corporate social responsibility
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
What is corporate social responsibility?
CSR is the process of assessing an organisation’s impact on society and evaluating their responsibilities.
Successful CSR initiatives take organisations beyond compliance with legislation and leads them to honour ethical values and respect people, communities and the natural environment. CSR is sustainable - involving activities that your organisation can maintain without adversely affecting your business goals.
The Business Benefits of CSRWin new businessIncrease customer retentionDevelop and enhance relationships with customers, suppliers and networksAttract, retain and maintain a happy workforce and be an Employer of ChoiceSave money on energy and operating costs and manage riskDifferentiate yourself from your competitorsGenerate innovation and learning and enhance your influenceImprove your business reputation and standingProvide access to investment and funding opportunitiesGenerate positive publicity and media opportunities due to media interest in ethical business activities
Companies law set to mandate 2% CSR spend
The ministry of company affairs (MCA), which is finalizing the new Companies Bill, has accepted a Parliamentary Standing Committee's recommendation on the issue. The standing committee on finance headed by former finance minister Yashwant sinha has proposed that companies with a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or net profit of Rs 5 crore or more earmark 2% of their net profit for the preceding three years on CSR.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-10/india/28545097_1_csr-companies-bill-coal-ministry
Wockhardt took major initiative for controlling AIDS epidemic in Indiaand established NGO with the help of Harvard Medical International, aHarvard University affiliate.
The NGO called WHARF ( Wockhardt HIV/AIDS Education and Research Foundation)will provide training to clinicians, nurses, paramedics and counsellors toacquire knowledge in the areas of HIV/AIDS.
Companies involved in CSR
Wockhardt
BIRLA GROUP
Education - • Formal schools • Balwadis for elementary education • Quality primary education • Aditya Bal Vidya Mandirs • Girl child education • Adult education programmes. Page
Health care - • Primary health care centres • Mother and Child care projects • Immunisation programmes with a thrust on polio eradication • Health care for visually impaired, and physically challenged • Preventive health through awareness programmes.
TATA GROUPPopulation Management
Jamshedpur leads in demographic indices and maternal and child health in the country
Shares planned family norms with employees and non-employees through Family Initiatives Foundation
Extension programs have empowered the community to sustain initiatives
Provides free Reproductive Health Services to over 2,000,00 women from urban & rural areas each year
Ensures 98% immunisation coverage in the city of Jamshedpur
Promotes Sports as a way of Life
Sports DepartmentTata Steel Adventure FoundationTata Football Academy Tata Archery Academy
30-acre J R D Tata Sports ComplexOrganizes sporting events for employees and community year roundPromotes sports in schoolsEmployees include 20 Olympians, over 100 international sports personsIndia’s first woman to scale Mount Everest
Sports & Adventure
Relief followed by long-term rehabilitation programsEducationPatron of Art and cultureHealth care facilities open to employees and non-employees
Companies And their CSRCadbury- Gurikha project: Targeting women empowerment and female infanticide
Canara Bank- Employee donates three rupees per month to a social cause of their choice
DuPont- Helps Mumbai slum schools
ICICI- Elementary Education, Health at birth
Lupin- Provided drinking water facilities
Novartis- Free treatment to leprosy patients worldwide
Orchid Hotel- Environment awareness in school and colleges
Tupperware- Give a child a chance’ programme
BBC- Counter the growing threats of AIDS in India.
http://www.simplycsr.co.uk/the-benefits-of-csr.html
http://www.karmayog.com/CSR/csrwockhardt.htm
References
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-10/india/28545097_1_csr-companies-bill-coal-ministry
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