Lessons on fund-raising from the Ice Bucket Challenge
— Pratima H Even before some celebrities were gutsy enough to dodge the bucket and drought-suffering people in Henan China or California picked up empty buckets to mock the charity-pail we…
Mike Barry: Sustainable growth needs to be built into the very heart of a biz model
Launched in 2007, Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) Plan A seemed like yet another one of those initiatives that are designed to generate more news and positive good feel, than actual…
Charting the course from Triple Bottom line to Tomorrow’s Bottom line
To describe the achievements of John Elkington in the sphere of sustainability is almost a task of impossibility. He was one of the early movers in the space, the sort…
Demystifying the CSR Act
— Shashwat DC If there is one topic or term that can be said to be a hot-potato across boardrooms in India, it surely is CSR or corporate social responsibility….
The eco and social bits from President Pranab’s address
In many ways, the presidential address when the new Lok Sabha is convened is like an editorial of a magazine. It outlines broadly what will be the scope and boundaries…
The ephemeral goal of saving the eternal Ganga
— Keshav Chaturvedi On June 8, this year, according to Hindu calendar (lunar calendar) the devotees will celebrate Ganga Dussehra – a festival that marks the descent of Ganga from…
A new spot in Marine Trash
WITH efforts swinging between helplessness and hope, the search for the missing plane incidentally makes us spot a not-so-elusive sight in case we paid notice. The director of marine debris…
CSO isn’t a Designation, but a Privilege
Sometime back, I was having a nice little chai-biscuit-chat with a CIO friend. We both were enjoying our ‘Good-days’ and some real nice masala tea. Generally, when you are having…
Maruti Suzuki Steps up the Pace on Reporting
Maruti Suzuki has of late gained a very common (man) halo thanks to CM Arvind Kejriwal’s fascination for a blue Wagon R. Yet, chancing upon the latest sustainability report from…
Tata Power Sustainability Report could be more Powerful
The first thing that one realizes on holding the Tata Power Sustainability Report for 2012-13 is that it is rather bulky. Pushing at over 200 pages, it is a rather…