Microsoft Malaysia offers tech skills & training to nonprofits

Microsoft Malaysia recently announced donations amounting to RM1.7 million cash and software grants to three Malaysian nonprofits. Its legal and corporate affairs director, Jasmine Begum, was reported to have said the grants would support the nonprofits to deliver technology skills and training through a network of more than 29 community technology... [Read more...]

Fire in East Msia – Logging Companies Donate US$300

Five hundred Penan folk, whose homes were destroyed in a fire, are still awaiting help from the State Welfare Department. Their homes, situated in a remote part of Belaga district, could only be reached via logging tracks. Hulu Rajang member of Parliament, Billy Abit Joo, was reported to have “slammed” two giant logging companies operating... [Read more...]

Budimas and MAA Assurance strengthen ties

Malaysian Assurance Alliance Berhad (MAA Assurance) has extended its support of Budimas Charitable Foundation (Budimas). MAA Assurance chief executive officer Muhamad Umar Swift was reported to have said that the relationship between the organisations had been built over a decade. [Read more...]  Read More →

Micro donations for charities with Beanstalk Giving

Speaking to a CSR Consultant recently, the CSR Digest confirmed that personal donations amounted to the majority of funding for charities. And even more money could be available if only micro donations could be leveraged. Beanstalk Giving (BG) saw this need and designed an API which helps E-Tailers round off purchases, allocating the balance to a charity... [Read more...]

Call For Entries – Asian CSR Awards 2010

Entries for the eighth Annual Asian CSR Awards are now being accepted, with the submission deadline being 31 August 2010. The Asian CSR Awards Programme is presented by the Asian Institute of Management Ramon V. del Rosario, Sr. Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (AIM-RVR) and hosted by Intel. [Read more...]  Read More →

Greenwash – It’s all hogwash

By Dilaila Mohd Yunus As more and more consumers are getting increasingly concerned with the dangers of global warming, the need for environmentally-friendly products and services have increased.  As a result, some corporations are turning to greenwashing to position themselves as green corporations in order to get a big chunk of the market share. What... [Read more...]

Colgate-Palmolive hope to raise RM120k for charity

Colgate-Palmolive Marketing Sdn Bhd (Colgate) launched its third instalment of the ‘Mari Beramal Bersama Colgate’ campaign at “Rumah Ceria Colgate” in Kampung Budaya, Taman Pertanian Malaysia, Shah Alam. The launch was officiated by Y.B. Dato’ Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, and was witnessed... [Read more...]

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