CSR News

News Update/ press Release Pune, 6th September, 2021: Bridgestone India today commissioned a carbon neutral boiler plant at its Pune manufacturing facility. This initiative is part of the Bridgestone Group’s worldwide commitment to reduce its absolute CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030. Built in collaboration with Thermax Onsite Energy Solutions Limited (TOESL) the plant uses carbon neutral Biomass briquettes made from agricultural waste. Estimated steam generation with this Boiler will be 123236 Tons per Year at full capacity and considering above steam generation, estimated CO2 reduction will be 19396 Tons/Year. The boiler plant caters to the current steam requirements at the Pune plant.  Steam is utilized in tyre curing process to provide heat energy to stimulate chemical reaction between rubber

News Update/Press Release India, September 2021:  In the wake of severe effects of Covid-19, 3M India has joined hands with Smile Foundation to support the primary healthcare needs of the underprivileged population by deploying four mobile healthcare units at different rural locations. The healthcare vans will be flagged off on 6th September from Gurugram, Haryana, and will move towards Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh, Gaya in Bihar, Balangir in Odisha, and Goalpara in Assam to provide preventive, promotive, and curative healthcare facilities. With this partnership, the focus is to reduce the burden on public health infrastructure caused by COVID-19 by providing more than 1,50,000 treatments in these four regions over a span of 39 months (13,000 treatments per year per location).

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,

News Update / press Release India, August 26, 2021: CBM India announced the launch of Sankalp, a co-operative society in Maharashtra, that aims to support women with special abilities. This initiative is committed to primarily help women and bring about socio-economic changes in their lives. The society will provide support in terms of financial inclusion along with a host of programs to help them become self-reliant and independent.                       Supported and coordinated by Naman Seva Samiti (NMS), Sankalp’s comprehensive programs also cover various social issues faced by vulnerable women and women with disabilities. This includes basic sanitation, hygiene, education, women empowerment, and inclusive growth. The organization is formed by 500 members, out of which 449 are women and 51 are

News Update/ press release Kharghar (Navi Mumbai), September 3, 2021: IndusInd Bank today, installed rooftop solar panels at the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital located at Kharghar, in Navi Mumbai. The installation is a large-scale grid solar Photovoltaic system that will generate nearly 300-kilowatt peak (kwp) of energy, thereby reducing carbon emission by over 340 Metric Tonnes.  Moreover, it will help the Hospital save nearly Rs. 60 lakhs annually, towards energy consumption, which will then be used to facilitate cardiac surgeries of 40 children suffering from congenital heart diseases, free of cost.   The installation was inaugurated by Mr. C. Sreenivas, Chairman, Sri Sathya Sai Health and Education Trust and Mrs. Roopa Satish, Head – Corporate & Investment Banking, CSR & Sustainable Banking, IndusInd Bank, in the presence of senior officials from the Bank

News Update/ Press Release India,3rd September, 2021- HCL Foundation (HCLF), the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of HCL Technologies, has flagged off a Sports for change (SFC) team Bus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu under its flagship program Sports for Change. The SFC team bus will enable students to travel and participate in competitions, attend coaching and training around the city. Furthermore, the bus will also help to promote campaigns and spread awareness about sports in the communities and schools. The ‘Sports For Change’ team bus was flagged off by Ms. Nidhi Pundhir, Director HCL Foundation and Mr. Alvin Raj, Inspector of Police, Kannagi Nagar, at the Kannagi Nagar Playground in Chennai in the presence of Fr. Leo, Director Don Bosco Anbu Illam, Mr. Mohan Kumar Raja, Indian

news update/press release India, 31st August 2021: As Yemen continues to grapple with one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, Aster Volunteers – the global CSR arm of Aster DM Healthcare along with supporting NGOs like Dar Al Shifa Establishment and Governor of Seiyun- Hadramout region, launched a relief mission to distribute ration kits to the people of Yemen. Around 1500 families received a ration kit weighing 50 kg each, providing for around 360,000 meals. The dry ration kit included rice, wheat flour, sugar, cooking oil, beans, milk powder, pulses and other essential food items to provide a balanced diet for entire families of young children, lactating mothers and other adults, as per UNFP and WHO guidelines.  The on-ground mission was led by Mr.

News update/Press release Maharashtra, Aug 2021:  Vinati Organics Ltd in partnership with Samhita and Collective Good Foundation has launched HERS (Health, Education, REVIVE, Skilling), a series of initiatives designed to address fundamental issues faced by women in India including education, sanitation, basic hygiene and employability.                              As per the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021, India ranks 140. The pandemic has further impacted livelihoods, putting 4 out of every 10 women out of the workforce. HERS is a step towards bridging this gender gap and will aim to empower 5,380 women across Maharashtra.                            As part of the HERS approach, Vinati Organics, Samhita and CGF, have identified some of the primary obstacles to growth and development for girls