CSR News

news update/press release Jaipur, 27 Oct 2021: ITes solutions provider NAV Back Office has launched a unique campaign to mount humanitarian assistance to common people affected in any way by COVID-19. The campaign, titled ‘Hum Layenge Khushiyan’, was rolled out across Jaipur on September 25, 2021 and will leverage the 1500-strong employee base of the company. The company has earmarked an amount of INR 60 lakhs for this purpose to be spent by Diwali.  NAV Back Office will provide each employee an amount of INR 4,000 to contribute to the effort. The first 24 teams donated an amount of INR 12.4 lakh to non-governmental organizations to support common people with daily provisions as well as patients who are suffering from

News update/Press release 26th October, 2021, Mumbai: The Acres Foundation, which is behind the highly acclaimed and award winning The Green Acres Academy and Seven Rivers International School, hosted a donation drive today where they provided hospital equipments to Guru Nanak Hospital. The event was hosted at Guru Nanak Hospital where Shri Manoj Kotak, MP from Mumbai North East, inaugurated the event and presented the hospital with all the equipments. The event also witnessed the presence of various board members from The Acres Foundation, including Mrs. Neela Parikh, Director of Acres Foundation. Owing to the pandemic, Acres Foundation launched an initiative called Acres Cares whose pure purpose is to support the general public with medical facilities through Covid Care centers. Since Guru

News Update/Press Release New Delhi, September 2021: The pandemic has caused millions of children to discontinue their High School education, due to the unstable financial situation of the parents. In Delhi alone, 15% of the 15 lakh enrolled students have been missing from classes. Taking cognizance of the worrying trend observed across India, Valvoline Cummins Private Limited, pioneers of the engine oil, announced their CSR initiative – the Muskaan Scholarship, in collaboration with Synergie NGO. The scholarship aims to support the education of children of truck drivers, mechanics, and children from economically weaker sections of India, between 9th and 12th standard. With the Muskaan Scholarship, Valvoline Cummins Pvt. Ltd. aims to support the education of underprivileged children. The scholarship will

October 21, 2021, National — Kiehl’s, a global skincare brand, has stepped up to the responsibility and joined hands with CRY (Child Rights & You) to bring a change. CRY has launched a bridge course programme, wherein children studying in classes VI – XII in marginalized communities are enabled to reconnect with education and given the necessary nudge to go back to school. Since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, over 1.5 million schools have shut down affecting nearly 2.47 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in India. With an ever-increasing dropout rate, child labour in vulnerable communities is at an all-time high. Kiehl’s recognises that intervention to ensure children’s education is the need of the hour and has

news update/press release Baroda, India, October 21, 2021: Huntsman Textile Effects, the global leader in innovative and environmentally sustainable dyes, chemicals and digital inks, today announced the partnership with the Padra Industrial Association (PIA). Huntsman will dedicate a medical grade oxygen generation facility to the people of Gujarat. This partnership is part of Huntsman’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.  Located at the Padra Primary Healthcare Center, the medical oxygen generation facility has a capacity to generate oxygen of 10Nm3 per hour at 90-93 percent purity. It is well equipped to cater up to 50 beds in the medical center. The initiative is part of Huntsman’s ongoing efforts to improve the health infrastructure of the Padra district, as well as to raise

News Update/Press release Bengaluru, October 21, 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic has not only devastated the lives of countless children, but has also left a long-lasting impact on their emotional and physical well-being. While some have lost both parents and have no one to look after them, others are in a situation where a single surviving parent is unable to provide financial and psychological support. In a joint effort to provide care and support to children hailing from COVID-affected families, Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, Kempegowda International Airport Foundation (KIAF) and Sparsha Trust, in collaboration have launched Chinnara Dhama—an initiative to provide shelter and education to 300 girl children. ‘Chinnara Dhama’, in literal terms translates to “A Sanctuary for young children” in Kannada. This will

News Update/Press Release Mumbai, October 18th 2021: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group strengthened its commitment towards combating the growing environmental concern about plastic pollution. In alignment with Godrej & Boyce’s ‘India Plastics Pact’ commitment, Godrej Interio India’s leading furniture brand in home and institutional segments revealed that it has also committed to reduce specific plastic consumption in plastic packaging by 5% year-on-year as part of their strategic initiative ‘Greener India’ under the company-wide Good & Green initiative. A first of its kind in Asia, the ‘India Plastics Pact’ pact is a joint initiative between CII and WWF India and has been established with the goal of envisioning ‘a world where plastic is valued and does not pollute

News Update/Press Release 18th October 2021: JK Cement Ltd is one of India’s leading manufacturers of Grey Cement and the third largest White Cement manufacturer in the World. Over four decades, the company has partnered India’s multi-sectoral infrastructure needs on the strength of its product excellence, customer orientation and technology leadership. JK Cement Ltd announced signing a Long-term Strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL), India’s largest biomass aggregation and Densification Company with forward integrated value chain. The MoU, valid for 10 years, is part of JK Cement’s endeavor to decarbonize its operations and aims to significantly scale-up the use of biomass-based and alternate fuels as a replacement to fossil fuel like coal in its

News Update/Press Release India, 13th October 2021: With a pledge to build a greener ecosystem and in observance of the International E-waste Day, ASUS India, Taiwanese tech giant, today announced a new initiative, #DiscardResponsibly, to evoke a sense of accountability amongst citizens. The new initiative is a step taken towards building a sustainable environment by creating awareness around the impact of careless dumping of electronic waste on the environment and at the same time, enabling citizens to dispose off e-waste sensibly. There is also a digital consumer engagement activity planned wherein two winners stand a chance to win exciting ASUS goodies. The campaign will go live on International E-waste Day, 14th October, and will run till 31st October.  With the rapid pace of innovation