनेबल टूरिस्म को प्रोत्साहित कर रहा है बल्कि महाराष्ट्र टूरिज्म सोसाइटी बनाकर सीएसआर की मदद से टूरिस्ट डेस्टिनेशन को इको और एनवायरनमेंट फ्रेंडली भी बना रहा...

In November last year, Standard Chartered Bank launched a special sign language service for their hearing impaired priority segment clients in the country. The bank began by training frontline employees and placing them in designated branches across five cities, namely, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai for offering this service in Indian sign language. Not...

World Bamboo Day is observed on 18th September every year to spread awareness regarding the conservation of bamboo and promoting its sustainable utilisation. Ahead of the special day, Vaibhav Anant, Founder and CEO of sustainable packaging brand Bambrew opens up to The CSR Journal regarding plastic-free sustainable packaging being the need of the hour...

World Coconut Day is celebrated on September 2 every year. The objective of the day is to raise awareness of the value of coconuts and disseminate information about their numerous benefits. Coconuts are among the most consumed fruits worldwide. This increases the economic importance of the fruit, and the farmers involved in its production...

How will you react if someone knocks your door one fine morning and says, “Please close the tap in your backyard, it’s been open since the last two hours and water is getting wasted.” Will this annoy you or will you quickly rush to rectify your mistake? Jalandhar’s Meenal Verma did not receive a warm...

HCL Foundation, under its flagship program Clean NOIDA along with NOIDA Authority, recently unveiled India’s first sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi made with a 1000 kg of plastic waste. The life-sized statue of ‘Marching Bapu’, which demonstrates the concept of waste circularity (Reduce, Recycle and Reuse), has been inaugurated at Sector 137, Noida. The 20 feet...

Financial Literacy is essential for personal growth and development of an Individual. A financially aware individual is an asset to an economy as both, an investor, borrower, lender, or spender. In India, the majority of the population does not fall under this category. If the country is to reap benefits of the demographic dividend,...

Cairn oil and gas is the largest private crude oil producer in India. In an exclusive conversation with The CSR Journal, Ms Harmeet Sehra, CSR Head at Cairn Oil and Gas talks about the Company’s focus on the socio-economic development of the communities it engages with and its plans for going Net-Zero. Following are...

क्या आपने कभी ये सोचा है कि आतंकी गतिविधियों में जान गंवाने वाले माता-पिता के बाद बच्चों की परवरिश कैसे होती होगी? क्या आपने ये कभी सोचा है कि सांप्रदायिक, और जातीय हिंसा में जान गंवाने के बाद अनाथ या निराश्रित बच्चों का लालन पालन कैसे होता होगा। तो आज हम आपको बता दें...

Education plays a very important role in shaping the thoughts and behaviour of a society. It is what determines whether society would be progressive or regressive in the near future. In an exclusive interaction with The CSR Journal, Ms. Monisha Bannerjee, CEO of Anudip Foundation elaborates on these ideas while discussing the role of the...

Tata Technologies has been taking major steps in improving the quality of the technical workforce in India through CSR. In an exclusive interaction with The CSR Journal, Mr Ajit Habbu, Manager, Corporate Sustainability and CSR, Tata Technologies talks about the organisation's CSR initiatives in India. 1. Technological development is the future of sustainable development. However,...