India’s labour rights and environment legislation has been applauded by
the SustainAbility consultancy in the first of its studies of CSR in
emerging countries. The report records the closure of polluting
factories around the Taj Mahal as one example of responsible practice.
It points out that Indian companies have a long tradition of helping
the communities where they operate, resulting from a nation-building
role, and it includes best practice case studies of companies such as
Hindustan Lever, part of the Unilever group, the ICICI Bank and Tata
Steel.
However, SustainAbility says India is still grappling with a legacy of
vested interest and inefficiency and has problems of child labour and
human rights infringements, largely thanks to caste and gender
inequalities.
The emerging country reports are intended to give an informed assessment of business practices in emerging countries.
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