A National University of Singapore study finds that shoving the concept of corporate social responsibility down the throats of employees may be counterproductive. Employees not only have to worry about their performance at work, but increasingly, their bosses want them to show that they are good corporate citizens as well.
The Finance minister Arun Jaitley in his statement in Rajya Sabha said that during 2014-15, about Rs.6,337 crores was spent on CSR activities. This number would only increase in the coming times with more companies beginning to report their CSR expenditure. CSR is no more just a buzzword, it is slowly becoming a full-fledged strategy …
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Biomimicry, the practice of looking deeply into nature for solutions to engineering, design and other challenges, has inspired a film about it’s ground-breaking vision for creating a long-term, sustainable world. This film covers how mimicking nature solves some of our most pressing problems, from reducing carbon emissions to saving water.
India’s big corporate houses have failed to come forward to support the Modi government’s flagship projects, Swachh Bharat and Namami Gange. The two cleanliness projects have received a lukewarm response from the private sector, with companies spending little under their corporate social responsibility obligations.
With the market growing steadily from one year to another, the Romanian CSR scene is becoming more mature as companies look for long-term interventions rather than quick-fix actions. With their focus on the sustainability of the projects they implement, they’re starting to look more carefully at the NGOs they choose as their long-term partners.
