As many as 460 companies spent a little over Rs 6,337 crore for CSR activities. Companies spent over Rs 42 crore towards ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh’ as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in 2014-15, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
Gujarat and Maharashtra have gained the maximum when it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending by companies. In fact, over 50 per cent of CSR spending by nearly 1,181 companies, listed on BSE, has come to the two neighbouring states of western India. Gujarat alone counts for around 25 per cent of the total …
Investors and corporate boards can be convinced to make green investments by showing them the value of tangible and intangible future returns, industrialist Mahendra Singhi has said. Singhi, Group CEO of Dalmia Cement, said here on Friday that many green initiatives – to reduce the carbon footprint of industries and make them environmentally sustainable – …
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In line with its vision of powering a greener tomorrow, Suzlon Foundation along with the Association for Integrated Rural Development (AIRD) has installed two solar street lights each in Ottanatham and Sangampatti villages in Tuticorin district. Talking about the “zero darkness” initiative, Jasmine Sofia Gogia, General Manager, Suzlon Foundation, told BusinessLine that the Foundation has …
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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.
