Social audit of CSR spend may become must

Social audit of CSR spend may become must

The government plans to make it mandatory for companies to conduct social auditing of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending as part of an initiative to further tighten the CSR norms in the country. Officials in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) said the social audit will begin with public sector undertakings (PSUs) and then … Read more

It’s now or never for climate action: IPCC report

It’s now or never for climate action: IPCC report

New Delhi: Without deep reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases by 2030, it will not be possible to restrict global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the United Nations climate science body has stressed in a report released on Monday. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres described the report as “a litany of broken … Read more