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World Earth Day 2021: Norwegian Cruise Line Highlights its Waste Mitigation Practices

News Update/ Press Release Mumbai: April 22, 2021– Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)’s commitment to protect and preserve the oceans and the environment is at the very core of the company’s everyday business operations.As leaders in the cruise industry, NCL works towards mitigating actions that negatively impact our planet. To reduce the impact on the environment, NCL has introduced several initiatives aimed at lowering energy consumption, and therefore reducing their carbon footprint. On World Earth Day, NCL takes us through their several initiatives for waste mitigation. Under its Sail and Sustain Stewardship Program, the Company has been working tirelessly to launch and improve upon several innovative initiatives to minimize waste to landfills, reduce the CO2 emissions rate, increase sustainable sourcing and invest

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Signature Global provides Covid-19 Vaccine within their premises

News Update/ Press Release Gurugram, April 16, 2021: In order to provide for health & safety of their employees, their family and others, Signature Global Group has started a Covid-19 vaccination drive on 16th April 2021 free of cost. To offer convenient access to the vaccine, this initiative by the real estate group has partnered with the Max Healthcare Ltd, Corporate Office, Noida. This vaccination drive began specifically for employees and their family members who are above 45 years of age. The drive began at 11 AM where not only the staff members of above 45 years of age but the parents of the younger staff participated too. The vaccination was done by specialised medical staff and the non-medical staff (paramedic

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Birla Cellulose wins UN Global Compact Network India’s Innovative & Sustainable Supply Chain Award

News Update / Press Release Birla Cellulose, part of the Aditya Birla Group and one of the largest global manmade cellulosic fibre (MMCF) producer, has emerged as the winner at the first edition of the “National Innovative and Sustainable Supply Chain Awards” organized by UN Global Compact Network India. These Awards, open to Businesses both in the Private and Public Sectors, had a sharp focus on Innovative and Sustainable Supply Chain Practices and their alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 10 UNGC Principles. This unique initiative was supported by FM Logistic India, ICCo and BIMTECH. Accenture was the Knowledge Partner. An overwhelming response was received from organizations pan India for the National Awards. After the first round of Jury

Read More »

CBM India with support of Fullerton India launches low-cost Vision Care Centres in rural India

News Update/ Press Release April 2021, India: CBM India with the support of Fullerton India has equipped two more vision centres in Haryana and Karnataka in their fight to reduce avoidable blindness and vision impairment in rural India. These would be the first primary screening facilities initiated by RIO Rohtak and RIO Bangalore at primary health centres in rural districts. The inclusive vision centres situated in these rural areas will cater to the most vulnerable communities, including people with disabilities. These vision centres will be fully equipped with screening equipment and will be manned by a trained optometrist. The centre will also engage a community mobilizer, who would be responsible for building awareness and making the community member’s testing experience easy and

Read More »

BluSmart starts COVID-vaccination for its driver partners

News Update/Press Release Gurugram, April 14, 2021: in their endeavour to maintain the highest standards of safety, BluSmart, India’s first all-electric ride hailing platform, has launched a COVID-vaccination drive for their driver partners. The company has just launched a feature in its mobile app to let riders know if their driver has been vaccinated.  BluSmart will also be giving the driver partners one day paid break after they get the jab. Anmol Jaggi, Co-Founder and CEO, BluSmart Mobility said, “The COVID pandemic has had a domino effect and this vaccination drive is our commitment to our most important stakeholders, the driver partners and the customers. By getting our drivers vaccinated, we are ensuring that both them and our riders are safe

Read More »

ELGi partners with the Italian Red Cross to maintain critical COVID-19 response vehicles

News Update /Press Release India 13 April 2021: ELGi Compressors Europe, a subsidiary of Elgi Equipments Limited, one of the world’s leading air compressor manufacturers, is privileged to have had the opportunity to support the Italian Red Cross with an urgent compressed air requirement. In line with ELGi’s corporate philanthropic approach, ELGi Europe responded swiftly and comprehensively with a charitable contribution of an air compressor package for one of Italy’s Red Cross logistic hubs serving the Turin area. Michele Belmondo, Site Manager at the Red Cross Bussoleno, said “The COVID emergency has placed pressure on all people and equipment. We contacted ELGi and other companies asking if they could support us with a new air compressor to enhance our operational capacity at the

Read More »

Peepal Farm encourages people to adopt, not abandon

News Update/Press Release Dharamshala, 12th April: Peepal Farm, a stray-animal rescue and organic farm, urges people to not abandon pets, in their latest campaign for National Pet Day. The campaign film touches upon the issue of pet-parents abandoning their pets due to reasons such as inability to care for them , amongst many other reasons. The film features a happy couple with a child, who abandon their child as they wish to avoid the tantrums and responsibility. The story provokes viewers to draw parallels between an abandoned child and an abandoned pet, elucidating how a family is everything for a pet as it is to a child. With this campaign, Peepal Farm aims at enlightening people about supporting animal lives

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Dry and Wet Waste Collection centre to benefit 18 villages in North Bengaluru soon

CSR NEWS Bengaluru, April 9, 2021: Embassy Services Pvt. Ltd. has partnered with the Bettahalasuru Panchayat to build a Dry and Wet Waste Collection Centre benefitting 18 villages, under EcoGram, their flagship Environment initiative. The project broke ground today, with a Bhoomi Puja held in the presence of Krishna Byre Gowda, MLA – Byatarayanapura, Aditya Virwani, COO – Embassy Group, Pradeep Lala, CEO & Managing Director – Embassy Services, Myriam Shankar, Managing Trustee – The Anonymous Indian Charitable Trust (TAICT) and Panchayat leaders. Initiated in 2016, EcoGram is a sustainable CSR project of Embassy in partnership with TAICT, which jointly aims to create an ecologically sound replicable model Gram Panchayat to propagate sustainable waste, water and soil management. With current operations spread across eight villages in

Read More »

Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation holds its annual awards ceremony to recognise Champion Schools,Teachers and Star Students

News Update/Press Release Mumbai, 6th April 2021: With an aim to celebrate the efforts of students who are striving to become alert, informed and active citizens – ACTIZENS, Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation hosted its annual awards ceremony with philanthropist and author Ms. Rohini Nilekani as the Chief Guest. The awards ceremony was hosted live on their Facebook page. The Champion Schools Award was presented to ten schools – Agurchand Manmull Jain School, Chennai, DCM Presidency School, Ludhiana, HVB Global Academy, Mumbai, Narmada Calorx Public School, Bharuch, Our Lady of the Rosary High School, Goa, Pawar Public School, Dombivali, Shri Pragya Public School, Ajmer, Smt. Chandabai Pagariya Jain Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai, St. John’s Universal School, Mumbai and The PSBB Millennium School, Chennai. 20 teachers received the Champion Teachers Award and the President and Vice President of the most active Desh Apnayen

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Surf Excel partners with HelpAge India to bring colours of joy to the elderly

News Update/ Press Release IndiA, 31st March 2021: Amidst the isolation and missing social and emotional connection that has been a result of the pandemic, certain segments of society like our elders and senior citizens have been especially impacted. While we all want to be close to our loved ones, this has been especially hard in the past year, given the risks associated with travelling and socializing, and the increased vulnerability of the elderly. Surf excel’s latest Holi campaign #RangAchheHain is built around this very insight and shows a heart-warming gesture by an innocent boy who wishes to include his friend Rancho, an elderly neighbour, in the Holi celebrations. It takes forward the brand’s ‘Daag Achhe Hain’ proposition, showing how colours

Read More »

World Earth Day 2021: Norwegian Cruise Line Highlights its Waste Mitigation Practices

News Update/ Press Release Mumbai: April 22, 2021– Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)’s commitment to protect and preserve the oceans and the environment is at the very core of the company’s everyday business operations.As leaders in the cruise industry, NCL works towards mitigating actions that negatively impact our planet. To reduce the impact on the environment, NCL has introduced several initiatives aimed at lowering energy consumption, and therefore reducing their carbon footprint. On World Earth Day, NCL takes us through their several initiatives for waste mitigation. Under its Sail and Sustain Stewardship Program, the Company has been working tirelessly to launch and improve upon several innovative initiatives to minimize waste to landfills, reduce the CO2 emissions rate, increase sustainable sourcing and invest

Read More »

Signature Global provides Covid-19 Vaccine within their premises

News Update/ Press Release Gurugram, April 16, 2021: In order to provide for health & safety of their employees, their family and others, Signature Global Group has started a Covid-19 vaccination drive on 16th April 2021 free of cost. To offer convenient access to the vaccine, this initiative by the real estate group has partnered with the Max Healthcare Ltd, Corporate Office, Noida. This vaccination drive began specifically for employees and their family members who are above 45 years of age. The drive began at 11 AM where not only the staff members of above 45 years of age but the parents of the younger staff participated too. The vaccination was done by specialised medical staff and the non-medical staff (paramedic

Read More »

Birla Cellulose wins UN Global Compact Network India’s Innovative & Sustainable Supply Chain Award

News Update / Press Release Birla Cellulose, part of the Aditya Birla Group and one of the largest global manmade cellulosic fibre (MMCF) producer, has emerged as the winner at the first edition of the “National Innovative and Sustainable Supply Chain Awards” organized by UN Global Compact Network India. These Awards, open to Businesses both in the Private and Public Sectors, had a sharp focus on Innovative and Sustainable Supply Chain Practices and their alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 10 UNGC Principles. This unique initiative was supported by FM Logistic India, ICCo and BIMTECH. Accenture was the Knowledge Partner. An overwhelming response was received from organizations pan India for the National Awards. After the first round of Jury

Read More »

CBM India with support of Fullerton India launches low-cost Vision Care Centres in rural India

News Update/ Press Release April 2021, India: CBM India with the support of Fullerton India has equipped two more vision centres in Haryana and Karnataka in their fight to reduce avoidable blindness and vision impairment in rural India. These would be the first primary screening facilities initiated by RIO Rohtak and RIO Bangalore at primary health centres in rural districts. The inclusive vision centres situated in these rural areas will cater to the most vulnerable communities, including people with disabilities. These vision centres will be fully equipped with screening equipment and will be manned by a trained optometrist. The centre will also engage a community mobilizer, who would be responsible for building awareness and making the community member’s testing experience easy and

Read More »

BluSmart starts COVID-vaccination for its driver partners

News Update/Press Release Gurugram, April 14, 2021: in their endeavour to maintain the highest standards of safety, BluSmart, India’s first all-electric ride hailing platform, has launched a COVID-vaccination drive for their driver partners. The company has just launched a feature in its mobile app to let riders know if their driver has been vaccinated.  BluSmart will also be giving the driver partners one day paid break after they get the jab. Anmol Jaggi, Co-Founder and CEO, BluSmart Mobility said, “The COVID pandemic has had a domino effect and this vaccination drive is our commitment to our most important stakeholders, the driver partners and the customers. By getting our drivers vaccinated, we are ensuring that both them and our riders are safe

Read More »

ELGi partners with the Italian Red Cross to maintain critical COVID-19 response vehicles

News Update /Press Release India 13 April 2021: ELGi Compressors Europe, a subsidiary of Elgi Equipments Limited, one of the world’s leading air compressor manufacturers, is privileged to have had the opportunity to support the Italian Red Cross with an urgent compressed air requirement. In line with ELGi’s corporate philanthropic approach, ELGi Europe responded swiftly and comprehensively with a charitable contribution of an air compressor package for one of Italy’s Red Cross logistic hubs serving the Turin area. Michele Belmondo, Site Manager at the Red Cross Bussoleno, said “The COVID emergency has placed pressure on all people and equipment. We contacted ELGi and other companies asking if they could support us with a new air compressor to enhance our operational capacity at the

Read More »

Peepal Farm encourages people to adopt, not abandon

News Update/Press Release Dharamshala, 12th April: Peepal Farm, a stray-animal rescue and organic farm, urges people to not abandon pets, in their latest campaign for National Pet Day. The campaign film touches upon the issue of pet-parents abandoning their pets due to reasons such as inability to care for them , amongst many other reasons. The film features a happy couple with a child, who abandon their child as they wish to avoid the tantrums and responsibility. The story provokes viewers to draw parallels between an abandoned child and an abandoned pet, elucidating how a family is everything for a pet as it is to a child. With this campaign, Peepal Farm aims at enlightening people about supporting animal lives

Read More »

Dry and Wet Waste Collection centre to benefit 18 villages in North Bengaluru soon

CSR NEWS Bengaluru, April 9, 2021: Embassy Services Pvt. Ltd. has partnered with the Bettahalasuru Panchayat to build a Dry and Wet Waste Collection Centre benefitting 18 villages, under EcoGram, their flagship Environment initiative. The project broke ground today, with a Bhoomi Puja held in the presence of Krishna Byre Gowda, MLA – Byatarayanapura, Aditya Virwani, COO – Embassy Group, Pradeep Lala, CEO & Managing Director – Embassy Services, Myriam Shankar, Managing Trustee – The Anonymous Indian Charitable Trust (TAICT) and Panchayat leaders. Initiated in 2016, EcoGram is a sustainable CSR project of Embassy in partnership with TAICT, which jointly aims to create an ecologically sound replicable model Gram Panchayat to propagate sustainable waste, water and soil management. With current operations spread across eight villages in

Read More »

Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation holds its annual awards ceremony to recognise Champion Schools,Teachers and Star Students

News Update/Press Release Mumbai, 6th April 2021: With an aim to celebrate the efforts of students who are striving to become alert, informed and active citizens – ACTIZENS, Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation hosted its annual awards ceremony with philanthropist and author Ms. Rohini Nilekani as the Chief Guest. The awards ceremony was hosted live on their Facebook page. The Champion Schools Award was presented to ten schools – Agurchand Manmull Jain School, Chennai, DCM Presidency School, Ludhiana, HVB Global Academy, Mumbai, Narmada Calorx Public School, Bharuch, Our Lady of the Rosary High School, Goa, Pawar Public School, Dombivali, Shri Pragya Public School, Ajmer, Smt. Chandabai Pagariya Jain Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai, St. John’s Universal School, Mumbai and The PSBB Millennium School, Chennai. 20 teachers received the Champion Teachers Award and the President and Vice President of the most active Desh Apnayen

Read More »

Surf Excel partners with HelpAge India to bring colours of joy to the elderly

News Update/ Press Release IndiA, 31st March 2021: Amidst the isolation and missing social and emotional connection that has been a result of the pandemic, certain segments of society like our elders and senior citizens have been especially impacted. While we all want to be close to our loved ones, this has been especially hard in the past year, given the risks associated with travelling and socializing, and the increased vulnerability of the elderly. Surf excel’s latest Holi campaign #RangAchheHain is built around this very insight and shows a heart-warming gesture by an innocent boy who wishes to include his friend Rancho, an elderly neighbour, in the Holi celebrations. It takes forward the brand’s ‘Daag Achhe Hain’ proposition, showing how colours

Read More »

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