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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...
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...
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...
CSR: Recruiters cold to differently-abled, only 15% hire from this set
Hiring of differently- or specially-abled professionals by Indian recruiters has still a long way to go, if the recent survey findings by recruitment and...
Maruti Suzuki to invest INR 125 crore in CSR activities over next five years
Maruti Suzuki India Limited on Friday announced that it has committed a sum of INR 125 crore to undertake two mega projects under its...
Kodai lake areas get a facelift
Areas around Kodaikanal lake got a facelift with renovated public toilets, better railings and levelled footpaths, on May 3.
The Carlton hotel, in a bid...
CSR: This 22-year-old innovator conserved 200 billion litres of water
In 2018, a report by NITI Aayog stated that India was facing the worst water crisis in history. Over 60% of the country is...