Shortly after the pandemic halted all travel, companies quickly pivoted from in-person meetings and conferences to virtual platforms. But now business travel is on the rise again. This is a good opportunity for companies to re-evaluate and understand if business travel is even required.
In March 2020, the Government of India announced additional food supplies, free of cost, for two-thirds of the population.
As the government works on job creation, an important focus will be to create new jobs that are climate- and sustainability-focused, and upskill the existing workforce to keep up with the country’s ambitious green transition goals.
Measuring water risk requires multidimensional, geospatial data which is a combination of hydrogeological, socio-cultural, administrative and economic indicators and collected at an adequate temporal frequency. At present, in India, this data is not collected at a resolution high enough to be meaningful for micro-level planning of water conservation initiatives, or
Sattva with India Health Fund brought together Indian and Global Foundations, Government, Not-for-profit and Private sector leaders to discuss the role of innovations in strengthening health systems and collaborative approaches to strengthen primary healthcare systems.
India’s Aspirational Districts Programme aims to boost development in the nation’s most underdeveloped areas, housing 15 percent of the population. However, these districts have seen limited CSR investments.
A Mumbai-based manufacturer of cement and ready mixed concrete was looking to strengthen and measure its Corporate Social Responsibility.
Increasing effects of climate change, overexploitation of natural resources like water, decreasing quality of soil and nutrient quality of food due to consistent employment of
conventional farm activities have led to the emergence of a need to adopt more sustainable and healthier models of farm production.
Organic farming
The role of CSR has evolved significantly since its inception in 2014. Today, corporates are increasingly adopting a problem-first approach, going beyond the transactional nature of funding programmes to create a more enduring impact. Let me elaborate on a couple of key observations of the trends we’ve noticed that trace