Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
China is to improve efforts to guide and help domestic investors in shouldering corporate social responsibility and protecting the environment abroad, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The pledge comes with the nation's overseas direct investment set to see rapid gains. As part of the commitment, the ministry, together with …
Farmers in West Bengal are adopting SRI and reaping benefits. A CSR initiative proves that the corporate world can play a meaningful role in addressing development issues like food security.
The main challenges the new NMP-2013 seeks to address revolve around the following five broad themes: Increasing the economic contribution of mining sector to Pakistan’s economy through more private investment; Being competitive for scarce and mobile international capital for investment in the mining sector through a stable and enabling environment …
Over the past century, powerful food and beverage companies have enjoyed unprecedented commercial success. But these companies have grown prosperous while the millions who supply the land, labor and water needed for their products face increased hardship. Now, a rapidly changing environment, affected communities and an increasingly savvy consumer base …
The second edition of the Indian Sustainability Conclave, to be held in the capital today and tomorrow, promises to make the dialogue more vibrant and the outcomes meaningful Globally, an increasing number of companies are making strategic investments into sustainability and are also reaping significant value from such investments. However, …
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the Corporate Social Responsibility Voluntary Guidelines, 2013, aimed at encouraging body corporate to align their business strategies with their social responsibilities. The CSR guidelines are a significant step towards streamlining reporting requirements and corporate accountability of the CSR activities by …
In order to promote responsible business conduct that supports community growth for public interest, eliminates adverse practices impacting the public sphere and ensures corporate accountability, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan is pleased to issue the Guidelines for Corporate Social Responsibility. These Guidelines are voluntary in nature and businesses …
Lucknow: In a bid to check high rates of child mortality, the Centre has decided to rope in private sector and corporate houses. Using corporate social responsibility as a tool to save children, the government is looking forward to commitment from the private sector for use of technology and innovations …
BHUBANESWAR: As noted social activist B D Sharma visited Posco's proposed steel site in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday to lend his support to the project's opponents, top executives of the South Korean company requested senior government officers in the state capital to resume land acquisition work at the earliest. Official …
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government is all set to hand over 1,554 acres of land to Posco-India for setting up its proposed mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, official sources said on Sunday. “The state government has already handed over 546 acre of land to Posco and rest 1,554 acres is …
Aaron D’Souza, a Coca-Cola bottler, was on a different errand. D’Souza was not selling, distributing or merchandising the cola major’s wares, part of his regular routine, but was instead raising funds for the upliftment of rural school children. Part of the 13 franchise bottlers of the cola major in the …
GreenBiz Group will publish the sixth annual addition of its acclaimed “State of Green Business” report, looking at significant trends in sustainable business as well as the key metrics that show how well companies are addressing sustainability challenges. The 2013 edition of the report takes on a significant new dimension. …
ROURKELA: There has been no headway in the solid waste management (SWM) project in the city despite availability of funds under the 12th Finance Commission. The Rourkela Municipality has received Rs 4 crore in the last four years. Earlier efforts of the civic body to find a suitable place for …
The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (Visakhapatnam steel plant) has received the CII-ITC sustainability award 2012. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to A.P Choudhary, the Chairman and Managing Director of the RINL, at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. A commendation certificate for “strong commitment” …
Tata Steel has been asked by the Ministry of Environment and Forests panel to get forest clearances prior to seeking environment nod for its coal mining project in Jharkhand. The Coal Ministry allocated Ganeshpur Coalmine in Latehar, Jharkhand, having an production capacity of four million tonne per annum (normative), jointly …
At ACC, we always try to set for ourselves higher benchmarks and to deliver the highest quality of impact not just on customers or shareholders but also on other stakeholders. As part of the quest to innovate at every step, we have embraced the new GRI G4 guidelines for our …
Sustainability reporting is one of the key elements of sustainability management for Essar Steel India and plays an important role in its mission to create value for the stakeholders and resolve risks and threats to the business in the terms of long-term economic growth, environment and ecological conservation and societal …
This paper surveys a broad range of activities at the frontiers of private sector engagement on water predominantly, though not exclusively, driven by MNCs in the food and beverage sector. In so doing, it endeavours to point out where these activities hold promise, in terms of making a positive contribution …
