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 …
Practitioners of life cycle assessment (LCA) have recently turned their attention to social issues in the supply chain. The United Nations life cycle initiative's social LCA task force has completed its guidelines for social life cycle assessment of products, and awareness of managing upstream corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues has …
In the 1990s, when one spoke of Corporate Social Responsibility, it was very quickly concluded to be donations. It was understood to be a philanthropic gesture which the organisations undertook as their responsibility towards the society. In the twenty first century, however, companies have been generating innovative ideas and methods …
Green Systems was set up in the belief that a small business with a clear mission could deliver honest advice, make a difference and be satisfying to run. It was a model different from most. It saw environmental problems both as a concern and an opportunity. A lean and spirited …
The state industry department today stumbled upon the fact that 13 new operating units have already made an investment to the tune of Rs 1,633 crore in the state. The fact came to light during a maiden review by industry director Aradhana Patnaik at Nepal House, one of the state …
BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, celebrating its golden jubilee this year, has planned to scale up its activities in the corporate social responsibility sector in the State. The petroleum major will adopt villages for street lighting and rainwater harvesting and donate furniture and books to select government schools. Besides …
Oil India Limited, as a part of its golden jubilee year corporate social responsibility initiatives, today handed over a cheque of Rs 1 crore to B Barooah Cancer Institute. The money would be used by the hospital for introducing a well-equipped ICU for postoperative support and treatment of neutropenic patients …
JAIPUR: The Dalit-dominated Nagala Harchand village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan has taken up self-employment ventures in a big way to drive out poverty and bring prosperity to each household, thanks to the intervention of a pharmaceutical major as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. Joint efforts by …
British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) launched its Afforestation Programme 2009 at Agargaon in the city yesterday as part of its corporate social responsibility. BATB's afforestation drive is the largest by any private sector entity in the country. Chairman of the company Golam Mainuddin said this year BATB will distribute a …
Forty nine per cent companies were not doing any Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities 1,000 Indian companies have been rated for CSR by Karmayog, a group of Mumbai-based citizens, non-profits and corporate houses CSR activities undertaken by 51 per cent of the companies mainly included education, healthcare and rural development …
Jharkhand killings show the common face of industrialization in India THE corporate world knows its communications priorities. When profit hangs in balance, you have phrases like
Based on fieldwork in the Tiruppur garment manufacturing cluster in Tamil Nadu, this paper focuses on the ways in which ethical corporate regulations are shaped by and constitutive of power relations and inequalities in the global market. It explores the ways in which standards imposed on supply firms help to …
BHUBANESWAR: Admitting that drinking water supply and water for farming comes in the priority category of the State Government, Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy today said that the industrial houses must adopt special measures through their community social responsibility (CSR) programmes. The industrial houses should also enlighten people on the …
Undisclosed Risk focuses on corporate transparency on environmental risks, and lays the groundwork for understanding environmental disclosure and reporting issues in emerging markets through an investor lens. It is the second report in a series establishing the link between issues like climate change, air pollution, water supply, and natural resource …
Companies that will survive and thrive are those that quickly realign their corporate infrastructure to the expectation of a low carbon economy. This report offers guidance to companies to realign their climate change strategies to a low-carbon economy, anticipate and meet new market demands and make make long-term investment decisions …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) supports equitable and sustainable social development by giving attention to the social dimensions of its operations. This brochure contributes to this undertaking by providing step-by-step guidance to address social dimensions such as participation, gender, and other social risks and vulnerabilities in the context of the …
Insurers have more incentives than any other industry to catalyze global action on climate change.This latest Ceres report outlines the insurance industry
Metal czar Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Resources has lined up Rs 125 crore investment for CSR activities in India next fiscal, even as the global economic slowdown is set to squeeze its profits by over 30 per cent in 2008-09. Touted as one amongst world's leading philanthropists by the US magazine …
