Finance Minister Chidambaram Releases TERI books on environment management and CSR practices

May 28, 2007 - PRLog -- TERI is releasing two books at the 6th TERI Corporate Award Function. The Finance Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram, would be presiding over the event and releasing the two books on the occasion – each of which deals with exemplary case studies of sound environment management and social practices by organizations in India.

With its rich insights into the implementation of effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) within organizations, Citizens at Work is a must-read for business managers, development experts, management practitioners, corporate sector specialists, consultants, and business management students. It offers insights into the most effective and successful CSR programmes launched by Indian corporations.

The cases featured in the book encompass integrated socio-economic development of rural communities; capacity building, employment and education of the youth; empowering citizens; developing and providing support for the mentally and physically challenged; unique micro finance programme for the poorer sections of society; and IT-based interventions for rural India.

Cleaner is cheaper: case studies of corporate environmental excellence is a compendium of business cases highlighting the best environmental practices in Indian industry. Each of the write-ups in the book demonstrates the ‘first-ever’ in the industry and deal with various examples of process improvement, waste and water management, resource conservation and environmental management.

The objective of both these books is to provide viable solutions to the industry in the form of replicable models and state-of-the art technologies and practices.


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Rajiv Chhibber - Phone: 2468 2100 Fax: 2468 2144, M – 9810426698/ rajivc@teri.res.in
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