Environment Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights in India: An Overview from Legal Perspective
Environment social responsibility is the responsibility assigned to the companies to take care of environment while carrying out their business activities. Looking into the environmental crisis especially due to pollution in the present time and the pressure of sustainability goals it has become mandatory for all the companies involved in several types of business activities to ensure the use of environment in a constructive manner. In this context the issue of human rights is also included as now environment and its causes are related to human health and sustainable use for coming future generations. This paper looks into the Constitutional guarantee of environmental right as human rights and the responsibilities of companies towards environment through various laws in India.
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