India’s top 100 companies spent nearly a billion dollars on corporate social responsibility in the last financial year, more than double of what they had spent three years ago. A study of BSE 100 companies by Institutional Investor Advisory Services Ltd. revealed that CSR spends rose 25 percent in 2015-16 to Rs 6,500 crore over …
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Over the past few years, interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has increased significantly. The spotlight on CSR has led companies to expand and strengthen their CSR efforts. Many companies in turn have published sustainability reports, posted materials on their websites, and made other statements about their past CSR efforts and future CSR goals. Certain …
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UAE-based banking group, Emirates NBD, has aligned its 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) objectives with the three main themes of the UAE President’s initiative “The Year of Giving”. The three themes are; Strengthening social responsibility in the private sector; Promoting a spirit of volunteering; and Strengthening the concept of serving the nation in new generations …
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The State Bank of India will formally commission a ₹2.12-crore project under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative for providing toilets with water connections in 50 government schools in Palakkad. Another CSR initiative that would go on stream is the SBI’s digital village initiative spread over six villages in Kerala.
India has mandated corporate social responsibility under Section 135 of the Indian Companies Act 2013, setting thresholds based on net worth, turnover, profit and age. India, it is often said – not inaccurately – has too many laws and too little justice.
