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Sustainability in Corporate India Needs Transparency

New resource to link the GRI Standards to SEBI’s BRSR disclosure
Press Release

April 26, 2022 /3BL Media/ - It is now easier than ever before for organizations in India to meet national and international transparency expectations, thanks to a new publication that maps Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting against the requirements of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Kohler Co. Helps Create Safe Water for Students in India

The project comes as a part of Kohler’s commitment to Believing in Better
Press Release

PUNE, India, November 15, 2021 /3BL Media/ - Kohler Co. proudly joined forces with Kohler India Power Group, Rotary India and the Sheboygan County Rotary Clubs in sponsoring a new water and sanitation system to a school in Wagholi, Pune, India.

Laura Kohler, SVP HR, Stewardship, Sustainability, and Cindy Howley, Director-Kohler Stewardship, joined representatives from Kohler Power India (part of Kohler Power Group) and Rotary India virtually to unveil the new school renovations in October.  

Partnerships for Sustainability in South Asia

GRI engaging with regional markets to increase sustainability reporting
Article

Capital markets in South Asia have stepped up their efforts to encourage companies to be transparent about their impacts – thanks to engagements by sustainability standards sett Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) with stock exchanges and regulators.

Green Bond's Awkward Kid Brother (Sustainability-linked Bonds) Enters the Market

How they could help finance the transition of carbon-heavy companies, but only if the issuers are serious about climate.
Article

by Kari Huus of US Green Bonds Review from Climate & Capital Media 

The green bond market is on fire, channeling record funds into climate-friendly projects around the globe — and at a relatively low cost to issuers. Green bonds offer a promising synergy between investors with trillions of dollars chasing ESG products and the need for climate finance, especially in developing countries where access to affordable debt is essential to install those solar arrays, wind turbines and other infrastructure to underpin a new green economy.

Lenovo Helps Estimated 3 Million People Across India During COVID 19

Lenovo partnered with nonprofits to procure and deliver life-saving equipment in further COVID-19 relief efforts
Article

When a second, harsher wave of COVID-19 swept India in March 2021, millions of cases strained healthcare providers and other frontline workers across the subcontinent. This led to a critical shortage of essential medical supplies and infrastructure. These supplies were key to supporting both individuals fighting the virus as well as India’s communities battling to stop the pandemic’s spread.

A Career in Cybersecurity is for Everyone

A NortonLifeLock initiative empowers women in India to explore and experience cybersecurity careers
Blog

By Kim Allman, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Government Affairs

Global Citizen Adds Mumbai to Global Citizen Live's Worldwide Broadcast on September 25, 2021, in Partnership With Wizcraft

Hosted by Anil Kapoor, with appearances by Sadhguru, Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Arjun Kapoor, Ananya Panday, Bhumi Pednekar, Dia Mirza, Farhan Akhtar, Hrithik Roshan, Janhvi Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Riteish Deshmukh, Sara Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha
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Performances to be announced later this week

Global Citizen Live calls on India and G20 To Reduce Carbon Emissions In Line With Preventing More Than 1.5° C Of Global Warming

Global Citizen Live Demands Wealthiest Nations to Deliver on Promise to Give $100 Billion Annually to Address Climate Needs of Developing Countries; Timed to
UN General Assembly and G20 & COP26 Climate Meetings

Press Release

Performances to be announced later this week

Global Citizen Live calls on India and G20 To Reduce Carbon Emissions In Line With Preventing More Than 1.5° C Of Global Warming

Global Citizen Live Demands Wealthiest Nations to Deliver on Promise to Give $100 Billion Annually to Address Climate Needs of Developing Countries; Timed to
UN General Assembly and G20 & COP26 Climate Meetings

Power of 9: India

Article

The StoveTrace program demonstrates how mobile networks can aid in advancing the economic, health and environmental objectives of individuals and communities. StoveTrace provides an affordable, reliable, mobile-phone-based monitoring device to enable widespread participation in a voluntary carbon market when individuals use clean cookstoves instead of traditional biomass burning cookstoves.

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FedEx Delivers Critical Healthcare Shipments Around the Globe

by Raj Subramaniam, President & COO, FedEx
Multimedia with summary

Our mission to help the world move forward from COVID-19 continues: a third donated FedEx charter flight arrived in India over the weekend with additional COVID relief supplies. And with 1.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving in Mexico this week, shown here, FedEx continues to deliver critical healthcare shipments to the communities around the globe where they’re needed most.

Cummins Inc. Reaches COVID-19 Vaccination Milestone With Mobile on-Site Clinics

Blog

COVID-19 restrictions are beginning to loosen up in different parts of the world, as more people are becoming fully vaccinated. Cummins began offering COVID-19 vaccines for its workforce and their dependents through mobile on-site clinics on April 1.

The first mobile on-site clinic and vaccination was in Columbus, Indiana; now in just three months the company has administered its 15,000th COVID-19 vaccination, and it was at an on-site clinic in India.

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