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KPMG has announced “KPMG’s GRI G4 Certified Training Course” that will help participants to understand and coordinate the GRI Sustainability reporting process as well as link it to the Indian National Voluntary Guidelines for Business Responsibility Reports. The training course has been designed on global methodologies adapted to Indian needs. Each attendee would be given a...

Thousands of people marched in Africa and around the world a few weeks ago to pressure governments to do more to stop the poaching industry that many fear is driving rhinos and elephants to the brink of extinction. Elephants are often killed throughout Asia in retaliation for eating and damaging crops, and a bull’s...

Rourkela, Odisha: ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, in association with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) organised an Electronics Banking Awareness and Training ( e- BAAT) programme in the city. The programme aims to facilitate increased usage of electronic banking products and digital banking channels like internet and mobile banking by creating awareness among...

The Tata Sustainability Group today announced the appointment of Ms. Anita Rajan as the Chief Operating Officer to build out the group’s skill development initiative, Tata STRIVE. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Rajan has been with Tata Consultancy Services for over 12 years. Ms. Rajan is an MBA graduate from Sydenham Institute of Management Studies,...

‘SUPERHEROES need no muscles and metal parts…  All they need is a heart!’ If Odisha-based mining major India Metals and Ferro Alloys (IMFA) needed to borrow a line from a Shah Rukh Khan potboiler, this would be it. IMFA’s wp arm, the Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF), has been focusing its wp energies on...

‘They See, They Learn’, a campaign for under privileged students has been launched with the aim to provide better education. Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), a chemical company based in Riyadh is driving the campaign for children in Gurgaon. Local administration is helping the company to get the campaign going. Appreciating the drive, T L...

NEW DELHI: Jet Airways has been awarded the Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award for the company’s role in ending the transport of shark fins from India to international shores. The award is given out by The Humane Society of the United States. In 2014, Humane Society International/India, the international affiliate of The HSUS, began...

Rajendra Singh of India is named the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security in rural India, and for showing extraordinary courage and determination in his quest to improve the living conditions for those most in need. The announcement was made at the World Water Day celebrations...

New Delhi: IPE Global, in its endeavor to create a knowledge base across relevant stakeholders in India, launched the first edition of the IPE Global Annual Leadership Engagement Programme around the theme of ‘Development and Sustainability’ recently. The engagement programme has been designed to encourage discussion around current economic events and address, in particular, the sustainability concerns...

Alstom’s philanthropic arm Alstom Foundation recently adopted Moldanga village in association with Swami Vivekananda Vani Prachar Samiti. An extension of Alstom’s CSR activities the initiative is in line with the company’s focus on sustainable development for transforming villages intEcovillageses. Moldanga has a population of around 47 families, which belong to the Santhal tribe and is located close to...

The camels are Rajasthan’s signatory animals, its former source of identity and pride, as well as the foundation for the globally unique camel culture of the Raika who once took care of the breeding herds owned by the Maharajas. In the last decades, a decline in demand for draught camels and a number of...

ICICI Bank trained 100 police officials on prevention and investigation of banking frauds Ranchi, Jharkhand:ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, in association with Jharkhand Police organised a training workshop for the police officials to enhance their knowledge and understanding in investigating cybercrimes and banking frauds. The Bank has conducted over 600 similar trainings to law...