Future Publishing Date : May 30, 2013
Interview of Aravind Sitaraman, President – Inclusive Growth, Cisco Systems…
While Tata Steel is expecting a 10% demand growth in India during FY11, the company is worried about increasing raw material prices this year that is likely to hit its production costs, particularly, for Corus in Europe. For most steel companies, depending on their raw material security, working capital needs are also likely to shoot [...]
Bharti Wal-Mart wants to source $1-billion worth of goods from India and help the country become a food exporter, says Scott Price, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Asia. As Wal-Mart pans out in the country through its cash-and-carry Best Price stores in tieup with the Bharti Group, it wants to develop India into a sourcing [...]
RAIPUR: Naveen Jindal headed Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), the biggest private sector investor in the state of Chhattisgarh will run a private university in Raigarh under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Presently JSPL has two educational institute “OP Jindal Institute of Technology” and ” Jindal Institute of Power Technology”. Both the educational institutes are [...]
Wayne Visser is Founder and Director of the think-tank CSR International and the author/editor of twelve books, including nine on the role of business in society, such as The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility and The World Guide to CSR. His most recent book is The Age of Responsibility: CSR 2.0 and the [...]
RAIPUR (Chhattisgarh): India’s only CSR portal INDIACSR and The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Chhattisgarh is organizing the first CSR Conclave, one of its own kind CSR management symposium in State of Chhattisgarh, one of the fastest developing states in India. The first CSR Conclave is scheduled on 18 April 2010 at The Babylon Inn, [...]
BHUBNESWAR: As part of confidence building exercise with land oustees and local villagers, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd on Thursday began an ambitious plan to upskilling some 6000 youths belonging to land losers and displaced families with a total investment of Rs 20 crore. “We believe that there cannot be any growth in and around [...]
Till a few years ago, hiring disabled people used to be a part of corporate social responsibility (CSR), but now, companies view disabled people as potential workforce. Bangalore-based IT solutions company Mphasis Limited increased the number of disabled employees eight-fold in less than a year. “They are hired only on the basis of their skills, [...]
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability 2010 Conference in Malaysia on June 21-22, India based INDIACSR, promoting CSR communications in India i.e. (www.indiacsr.in) is a media partner of the conference KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Marcus Evans, headquartered in London, will be holding Corporate Responsibility (CR) and Sustainability 2010 conference on June 21 and June 22 at Prince Hotel, [...]
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