"Social responsibility and environmental sustainability are age-old philosophies. Examples of social responsibility and environmental sustainability can be found, for instance, in Indian agriculture and husbandry. In Indian villages, for hundreds of years, clean fuel has come from cow dung patties or briquettes made of cow dung and thatch. In turn, cows were fed in a manner that did not deplete a particular area of vegetation. Houses were built of biodegradable materials like clay and thatch. Plates were made of banana leaves, cups were made of clay, and hands were used as utensils. During Indian feudalism, landlords (i.e., zamindars, jagirs, desmukhs, chowdhurys) lent land and money to farmers, akin to today's microfinance."
('Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability in Business,' Ed: Preeta M. Banerjee and Vanita Shastri, p. 163, Sage)
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