ESG Rating Of Indian Companies Of Select Sectors: A Comparative Study

Abstract

In the corporate sector, there has been a gradual shift from profit orientation to people orientation and in this connection ESG framework has captured the attention of policymakers and academicians since ESG portrays the holistic picture of the performance of companies which is not possible through historical financial data. This study makes an attempt to compare the ESG scores of Indian companies of cement, financial and metal sectors.