Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to a company's sense of responsibility towards the community and environment where it operates. This includes reducing waste and pollution, contributing to social programs, and earning returns for shareholders. One example is Microsoft's YouthSpark project, which has provided IT training to over 500,000 young adults in underserved communities across 27 Indian states with an investment of 47 crore rupees. Microsoft is also committed to increasing energy efficiency and using renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.

1. Corporate Social
Responsibility
Legal Aspect of Business

2. What is CSR?
A company’s sense of responsibility towards the community and
environment (both ecological and social) in which it operates.
Companies express this citizenship through their waste and pollution
reduction processes, by contributing educational and social programs
and by earning adequate returns on the employed resources.
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3. Real impact for better tomorrow
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4. YouthSpark-Project Jyoti
YouthSpark - Project Jyoti helps provide IT skills to young adults
in under-served communities.The program has trained nearly
half a million people so far.
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▪ 27 states impacted
▪ 47 crore rupees
invested
▪ 5,00,000 young
adults empowered

5. Microsoft Learning
Microsoft Learning is aimed at developing skill sets and
enhancing employability of students and IT pros, with over 1
million people certified so far.
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6. Imagine Cup
We host the world's premier youth technology competition,
allowing high school and university students to develop game-
changing solutions.
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7. BizSpark
BizSpark gives start-ups and promising entrepreneurs access to
Microsoft software development tools and key industry
connections free of cost.
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8. Project Bhasha
We provide support for our flagship products in 12 Indian
languages, aimed at building a vibrant local language
computing community.
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9. Accessibility
Accessibility enables individuals of all abilities to personalize
their technology to make it easier to see, hear, and use.
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10. Planet
They have been carbon neutral
since June 2012, and they have
committed to increasing their
energy efficiency and the use of
wind, hydro, and solar power.
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In addition to promoting
recycling of our products
worldwide, they have a zero
landfill policy for the electronic
waste that our internal
operations generate.

11. When the wind blows there are
those that build walls and
then there are those that
build windmills.
Food for thought
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