How to improve literacy and numeracy for India’s 75 million underserved, low-income children with less than $1 per year, per child? Namya Mahajan, Vishal Sunil, and Siddhant Sachdeva set out to tackle this challenge. The trio is one example of the driven social entrepreneurs and activists who made this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: Social Impact list. They cofounded nonprofit Rocket …
(Bloomberg) — A Nigerian lawyer awarded a top prize for grassroots environmental activism has warned that international oil companies divesting from the West African country will abandon their obligations to compensate and clean up communities polluted by decades of crude production. Multinationals such as Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE have been selling onshore and shallow …
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Udayan Care has been working to change the way we care for our children and ensure that they receive continued support and their transition from childcare institutions to independent living is smooth and such young people also known as care leavers The Government of Bihar is strengthening its child protection mechanisms and towards this, it …
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Jai Ram Thakur called for efforts to motivate the corporate sector to contribute to the smooth functioning of the council by way of as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and towards the projects being executed by the council. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, on Thursday, said greater stress must be laid on proper management …
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This week, McDonald’s announced its final exit from Russia, making it one of almost 1,000 western companies that have partly, or entirely, ceased operations in Russia. They did so, not just to comply with sanctions, but as a voluntary reaction to the war. In some ways, it is textbook corporate social responsibility — a form of self-regulation in which companies …
Companies leaving Russia are caving to public pressure, not actually making a difference Read More »
