Sustainability can mean different things for different people. A small business like ours would mean keeping ourselves afloat. In my consulting career, it would mean sustainability reporting. Even for folks in CSR space it largely refers to if projects can sustain the outcomes without the funding. ...
2 ways of choosing social impact projects
Actually there are many ways of choosing CSR / philanthropic activities any organisation wants to do. But we would like to focus on 2 ways we look at it. So what are the 2 ways I look at it? Well location specific and location-agnostic projects. Location agnostic projects No matter what activity you...
CSR to construct a classroom,toilet or do more
We are back again here to talk about what else but CSR. I am sure by many of you are in unenviable position to perform the balancing act of how to readjust the funds available. Should you wait and watch for another wave of COVID to provide relief then? ( not sure if its gonna […]...
Corporate social responsibility In India : In my backyard or distant lands
Over the past 5 yrs or so in corporate social responsibility space in India, some of the discussions have been too centred around a particular location. The location is often determined by the potential for engaging employees. I am steering away from volunteering since many times both mean the same....
How to navigate corporate social responsibility in India in COVID times
Corporate social responsibility in India has been in limelight for the past couple of months for the right reasons. As per various news reports close to ~6000 Crores have been spent or committed by companies big and small for fighting pandemic. This not including the contribution made by employees o...
Environment friendly pens and pencils
Our aim is to provide environment friendly products which includes pens and pencils among other things of daily use. Pen Pen on the left writes just like the pen you are holding now. The difference between the two is that the only plastic element in this pen is the refill. Its body is m...
Corporate social responsibility in education
While currently corporate social responsibility efforts have been focused on COVID relief efforts and understandably so. We had the opportunity to work on a quick turn around project in space of education just a month back. The world has changed a lot in this last month and so has our work. However ...
COVID-19 : updated requirements
A big thank you to all those who are out there to deliver the essentials. Hence ensuring that folks stay indoors as far as possible As mentioned last week , we have updated the sheet in the link below Please find the link here . We have added requirements for protective gear ( PPEs, masks etc) [&he...
COVID-19 : Curated requirements across NGOs
Hope you are indoors and safe . Kindly continue to do that. As someone who has experience working from home for almost 5 yrs and building a business . It is doable. Its also commendable to see the support from all quarters , NGOs ,companies ,individuals , healthcare workers , police , municipal work...
5 ways to go green in 2020
Today is the world environment day. It allows us to take a stock of what we can do make our planet survive and thrive. Here is our 5 ways you can go green. 1.Packaging We are talking about the shiny thing which wraps things we buy the containers which store food we order and several others. [&hel...