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Marico Limited has been working with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) to further expand the Eat Right Programme in the state of Gujarat. As part of the programme, Marico has undertaken the CSR initiative Eat Right Campus in the Gandhinagar Vidhan Sabha...

In a bid to inculcate right hygiene practices, KAI India has launched a nail hygiene awareness programme for schools and healthcare workers. Under the CSR programme, KAI India distributed more than 20,000 nail clippers in schools and health centres. With the slogan नाखून साफ़, तो स्वस्थ रहे आप (you are healthy if your nails are...

Initiating discussions to decode the CSR Amendments 2021, Samhita Social Ventures and Noshir Dadrawala, Programme Director at the Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy cohosted a webinar and engaged with over 150 representatives of companies, philanthropic trusts and foundations on 3 February 2021. Hoping to guide the representatives of companies, philanthropic trusts and foundations, the webinar...

Energy major ONGC will implement India’s maiden Geothermal Field Development Project in Ladakh. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize this has been inked by ONGC Energy Centre (OEC) with the Union Territory of Ladakh and Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh on 6 February 2021. This MoU, which was signed in the presence of...

Taking a step closer to achieving carbon neutrality, Hindustan Zinc signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Epiroc for ‘Zero Emission and Sustainable Mining by the introduction of Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) in underground mining’. Epiroc is a vital part of a sustainable society and a global productivity partner for mining and infrastructure customers. Epiroc develops...

A team from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has emerged as one of the eight national winners in Wipro Earthian College Awards 2020 by Wipro Foundation. The award programme invited students to question and explore the nature of urban sustainability and gain a deeper understanding of urban sustainability challenges. Running since 2011, the...

In line with its commitment to support community development, Schaeffler India, a leading industrial and automotive supplier, held an inaugural ceremony of the newly constructed Boys Hostel for Lok Vidyalaya school in Lamdapura village near Savli. The objective behind this CSR initiative, which is fully funded by the company is to provide much safer and...

Lenovo, in partnership with Agastya International Foundation has announced that it has impacted over 6000 underprivileged students with their mobile science education outreach programmes in India. These education programmes supported by Lenovo run in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Delhi providing hands-on education to the underserved students and teachers have garnered a total of and 94,413 exposures...

As part of its CSR initiatve, State Bank of India collaborated with Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS) by offering a school bus for differently-abled children in Udaipur. SBI team visited Narayan Seva Sansthan’s smart village where they handed over a 32-seater bus to support Divyang individuals for their education at the Narayan Children's Academy. The smart...

SBI General Insurance has pledged to support the cancer treatment of underprivileged kids suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. For enabling this, SBI General has launched the campaign, #MakeHopeWin starting on World Cancer Day yesterday. Under this CSR campaign, SBI General has pledged to donate Rs. 500 for every general insurance policy issued through their digital...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA) - a society registered by Government of Uttarakhand, to set up an Internet of Things (IoT) Center of Excellence (CoE) in Dehradun. The CoE is designed to provide a platform to train underprivileged students with technical backgrounds...

Adding to its list of sustainability milestones, ŠKODA AUTO Volkswagen India Private Limited (ŠAVWIPL) earned the distinguished ‘Net Water Positive’ certification by DQS India Pvt. Ltd. This certification is the second sustainability win for SAVWIPL post the ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ certification awarded last year by TUV Nord. ŠAVWIPL has been certified as meeting...