How Can Our Textile Company in Kolkata Start a Smooth CSR Activity? Seeking Ideas!

My Respected HR gurus, we are a Textile company located in Kolkata. The Director of the company wants to initiate a CSR activity. What processes and ideas can one follow to perform the activity in a smooth way?

Regards,
Alin
AM-HR

Hi,

Since you are in the textile industry, I have a CSR activity suggestion for you: ADOPT A WISH. This initiative involves asking employees to bring old clothes, jackets, bottles, and donating them to the very poor people, such as office guards, etc. Additionally, we can collect some money and distribute it among them.

Regards, Sakshi Tandon Mehrotra Senior Exe-HR

Respected Seniors,

Firstly, thanks to everyone for your kind and knowledgeable advice. At our company, we have nearly 400 shop floor workers, and the rest are management and office staff. Our Director wants some innovative ideas that we can take up and perform.

We recently organized a blood donation camp and a camp that provided medicine and free medical services to children from very poor families. We achieved huge success by doing this, especially because the plant is located on the outskirts of Kolkata. Can anyone suggest other ways by which we can improve our CSR activities in a true sense?

Regards,
Alin
AM-HR

Dear Alin,

We are also a textile company in Bangladesh named Viyellatex Group. We have received the Standard Chartered - The Financial Express CSR award for the following activities:
- Employing physically challenged girls from the society
- Multipurpose Auditorium for Girls' School
- Blood Centrifuge Machine
- Contribution to SIDR-affected people
- Garments & Blankets for poor people during winter
- Yearly Eye Camp for the employees
- Haji Mohsin Memorial Lecture & Debate Championship
- Quarterly 0-5 Clinic for workers' children
- Distributing free newspapers among students and teachers in various universities
- IT laboratory at Dhaka University
- Donated dialysis machine
- Free ultrasonogram & medicine for pregnant female workers
- Donated uniforms for all students of the local school
- Co-sponsored the Asian Games qualifying round Hockey Tournament in 2006 and 2010
- Blood donation Program

Our commitments for CSR activities are:
- Conducting business with transparency and integrity
- Complying with all legal requirements for conducting business
- Emphasizing and rewarding better performance
- Striving to become environmentally friendly
- Emphasizing the upliftment of the local community

Regards,
Md. Emdadul Karim
Sr. Executive T & D
Group HR
Viyellatex Group
Bangladesh
Email: emdad@viyellatexgroup.com

Dear Respected Seniors,

I am working in West Bengal, India, in a textile company. Sometimes, due to work pressure, we work until 9 PM, although our scheduled time is from 10 AM to 7 PM. As an admin and HR member of the company, can we charge overtime? Are there any amendments in the Factories Act regarding this matter?

Thanks and Regards,
Alin