I indien er COVID-19 indsats nu officielt CSR-aktivitet

Indien implementerede i 2013 en lov, der tvinger virksomheder af en vis størrelse til at øremærke to procent af den gennemsnitlige nettofortjeneste til samfundsansvarlige formål. Nu har den indiske regeringen oplyst, at virksomhedens udgifter til forskellige aktiviteter i forbindelse med COVID-19, herunder promovering af sundhedsydelser, forebyggende sundhedsydelser, sanitet, katastrofestyring, ville blive betragtet som en del af virksomhedernes sociale ansvar.

Fra thehindubusinessline.com:

With the number of Covid-19 cases increasing in the country, the Centre has now roped in the private sector to help in the efforts to minimise the spread of Coronavirus.

The Corporate Affairs Ministry (MCA) on Monday said that spending of CSR funds for Covid-19 would be treated as eligible CSR activity. The coronavirus outbreak will be treated as a notified disaster, according to an MCA order.

“Keeping in view of the spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in India, its declaration as pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), and decision of Government of India to treat this as a notified disaster. It is hereby clarified that spending of CSR funds for COVID-19 is eligible CSR activity”, said the MCA order.

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/covid-19-related-spends-to-be-treated-as-csr-activity-mca/article31143721.ece