CHENNAI: The UNICEF ‘CEO Run’ 2017 — Chiefs for children, organised by United Way of Chennai was conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, on Sunday morning. The focus was to get leaders of the society to safeguard children and provide holistic development. The event began with an energetic Zumba session for warm up.
The need to mobilise corporate funds to meet the challenges in rehabilitating street children was emphasised during a critical discussion involving various stakeholders, including NGOs. Mobilisation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds will help address the issue comprehensively and in a more structured manner as compared to time-bound international donor grants, said Luke Samson, director …
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das recently told companies that half of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) money should be deposited into the CSR council fund maintained by the state government. “A cell will be formed and the government will spend money from the fund as per requirements. Panchayat Secretariat and UNICEF will monitor the CSR-funded …
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A new series of VR films is changing the way the organization raises awareness and funds. Though there’s still much to be learned about the power and potential of virtual reality—from the release date of upcoming VR headsets to how this nascent technology will shape entertainment, education, and social interaction—filmmaker Chris Milk has already arrived …
With operations scattered around the globe, the modern corporation is a different animal from its predecessors. Yet the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has not changed much over the years. As a result, just as stakeholders are holding corporations more responsible for their actions, corporations understand their responsibilities to stakeholders even less. To resolve …
