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Mandatory CSR in India : A bad idea from left, right and center
The lower house of the Indian parliament has passed a new Companies Bill that requires companies above a certain size to ensure that they spend at least 2 percent of annual profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Ernst & Young, the audit and advisory company, estimates that the law would cover about 3,000 companies in India and about $2 billion of expenditures on CSR activities.
Looked at from the perspective of the political right, and the left, and the center, the proposed law is a really bad idea.- Categories
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Nutrients for All Google Hangout: Thursday, March 21 at 11:00 am
Good health requires good nutrition. And ensuring global access to nutrient products requires game-changing ideas to help us rethink our connection to the environment, as well as to each other. Join a panel of health and nutrition experts for a Google Hangout on March 21 at 11:00 am EST - part of Ashoka’s “Health Ideas” week on NextBillion Health Care.
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- Health Care
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Shaping a Market for Nutrient Economies – Part 2: The value of partnerships
As we’ve seen in Ashoka Changemakers’ Nutrients for All campaign, there are several markets involved in bringing nutrient products to consumers. Interventions in these different markets can have a major impact, starting at the earliest stages in a product’s development, and they often involve multiple partners. This post, the second in a two-part series, shows how these interventions work in practice.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
