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May 4 2017April 30, 2017

CSR a key element for success at top family businesses

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Fast-growing, mid-sized family businesses around the world have identified corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an important element for their success, according to a joint report by Citi Private Bank and UK-based family business information provider Campden Wealth Research. The report, entitled The Top 50 Global Challengers, released last week (March 30), profiles 50 fast-growing family …

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May 3 2017April 30, 2017

The reason your business should have a CSR strategy

Leave a Comment / Brand CSR, CSR, Information, Innovation / By SLSV / May 3, 2017 April 30, 2017

In his groundbreaking 1962 opus Capitalism and Freedom, economist Milton Friedman famously claimed that the “one social responsibility of business [is] to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.” Friedman expanded on that idea in a popular 1970 piece for The New York Times, pointing out how a …

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May 2 2017April 30, 2017

The changing attitudes towards corporate social responsibility

Leave a Comment / Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, India CSR Law, Information / By SLSV / May 2, 2017 April 30, 2017

A new generation of Indian business leaders is busy changing the perception that business is antithetical to societal needs. Just how deep is the transformation? With the mandatory spending on corporate social responsibility (CSR) reduced to just another ineffectual piece of legislation, a mindset change that entails looking at CSR as an opportunity for growth …

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May 1 2017April 30, 2017

CSR: 400 cos spend Rs 5,857 crore in 2 years

Leave a Comment / Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, India CSR Law, Information / By SLSV / May 1, 2017 April 30, 2017

Under the Companies Act, 2013, a certain class of profitable companies is required to spend at least 2 per cent of their three-year annual average net profit towards CSR works in a fiscal. The norm came into effect on April 1, 2014. Nearly 400 companies together shelled out about Rs 5,857 crore towards corporate social …

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Apr 29 2017April 8, 2017

Why we should be wary of do-gooder CEOs

Leave a Comment / Brand, Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, Information, research, sustainability / By SLSV / April 29, 2017 April 8, 2017

Visit the website of any large corporation and the majority of its message will be how it gives back to communities or helps the environment. These companies not only provide you with an essential product, but you are assured that you are doing your part because you purchased a good or service that will …

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