Bombay Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
The Bombay Chamber is one of the oldest Chambers of Commerce in
the country. Having been established in 1836, the Chamber has a
long and illustrious history of 168 years of continuos services
to business and industry.
Bombay Chamber Corporate Social Responsibility Committee:
(Committee services are available for Industries only)
Aims at highlighting social responsibilities of the
organisations and enabling them to be responsible corporate
citizens.
Aims at building awareness on benefits of corporate social
responsibility and facilitates adoption of programmes towards
the same.
The objectives are met by organizing seminars, meetings,
lectures, site visits, project development and compilation of
databases to be disseminated to the members of the Chamber.
The Committee conducted a Survey on CEOs and CSR their
perspective in the year 2002 covering various issues like:
Awareness and Sensitivity to CSR, Preinvestment Decisions,
Investment in CSR, Post Investment Opportunities & Concerns
to understand the awareness related to Corporate Social
Responsibility amongst the Indian Corporates.
Corporate Social responsibility committee of Bombay Chamber
represents a wide cross-section of organisations known for their
CSR practices and Corporate Governance.
The Committee has over the years taken several initiatives to
promote the Concept of CSR and have commissioned a number of
Papers and seminars on various aspects of Corporate Social
Responsibility
Social responsibility is an important aspect of corporate
behavior. Corporate contribution to society when guided by
enlightened self-interest, may, hopefully, result in sustainable
development of resources. It is felt that corporates need to
assume responsibility for the needs of its people, the
environment and the society through selected interventions after
due internal deliberations.
For details about the activities of the CSR Committee, please
contact
Ms. Vandana Bhadra, Executive on Tel. 22614681-84 (ext. 428)
email:
vb@bombaychamber.com
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