Vidya Shah, the ex-CFO of Edelweiss Financial Services, remembers writing many donation cheques to several NGOs as part of the CSR initiatives of the company. However, it was only after she decided to set up the EdelGive Foundation that she visited these NGOs, only to come across the eye-opening reality.
Question: From your perspective, what is corporate social responsibility (CSR), who is impacted by CSR? What ecosystem is created by this interaction? Paula Luff: If you ask 50 people, “What is corporate social responsibility?” you’ll probably get 75 different answers. For me, corporate responsibility is how companies operate.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and other forms of sustainability reporting can be a painful process. Whether you’re a one-person sustainability, health and safety manager or your company has staff around the world who share reporting responsibilities, it can be challenging to effectively collect, assess, and communicate your company’s sustainability metrics.
One of the country’s more ubiquitous companies, Mahindra also happens to be one of the most active and visible so far as corporate social responsibility (CSR) is concerned. Much before the famous CSR ruling of the 2013 Companies Act came into existence, Mahindra had pledged 1 per cent of its PAT to CSR activities …
The Good Report 2015, a collaboration between ACT Responsible and The Gunn Report, which celebrates the best campaigns for social responsibility, has announced that the ‘Human Traffic Signs’ from MullenLowe China for General Motors, is the number one campaign. There were 1474 campaigns, produced by 866 agencies for 1090 advertisers from 82 countries, evaluated from …
