Page 3 - Corporate Social Responsibility

Facebook, N/Core to empower women entrepreneurs with its CSR initiative

Facebook Pragati will award four grants of up to Rs 50 lakh for each non-profit to scale their work

Hard-sell on Women's Day

The anniversary has become a commercialised event

Individuals lead the way in philanthropy, even as firms' contribution falls

Contribution from foreign sources, domestic corporations has slowed

CSR spending: Rise in number of firms going beyond 2% mandate, says report

Companies who are not required to spending allocating budgets for CSR are spending

Ease of living, in a punitive state

Under this government, slogans, memes, catchphrases, alliterative coinages, and clever abbreviations abound. One of them being repeated ad nauseam is ease of living

The 'social' aspect of ESG

The debate on diversity is expanding to include ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation, not only on board but also in senior management

HCL Foundation invests more than Rs 160 crore in community projects in UP

UP accounts for 2/3rd of the Foundation's activity spend

Just contributing money is not what govt expects through CSR, says Srinivas

What we urge upon you (companies) is proactive participation and not passive participation, said Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas

Aligning the CSR mandate

Corporations are careful to synchronise their social programmes with signals from the Union government

Stimulus package is a well-designed boost for economy: Chandrajit Banerjee

This is indeed a comprehensive package which shows that the finance ministry has been keeping its ears close to the ground

How social impact companies may help tap impact investment funds

The high-level committee on CSR recently released a report that recommended the creation of a new class of companies called social impact companies (SICs) under the CSR framework

CSR law flawed, India needs inclusive growth: US professor Aneel Karnani

There is no attempt by the government nor the press to even attempt to measure the outcomes

Breaking down companies

In today's world, who do companies really have to respond to?

Letter to BS: CSR committee wants non-compliance a civil offence

Replacing criminal responsibility with civil ones will ensure there is greater willingness from corporates to achieve a social objective

No jail, CSR non-compliance should be a civil offence: Govt-appointed panel

Recent policy had provided for a 3-year jail term for violations

Letter to BS: Jail term for CSR law violation is a retrograde step

According to a study by KPMG India, the expenditure on CSR by India's largest 100 firms stood at Rs 7,536. Rs 30 crore in the financial year ending 2018

An unnecessary law

Jail term for CSR law violation is a retrograde step

India Inc worried over three-year jail provision for violation of CSR norms

According to new CSR norms, a company has to earmark a part of its profit towards social activities and transfer all unspent amount into an escrow account (if it is an ongoing project)

Bill to fine firms over corporate social responsibility tabled in Lok Sabha

The Bill also seeks to empower the Centre to debar directors responsible for mismanagement for five years after approval from NCLT

17% of corporate social responsibility fund unspent among listed companies

The government is considering the option to punish directors of companies that do not spend the required amount in CSR activities, as mandated by law