Melba Pria, The Mexican Ambassador to India
INTERVIEW In Delhi’s show-off circles, she uses a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw for her official commute. But her rickshaw painted with lovely textile floral designs has its style. The Mexican Ambassador to India Melba Pria, in an interview with CSR TIMES, shows her concern for increasing carbon footprint and talks about Mexico’s determination to seek new and […]
Madhumita Tewari, Board Member, Plus Approach Foundation,
TECH MAHINDRA FOUNDATION: Empowering through Education
COVER STORY Tech Mahindra Foundation works in 12 cities, has 100 smart centres, and 67 education and disability projects. It has three academies and the Tech Mahindra School of Nursing at Banasthali too. It has partnership with six municipal corporations and aims to reach out to 50,000 direct beneficiaries in 2017-18. Anand Mahindra has been […]
Two degrees of separation The sustainability paradox from Kyoto to Bonn
ANALYSIS Emissions reduction is at the core of global diplomatic action for the last three decades and 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the notorious Kyoto protocol. Read through the first part of this article to know about the progress made so far and mitigation actions taken while we are busy promoting sustainability efforts. […]
CSR & Ethics: Act before it’s too late
OPINION In a free enterprise, the community is not just another stakeholder in business; it is in fact the very purpose of its existence. CSR professionals in the real estate sector have to understand the social and environmental impacts and come out with a detailed Social and Environmental Risk Materiality mapping. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) […]
Tackling malnutrition through collaboration and innovation
INITIATIVE An estimated 70 per cent of under-five children, 56 per cent of adolescent girls and 58 per cent of pregnant mothers are anaemic in India. The Wadia Group through Britannia Nutrition Foundation and Wadia Hospitals is doing its best to find sustainable solutions for malnutrition among children by partnering with state governments and engaging […]
Amway India: Helping people live better lives
INITIATIVE Born with the idea to improve the lives of people and make the world a better place, Amway in India is contributing to the social well-being through its programmes for children, visually impaired, victims of natural calamities, conservation of water and a lot more. Amway was born out of the belief that “by helping […]
CONSERVE NATURE’S RESERVES
Stone-age to space age, mankind has traversed a long, arduous developmental path–discovering, experimenting and innovating–to make life easier. And in the process of making life comfortable, human civilization has been continuously exploiting nature’s reserves. Growth of civilizations, technological advancement and scientific experiments has done more harm to the planet than good. Nonetheless, extreme weather and […]
GANDHI’S THOUGHTS ON SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS
CHANGING TIMES CHANGING ROLE OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS
ARCHIVE Public sector Enterprises are now slowly trying to exit areas where it is not competitive and drain on resources and public exchequer. At the time of independence in 1947, India had just five central public sector enterprises with an investment of mere Rs 29 crore. Besides, perhaps India had fairly reasonable network of railways […]