Angela Parker, co-founder and President of Realized Worth, has built a profitable, $1 million revenue consulting practice helping companies like Mcdonalds, TD Bank, and even the UN with volunteering programs. Parker approaches volunteering programs more as a corporate training function to develop leaders than as a corporate social responsibility program to meet those standards.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a recurring buzzword in sustainable business economics. In the transition towards more ethical business practices, companies are supposed to account for their negative impact on local communities, the environment and society at large.
Seeking larger participation of corporates in the rail sector, railways have decided to set up a separate corporate social responsibility (CSR) cell to rope in more private players. Addressing a CII summit on CSR, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today said, “Railways have a clear cut policy on how CSR funds can be used. We …
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As investors, campaign groups and consumers continue to pile pressure on companies to accelerate progress towards ambitious climate goals, some of the stalwarts of sustainability reporting are beginning to look beyond traditional methods of disclosure to drive stakeholder engagement with their CSR reports.
Data on CSR spend for financial year 2014-15 shows that more than half of the India Inc firms have failed to meet their targets for the period.
