FedEx Express Delivers Relief Supplies to Sikkim Earthquake Victims

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, has delivered 1,000 shelter tool kits to earthquake victims in Sikkim. The initiative to offer shelter relief to affected families was organised in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS). Read more

CSR India Conclave 2011

Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR is an extension of an organization’s efforts in fostering strong corporate governance and ensuring the sustainability of business. CSR has evolved into Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) describing an investment strategy based on triple bottom line (people, environment and economy). This has encouraged companies to come out with GRI based report. Read more

Diversey, Leading Cleaning Solutions Provider Achieves Green Globe Certification in South Asia

In Dec 2010, Diversey, a market leader in the cleaning solutions industry achieved Green Globe Certification (GGC) for its South Asia Cluster (Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Indonesia). The certification cemented their commitment to conduct business in a more sustainable and responsible manner and auditing them was an inspiring experience for me. Read more

Healthpoint Services in innovative learning partnership with P&G

Healthpoint Services Global, Inc. announced at the 2010 m-Health Summit in Washington, DC an innovative learning partnership with the Procter & Gamble Company, aimed at advancing a scalable, self-sustaining model for delivery of water, healthcare, and other benefits to underserved rural communities in developing countries. Read more

Using Theatre to teach Maths, Science & English

Welcome to an exciting world of classrooms where students as well as teachers have a tremendous amount of fun and where learning is a fantastic process. At a local government school of District Barmer, Rajasthan Cairns India is using theatre tools to teach Mathematics, Science and English. Read more

Workshop on CSR, Hyderabad 28-29 May 2010 (Part 2)

By Suresh Kr Pramar

Second Day

The second day session started with a presentation by Dr Sangeeta Mansur, Director Training & Consulting, Sustainability Reporting, Insight Associates and Associate Publisher, ManagementNext.

Speaking on Communicating CSR to Stakeholders the GRI way, Sangeeta highlighted the need for reporting Sustainability. Sustainability reporting, she pointed out, was about communicating the economic, social and environment impacts of the business to the stakeholders. It is about communicating what non economic value the company was creating and how it was creating it. All this, she said, relates to accountability, transparency and inclusiveness. Read more

Workshop on CSR, Hyderabad 28-29 May 2010 (Part 1)

By Suresh Kr Pramar

First Day

A two-day workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility was organized jointly by the Centre for Training and Research in Responsible Business & Social Initiatives (CTRiRB&SI), Noida and the Nice Foundation, Hyderabad, had participants from several business houses, including NTPC, Singareni Colleries Company Limited, Reliance Energy, Vedanta, DQ Entertainment International, VIT University, Vellore. Read more

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