Opinions
Stakeholder Engagement for Lasting Impact
As individual philanthropy, policy backed-business responsibility and corporate commitment to society takes prominence in India, change agents find themselves constantly grappling with the issue...
Business and Climate Change – Sustainable Solutions
Climate change is emerging as one of this century's greatest destabilizing forces, undermining the global economy, impacting food and water security, and affecting health...
Philanthropy To Purpose: India Inc. Is Finding Its Socially Responsible Feet
It’s four and a half years since we started working with great Indian companies on their social responsibility. In that time we’ve been watching...
Realising India’s Dream of a Great Sporting Nation
When I started playing squash in 1986, I hardly had an idea about what an attractive, mobilizing and inspiring force “Sport” could be. Sport...
Changing Landscape of Philanthropy In India
The recent Hurun India Philanthropy List 2015 reported Azim Premji as the most generous Indian, donating INR 27,514 crore (USD 4200 million) on education...
Is there a conflict between the profit motive and CSR?
CSR is, after all, yet another mandatory cost to the company which cannot be deducted as expense to avail a tax benefit. However, in...