"CSR should not be a self glorification exercise but an instrument to improve profitability by engaging with poor" says the Delhi Declaration issued after the 7th World Congress on the Environment Management and the accompanying National Seminars on Governance - Key to Ending Poverty and Pollution.

The Delhi Declaration was drafted by the participants that included legislators, policy makers, government officials, NGOs, UN and aid agencies, environmentalists, corporate governance experts, academicians, jurists & film makers as an outcome of the 7th World Congress on Environment Management and the accompanying seminars focusing on governance as the key to sustainable development and poverty alleviation held from 10-18 June 2005 in Palampur, Delhi, Bangalore & Mumbai.

Participants felt that the poor should not be treated as athe begging bowl of our economic system. They represent one of the largest untapped consumer markets on this planet and are an immense source of innovation thus offering businesses a grand opportunity to extend their field of options and transform their bottom lines.
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Invitation to Revolt
7th WCEM conference photogallery
Participants list of National Seminar on Governance - Key to Ending Poverty and Pollution

Poor are not an obligation; they are an opportunity
"Poor are not the begging bowl of our economic system. They are an opportunity. 800 million poor of India represent one of the largest untapped consumer markets on this planet. Their combined economic power is greater than the economy of some sovereign nations. They are an immense source of innovation offering the biggest business opportunity of our times" Dr Madhav Mehra in his keynote address to the National Conference on CSR in Delhi on 9 Nov 2004 read more..