Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Monday urged corporates to address grassroots-level problems through the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. He said such issues often fell through the cracks of policymakers and government departments. “Sometimes, the nature of government structures is not conducive to the aspirations of our people. We
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Promoting gender equality and women’s economic empowerment is at the top of the W20 India agenda. But there is scope for an inclusive approach to generating tangible and sustainable commitments.
40% of the food produced globally tends to be lost during the post-harvest value chain. In India, inefficient post-harvest management practices lead to massive post-harvest food losses that impact farmer incomes. However, emerging technologies like robotics, artificial intelligence, blockchain, machine learning, analytics, IoT and others carry the potential to address
Establishing a long-term, sustainable agriculture programme to enhance turmeric cultivation across rural regions in Karnataka, with a clear alignment to their core business in spices.
Sattva and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) undertook the study titled “Business Alignment to SDGs in India” to plot the landscape of reported sustainability interventions across the Agriculture and Allied, FMCG, and Oil and Gas industries in India.
Prioritising maternal health and family planning is imperative for India to sustainably pave a path for healthier communities and social progress. Given that strategic funding plays a pivotal role in creating the foundation for a thriving future, Sattva worked on a robust investment strategy for a globally renowned non-profit.
India’s backward districts received a mere 2.5% of Rs 1.84 lakh crore of corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds spent by companies across the country over the past nine years, said a study, titled ‘State of CSR in India: 2014-2023’, by social impact and consulting firm Sattva Consulting. “While it’s a
In this report, we have analysed the entire set of companies (total of 29190) on their CSR compliance using the data made available by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs as of January 2019.
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