Much has been made of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) and the need for large corporations to treat all their stakeholders responsibly. In Kenya, most large companies have risen to the current challenges, from retaining employees to offering goods to vulnerable populations and working with business associations, including through the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (Kepsa), and with …
Stockholm, June 20 (IANS) Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has said that the world needs to learn the lessons of coronavirus and treat climate change with similar urgency. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Thunberg said: “People are starting to realise that we cannot keep looking away from these things… We cannot keep sweeping these …
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HDFC Bank commits to CSC Academy’s menstrual hygiene initiative HDFC Bank on Saturday announced it is committed to Stree Swabhiman, a programme that looks after sanitation needs and menstrual hygiene of women in rural India and will cater to the needs of over 25,000 women. The initiative has been launched by CSC Academy, the CSR arm of …
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Civic body plans to push its testing capacity to 4,500 samples a day The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), in a move to ramp up its sample testing capacity and intensify screening in the wake of mounting COVID-19 cases, has tied up with several companies, including Microsoft, to tap into their corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund …
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Ignoring climate change risks could prove more expensive than the transformation costs of making businesses climate neutral, and in the long-term, could mean losing out significant investments Globally, the Covid-19 lockdowns have helped us witness a cleaner environment. Major Indian cities like Delhi and Mumbai enjoyed the lowest pollution levels in the last decade as …
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