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Sunfeast uses child advocates to ‘Save the Environment’; SRK hops onto campaign
MUMBAI: ITC Foods has announced a nationwide campaign titled ‘Sunfeast Hara Banao’. In its third year, this campaign aims at educating children about the growing environmental adversities and their contribution in “Saving the Environment”. This year Shah Rukh Khan has also been roped in.
The environmental campaign, which will run across schools in the cities will organize a signature drive – “Sow a Seed Today Campaign”, where in students collect signatures from people who pledge to do their bit for saving the environment by recycling and sowing a seed as part of the first phase.
The second phase of the month long campaign will host the ‘Sunfeast Hara Banao Week’ which consists of a series of Environment Fairs across five cities. The Environment Fair will kick off with a sapling plantation and a march in each city. The march is aimed at reaching out to the people in the city to play their part in “Saving the Environment”. The Environment Fair will showcase projects by the students of various schools, and also organize various inter school environment based competitions, informs an official release.
The scope of this initiative has increased over the last three years while this year the campaign has registered over 3,00,000 students from more than 400 schools spread across five cities in the country.
ITC Limited – Foods Business divisional Chief Executive Ravi Naware said, “Sunfeast believes that children are the best harbingers of change and improvement. We believe that our initiative with school children is a necessary process of reflection for them as well as us. Initiatives such as the ‘Sunfeast Hara Banao Campaign’is oriented towards our governing philosophy of responsibility towards the environment. Several schools will also be awarded for their commitment toward showcasing critical environmental issues and spreading awareness on the subject.”
Sunfeast claims to be an environment friendly brand that has identified children as the prime drivers to advocate the cause of environmental issues and become the drivers for environmental advocacy.
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Network18 Q4 revenue grows 9.7 per cent, EBITDA at Rs 30 crore
PAT improves to Rs 306.6 crore, margins steady amid cost pressures.
MUMBAI: Not all news is breaking, some of it is quietly improving. Network18 Media & Investments Limited appears to be doing just that, tightening losses and stabilising margins even as costs continue to weigh on the business. For FY26, the company reported revenue from operations of Rs 1,955.1 crore, up from Rs 1,896.2 crore in FY25, signalling modest top-line growth in a challenging media environment. Total income stood at Rs 1,978.2 crore, compared to Rs 1,913 crore a year earlier.
Profit after tax came in at Rs 306.6 crore for the year, a sharp turnaround from Rs 3,225.4 crore in FY25, largely reflecting the absence of large exceptional items that had inflated the previous year’s numbers. On a more comparable basis, the company’s operating performance showed signs of gradual stabilisation.
However, the quarterly picture remained under pressure. For the March quarter, Network18 reported a loss of Rs 53.1 crore, narrower than the Rs 98.1 crore loss in the same period last year, but still indicative of ongoing cost challenges.
Expenses continued to track high. Total expenses for FY26 stood at Rs 2,235.7 crore, up from Rs 2,197.8 crore in FY25. Key cost heads included operational expenses of Rs 765.9 crore, employee benefits of Rs 475.9 crore, and marketing, distribution and promotional spends of Rs 427.1 crore, underlining the continued investment required to sustain reach and engagement.
At an operating level, margins remained under strain. Operating margin stood at 2.33 per cent for FY26, marginally higher than 1.77 per cent in FY25, while net profit margin remained negative at -13.02 per cent, though improved from -14.89 per cent.
On the balance sheet, total assets rose to Rs 8,957.6 crore as of 31 March 2026, from Rs 8,317.5 crore a year earlier. Equity strengthened to Rs 4,958.7 crore, while borrowings increased to Rs 3,112.8 crore, reflecting a higher reliance on debt to support operations.
Cash flows told a mixed story. While financing activities generated Rs 83.9 crore, operating cash flow remained negative at Rs -24 crore, highlighting ongoing pressure on core cash generation. Cash and cash equivalents, however, improved to Rs 33.9 crore from Rs 1.8 crore.
The numbers point to a company in transition growing revenues, trimming losses, but still grappling with structural cost pressures. In a sector where scale often comes at a price, Network18 seems to be inching towards balance, one quarter at a time.
