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Sustainability is the Core of Corporate Social Responsibility

As a child, all of us have been taught by our parents or grandparents at home that sustainability is based on a simple principle that everything we need for our survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Once we grow as adults and begin to look for earning our livelihoods, we tend to dilute those basic principles, learnt as children, forgetting that sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations. That is at the individual level. The same example can be applied to companies that grow for big corporate houses. By aligning CSR initiatives with

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The Global Eye on Climate Change at COP28

Dubai, United Arab Emirates The COP 28, or the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, held from 30 November until 12 December 2023, was recently concluded in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It would be appropriate to say that in this decisive decade of climate action, the world convened at this stage set to address the pertinent issue of climate change and deliberate on effective ways of addressing it. This annual event is cited as the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change with the membership of almost every country in the world. The hot topics of discussion on the anvil are curtailing the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, deliberating measures to

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Laying a Strong Foundation for CSR Success with Blocks of Employee and Community Engagement

With the ever-evolving dynamic CSR landscape and the continuing deliberations on what goes into the CSR potion of success, there are 2 strong ingredients that have unarguably remained constant. Community and employee engagement have always been cited as two strong pillars of CSR, that uphold the fabric of CSR initiatives. These in turn shape a positive company culture. CSR as a business approach effectively integrates social, ethical, and environmental concerns into the strategies, operations, and values of an organization. The broad framework of CSR encompasses actions that are beneficial for society. These actions can be grouped under sustainability efforts, philanthropic initiatives, and community engagement. There is a deep underlying sense of responsibility that drives CSR. This responsibility is directed toward

Pollution: The Global Pandemic!

With the accent on a clean India and a cleaner environment, understanding pollution and its global impact assumes a deep significance. Quite simply put, the introduction of harmful materials into the environment is broadly termed as pollutants. One example of natural pollutants over which we have no or limited control would be volcanic ash. The detrimental ones for the environment, however, are the ones created by human activity, and this is what has assumed alarming proportions not only in India but globally and this need concentrated and prompt remedial measures. Pollutants damage the air quality, water, and land. The most common man-made pollution results from industries, the garbage generated at home, burning coal, sewage, pesticides, cars, and other vehicles, and

Completing 9 years of a pivotal Cleanliness Drive

The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan! The 2nd of October 2014 was a momentous one for India, as PM Narendra Modi officially launched India’s largest cleanliness mission at Rajghat, New Delhi. This mammoth drive – The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan- the largest to date, recorded three million government employees, students, and citizens from all across India participating in 4,04 towns, cities, and rural communities. The objective of the SBM (Swachh Bharat Mission) was to achieve an open defecation-free India (ODF) in a period of five years from 2014. With this, the country progressed towards SDG 6.2 to provide adequate and equitable sanitation for all, with a special emphasis on women and girls. In consonance with Prime Minister Modi’s citing Clean India as a “shared responsibility”

Harnessing the power of CSR for transformative climate action

A study by climate scientists has revealed that over the past 200 years, global warming can largely be attributed to human beings. A comparison of the Earth’s surface temperature before the industrial revolution in the late 1800s and what it is now shows that currently it is 1.1°C warmer. It is warmer than it has been at any point in the last 100,000 years. The warmest decade was registered in 2011–2020, and since 1850, each of the four decades has been warmer than the previous one. The warmer temperatures are just one of the many alarming issues in the saga of climate change. The effects of climate change manifest themselves in contractions of nature: water scarcity, severe droughts, floods, fires,

India’s historical global yoga feat

The 9th International Day of Yoga created more than just a Guinness world record for India. It registered India’s global entry into the corridors of nations bestowing the unique gift of emotional, mental, spiritual and physical wellbeing through the power of yoga! It was a matter of great pride for every Indian when our Prime Minister Hon. Shri Narendra Modi led the 21st of June 2023 International Day of Yoga event at the UN Headquarters in New York. The overwhelming participation by yoga enthusiasts comprising 135 Nationalities in a single yoga session was a record feat and made its way to the Guinness Book of World Records. Originating in India Yoga has soared in popularity and has become unanimous with

Spotlight on Corporate Initiatives, Sustainability Connect, and its alignment with the G20

Sustainability is not a luxury or an option; it is a necessity for the survival and well-being of both the present and future societies. It is a holistic approach that seeks to balance economic development, environmental protection, and social well-being, ensuring a harmonious coexistence between humanity and the planet. It requires us to think long-term and consider the impact of our actions on future generations. Sustainability is not a luxury or an option; it is a necessity for the survival and well-being of both the present and future societies. At its core, sustainability acknowledges the finite nature of our planet’s resources and recognizes the need to preserve and protect them. It urges us to shift towards sustainable consumption and production

Redefining CSR in Nation-Building

India is at the cusp of emerging as a global economic superpower, with government policies and programs redefining this dynamic nation’s growth. It has set global benchmarks in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), that will determine businesses globally would redefine their work and contribution to National Building. A national interest and debate on the potential role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in nation-building and the corporate sector’s responsibility in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the way to go forward for a country like India. We have witnessed that over the years, the implementation of CSR has gathered critical mass and is now poised to consolidate and grow further. In India, CSR awareness and CSR consciousness have increased exponentially among large

India will have housing for all by the year 2022

India is moving from restrictive to transformative era in housing sector, writes Vinod Behl In its seven decades of journey since independence, the real estate and housing sector has come a long way from early years of restrictive policies, deficient planning and highly inadequate resources to reach a progressive, planned, organised and reformative stage, facilitating urban transformation and speedy economic growth. The present government’s vision is to ensure long-term inclusive development through good governance and transformative reforms to boost real estate, housing and infrastructure—the vital sectors that hold key to economic development. It is a far cry from early years after independence (1947 – 64), when not much attention was paid towards housing and urban infrastructure due to lack of

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