Yes Bank today said it has become the first bank globally to migrate to the ISO certification for its environmental management system (EMS).
"This extraordinary global achievement by an Indian bank comes on the back of Yes Bank's unmatched commitment to environmental sustainability," Yes Bank said in a statement.
The private sector lender said it has developed robust process driven approaches, created a comprehensive e-learning module for employees and adopted a new EMS policy, among other initiatives, aimed at integrating environmental sustainability into its operations.
In 2014, Yes Bank became the first bank in India to receive the ISO 14001:2004 certification for bringing down resource usage, waste generation and disposal costs, energy consumption and implementing environment friendly practises.
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DoneThing plans to raise USD 4 mn
* DoneThing, on-demand personal assistance service provider, today said it has plans to raise USD 4 million and claimed that it has seen an increase of 40 per cent in its customer base in the October-December quarter.
The company has seen its daily transactions go up by 60 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016, and going forward it is planning to expanding its reach efficiently and attaining a much larger consumer base, a company release said.
DoneThing provide affordable convenience to users who require on-demand services - from personal shopping to picking and dropping items; from daily tasks like bill payments to finding home service professionals.
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Perceived gender differences still exist at workplace: Report * Perceived gender differences still exist at workplace as a study suggests that male employees put in extra working hours more often but when it comes to working during vacations, female employees come up first.
The TimesJobs study confirms that perceived gender differences still exist, even though there has been a significant shift in evaluating performance based on productivity.
"Even if women do not spend as many hours in the workplace, their productivity and output is equal, if not greater in some cases, than that of men today. This is increasingly being recognised in India Inc," says Nilanjan Roy, Head of Strategy, Times Business Solutions.
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