Corporate Sustainability Score: A Sectoral and Trend Analysis of BSE 100 Companies

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Corporate Sustainability, ESG Score, Indian Companies, BSE 100, Trend Analysis

Abstract

In this study an attempt has been made to identify the top corporate sectors in India with maximum companies performing substantial ESG activities and to analyse the ESG scores of the companies. Relevant charts have been prepared to analyse the ESG scores of the select BSE 100 companies for the period 2016-17 to 2020-21. The outcomes indicate that Banking, Automobile and Financial are the top three sectors where most of the companies perform adequate sustainable activities. Overall, the findings also suggest that Indian corporates have made satisfactory improvements in their governance activity score, but other two activities i.e. social and environmental are still needed to be improved.

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2024-06-30

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Vol. 56 No. 1 (2024)

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