A survey conducted by HR consulting firm Mercer titled ‘Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Programs, Policies and Practices Survey,’ reveals that about 73% employers in India stated they have a CSR sustainability policy in place while 17% which are undertaking CSR activities without clear guidelines plan to formalise a policy in the next two years. …
Earlier this year India became the first country to mandate corporate social responsibility by law in an effort to share the cost of development with the many companies growing fat on its economic rise. The government first estimated CSR spending could top $3.3 billion, exciting development actors who saw a significant source of new funding. …
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is increasingly viewed as a topic of strategic importance. The vast majority of Fortune 1000 companies now engage in social and environmental responsibility activities, and CSR spending has reached unprecedented levels. For example, in 2010, Walmart gave more than $340 million in cash to charity, and Alcoa gave away 6.2 …
We laud corporate social responsibility. As a society, we put those generous acts of concern that companies do at the top of the scale when it comes to trust and our concept of product reliability. There are over 100,000 pages on corporate websites dealing with corporate social responsibility (CSR), over 600 books listed on Amazon …
We laud corporate social responsibility. As a society, we put those generous acts of concern that companies do at the top of the scale when it comes to trust and our concept of product reliability. Safeway’s many local donation campaigns, McDonald’s long-standing Ronald McDonald charities, the numerous companies that have donated to community hunger programs, …
