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A Study of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Practices of the States in India

In: Mandated Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • Anushree Poddar

    (TERI School of Advanced Studies)

  • Sapna A. Narula

    (TERI School of Advanced Studies)

Abstract

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) had been practiced by Indian companies even before 2013. However, after the amendment of Section 135Section 135 of the Companies Act, the efforts in this direction have got systematic. Through this research, the contribution of the corporations toward the Sustainable Development GoalsSustainable Development Goals (SDG) (SDGs) is mappedSDG Mapping according to their contribution as per the activities listed in schedule VIISchedule VII . The states and union territories are divided into six zones as per the Indian geography. The analysis brings out that the amount spent on CSRCorporate social responsibility (CSR) by the selected Indian corporates is highest in the west zone and lowest in the northeast zone. The south zone has CSRCorporate social responsibility (CSR) projects pertaining to the highest number of SDGs and the central zone has the least. Possible opportunities related to projects that can be undertaken by the corporateCorporate have been suggested at the end.

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  • Anushree Poddar & Sapna A. Narula, 2020. "A Study of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Practices of the States in India," CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, in: Nayan Mitra & René Schmidpeter (ed.), Mandated Corporate Social Responsibility, pages 85-94, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-030-24444-6_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24444-6_5
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    1. Vojislav Babić & Siniša Zarić & Rossana Piccolo, 2021. "Corporate Social Responsibility And Environmental Issues: The Report From Italian Companies," Ekonomske ideje i praksa, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Belgrade, issue 43, pages 1-14, December.

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