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News Update New Delhi, 20th September, 2021: Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF) in collaboration with ATE Chandra Foundation had rejuvenated traditional water bodies in Pali District of Rajasthan and Chandrapur district of Vidarbha region just in time of the annual monsoon season. Through such efforts, 166 million litres of additional water storage capacities have been created by desilting community ponds in 50 villages of both districts. The project also received immense participation from the local community members and gram panchayat in selecting the water bodies to be rejuvenated and monitoring the whole revival process. 75% of the project cost is covered by the community with some of them bringing excavation machines and tractors to desilt the ponds with the silt being transported to

News Update New Delhi, 20 September, 2021: Bharti Airtel Limited, India’s leading provider of telecommunications services, today announced its commitment to contribute to global efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change and build a sustainable planet. Airtel has joined the Science Based Targets initiave’s (SBTi) ‘Business Ambition for 1.5°C’ campaign and adopted targets to significantly reduce its carbon footprint and emissions from its network operations. With this, Airtel joins the league of leading global corporations who have committed to the 1.5°C pathway outlined by the SBTi – a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Airtel is committed to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 Green House Gas

News Update/Press Release Bengaluru; September 18, 2021 – UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, today announced that it has achieved CarbonNeutral® company certification in accordance with The Carbon Neutral Protocol, the leading global framework for carbon neutrality. Aligned with the company’s longstanding commitment to act responsibly and minimize the impact of its activities on the environment, this latest accreditation underscores UST’s unwavering pledge to climate action. The first set of clear guidelines for businesses to achieve carbon neutrality, the CarbonNeutral Protocol, was created by Natural Capital Partners in 2002. Since then, the Protocol has been continually updated with input from an Advisory Council of external experts to ensure it reflects the latest industry and scientific best practices. The CarbonNeutral company certification is

News Update /Press Release New Delhi, (Sept. 15, 2021) – Crocs, Inc. (NADSAQ: CROX), a global leader in innovative casual footwear for women, men and children, proudly announces that as part of the company’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2030, it has begun introducing a new bio-based Croslite™ material into its iconic product lines.     At 3.94 kg CO2 eq. per pair of Classic Clogs, Crocs™ shoes already have a low carbon footprint today. As part of its broader sustainability efforts, the company is targeting a 50 percent reduction in its carbon footprint per pair of Crocs™ shoes by 2030* as part of its overall commitment to becoming a net zero brand. What sets Crocs apart is that with the introduction of this new bio-based Croslite™, the brand is uniquely positioned to

News update/press release Bengaluru, September 13, 2021: As the pandemic is not yet over and remains to show its ill effects, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a subsidiary of SVB Financial Group – a US-based innovation economy bank continues its ongoing efforts to support the fight against the pandemic. The Bank has donated 4000 Endurance Kits to the Bengaluru Traffic Police Department. The same was handed over on Sunday, September 12, in the presence of the honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri. Basavaraj Bommai accompanied by Mr. B. Sriramulu, Minister for Transport, Karnataka, Mr. Tejasvi Surya, MP and Ms. Sowmya Reddy, MLA. As a part of the efforts under the “Protect our Protectors” initiative, Ms. Dimple V. George, Associate Director –

News Update/Press Release New Delhi– 13 September 2021: Tech Mahindra Foundation (TMF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Tech Mahindra, today, hosted the fourth edition of Saajhi Samajh on ‘First Aid in Schools – Role of a Teacher’.  Ahead of the World First Aid Day on the 11th September 2021, the event marks the launch of the First Aid & CPR Training, a capacity building program for school teachers, along with the release of a research report, and a panel discussion with experts on this year’s theme. A large number of school teachers, educators, young students, and key stakeholders from the thematic domain participated in the event. “Teachers can become catalysts of disseminating the knowledge and awareness of First

News Update New Delhi, Sept 13, 2021: Deepening its association with India’s war against COVID-19, the world’s leading Science-based Ayurveda major Dabur India Ltd has joined forces with the District Administration of Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand to roll out ‘Vaccination On Wheels’, a door-to-door vaccination campaign to cover 21 villages in Rudrapur and Gadarpur blocks in the state. The week-long drive seeks to take COVID vaccines to the doorstep of every villager in these two blocks and help the state government in its mission to increase immunization penetration and achieve vaccination for all adults in the region. “A special vehicle has been designed, which will travel to different villages in Rudrapur and Gadarpur blocks of Udham Singh Nagar district to vaccinate

News update/press release Bengaluru, September 7, 2021: Myntra has become the first e-commerce enterprise in India to partner with  Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), a global non-profit organization, heading the largest cotton sustainability program in the world, marking another step in its journey of sustainability and keeping with its commitment to create a more sustainable world. As a part of this collaboration, Myntra’s in-house brands will source the cotton for their apparel through BCI.  Motivated to enrich global cotton production and make cotton farming sustainable, BCI aims to make Better Cotton the first choice among manufacturers. In the previous cotton season, BCI, along with its partners, trained over 2.7 million cotton farmers in sustainable practices that utilize lesser chemicals and water to

News Update/Press Release New Delhi, 7 September 2021: Gearing up to a blunt possibility of third COVID wave that can impact numerous families, Founder of Aahwahan Foundation, Mr. Braja Kishore Pradhan today flagged off a distribution drive of family health kits for frontline workers, daily wage workers, government school students, slum dwellers, pavement dwellers, and others.   The COVID-19 pandemic has hit lower-middle-class families and daily wage workers the most, who are stranded in the city without adequate money, food, or shelter. To meet all of the obligatory COVID-19 guidelines, people have to purchase many healthcare items such as masks, gloves, and sanitizers, which add to their already high costs. Given the situation of Indian families, the virus has a high

News Update/ Press Release India, September 2021: Three-year-old, Heyansh Kumar from Haryana is gearing up to set a record by becoming the youngest mountaineer to scale the base camp to Mount Everest, the highest peak in the World.  Saluting this young boy’s enthusiasm and undeterred attitude, Mankind Pharma, the leading pharmaceutical company, known for supporting the ones in need has come forward and provided financial support to Heyansh and his family with a sum of 10 Lakh rupees. These funds will be utilised in further developing his skillsets. The 18-day expedition will begin on the 8th of this month and Heyansh, the three-year-old, will aspire to scale the basecamp and aim to become the youngest Indian to reach the spot,