What Is Not CSR

By Daniel Chandranayagam What appears to be a donation box for the public to drop money in for a ‘Corporate Social Responsibility Program’? Not so much CSR, we think. [Read more...]  Read More →

Integrated approach on Health Issues in India’s desert

Cairn India has pioneered education in health sectors in the far flung oasis of Rajasthan. Mobile ambulances with well qualified and experienced teams with a specific responsibility in spreading awareness to the community in the vast sand covered tract which stretches for miles and miles together and forms a part of the Thar Desert known for its dryness,... [Read more...]

Palm oil groups form coalition against critics

Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil producer formed a coalition in May in a bid to to counter campaigns blaming the industry for rapid deforestation in the region. The Indonesia-Malaysia Palm Oil Group comprises six organisations from the two countries, which account for 85 percent of global production. [Read more...]  Read More →

Work-Life Balance: Only For Developed Countries?

By Long Litt Woon The National Union of Bank Employee (NUBE) has launched a campaign to increase Malaysia’s current policy of 60 days maternity leave to for 90 days maternity leave in the public and private sectors. Human resource (HR) managers have rejected the initiative citing higher costs, negative effects for productivity and inconvenience; in... [Read more...]

Sime Darby probes Bakun Dam losses

Malaysian conglomerate, Sime Darby Bhd, has confirmed that they have set up a taskforce, which is investigating its energy and utilities division’s operations.  Bernama reports that a recent news report states that the company has recorded more than RM1 billion in total cost overruns from civil works on the Bakun hydro-electric project. [Read... [Read more...]

Stepping up on the Revolution

By Amanda Coffin Chief Inspired Protagonist, Executive Chairperson, and co-founder of Seventh Generation, Jeffrey Hollender, has too many accolades and credits to his name to write in just a paragraph. But let’s try. Jeffrey is the co-founder of the American Sustainable Business Council and the Sustainability Institute, is on the Board of Directors... [Read more...]

CSR Initiative in Barmer, Rajasthan brings back the smiles

Pawni Devi, a 30-year old mother from Barmer district in Rajasthan, was convinced that she was cursed. The elders in the family blamed Pawni’s status for the numerous calamities in the family, the most predominant being the cases of infant mortality. She was anxious and overwrought with her latest pregnancy. [Read more...]  Read More →

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