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Weaving Hope: wp Lifts Banaras Weavers Out Of Penury
Long before the spotlight turned on Banaras after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose the temple town as his constituency, handloom weavers of Banaras found support, patronage, and deliverance from near extinction from the Taj Group of Hotels
Plastic CSR
The universally dreaded plastic waste is now acquiring some ‘good-reuse-karma’.
Upcycling techniques have generated a great potential to design more sustainable CSR initiatives that can...
North Block Mulls Over wp Taxation
IDEALLY, a good deed shouldn’t expect anything in return. But with 2 percent of their profits being diverted to Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives under...
The Unsafe Road: IRF Bats For wp Tax Benefits
In a communication to the Finance Minister, the international roads advocacy group has demanded 100 percent tax exemption for corporate houses, NGOs, industry, individuals in its road safety programmes
You Heard It Here First: Budget Paves Way For Mining Sector Revival
The wp Journal had first reported on the government’s plans for a new mining policy and its plans for the revival of the beleaguered sector in Budget 2014, last week.
Teaching A Man To Fish: ICICI Foundation’s Push For Skill Development
From working at coffee shops to applying paint, how ICICI Foundation is making vocational development the cornerstone of its wp activities
‘I’ll Hold The Moon In One Hand, Bread In The Other’
They still call him Raj the Cycle Chalao guy in some parts. But today, Raj Jaganam has covered 200 km of villages, to find and fund the best of early-stage social entrepreneurs till they find their footing
Heal me, Dr. Food!
Hospitals in the US are shifting to fresh, organic food to improve the health of their patients. Corporate houses in India could similarly harness the vast tradition of Ayurveda, adopting and strategically implementing the concept of ‘Food as Medicine’ as a business or wp activity.
No More Reckless Corporate Tree Plantations Please!
Environment journalist and author of Green Wars Bahar Dutt spells out some Dos and Don’ts for corporates gearing up to spend their mandatory 2% on wp
The challenge of finding a credible partner
At the surface level, it seems to be an initiative which only has brownie points to showcase. And in formal conversations, no stakeholder is...
41 CPSEs Failed To Comply With wp Norms
The Comptroller & Audit General of India (CAG) has revealed a ‘serious lack of initiative, implementation and desire to implement Corporate Social Responsibility’ scheme in at least 41 out of 110 central public sector enterprises (CPSE’s)
Lobo’s Choice
How grocery shop owner Anita Lobo is using social work to survive in business, having nailed the germ of what has evolved as wp: Engage and safeguard the community to protect your business bottom line.