ESG PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
AI Can Measure How ESG Really Impacts the Bottom Line
Advances in large language models are making rigorous sustainability analysis dramatically faster and cheaper, allowing investors and other stakeholders to connect companies’ disclosed environmental and social risks directly to financialperformance in a matter of hours rather than weeks. Applying a simple methodology to ExxonMobil, the authors used AI to map sustainability-related issues to specific financial statement line items and estimate their impact on earnings and value, demonstrating both the promise and the limitations of AI-assisted analysis. As these capabilities become widely accessible, the competitive advantage long held by ESG ratings agencies, standard setters, and sustainable fund managers may erode, shifting attention from proprietary scores toward transparent assumptions and financial consequences. Human judgment remains essential to validate AI-generated outputs, but the broader trend is clear: sustainability analysis is becoming more democratized, financially grounded, and adaptable, with significant implications for how investors, regulators, and other institutions assess corporate performance and value creation.
Dr Reddy’s Q2 Results: Net profit falls 36% YoY to Rs 913 crore, revenue declines marginally
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories reported a 36% year-on-year profit decline to Rs 913.4 crore in Q2 FY27, while revenue slipped 1.5%. North America weakness pressured performance, offset partly by growth in India and emerging markets, alongside biosimilar approvals and strategic partnerships.
Adani Total Gas Q2 Results: Net profit rises 6% YoY to Rs 173 crore, revenue jumps 34%
Adani Total Gas Q2 Results: Adani Total Gas reported a 5.9% year-on-year rise in Q2FY27 net profit to Rs 173.27 crore, while revenue from operations climbed 33.8% to Rs 2,109.65 crore. EBITDA grew 12% YoY, supported by higher CNG and PNG volumes and continued expansion of its city gas distribution network.
Coal India Limited announces ambitious Business Development portfolio for diversification beyond mining
Coal India Limited announced its ambitious business development portfolio on Sunday. This plan focuses on five key platforms for future expansion and growth. Initiatives include coal gasification, thermal power, and renewable energy ventures. The company will also explore critical minerals and advanced materials. This diversification aims for energy and mineral security and import substitution.
ESG and Wealth Preservation: How sustainable investing fits into HNI portfolios
For HNIs, investing is increasingly focused on capital protection, risk management and long-term sustainability, not just returns. ESG investing has become a key framework globally, shaping how investors assess business quality and influencing capital allocation decisions among U.S. investors, Indian HNIs and family offices.
Sebi issues new ESG debt framework to regulate social, sustainability, and linked bonds
Sebi has introduced a new framework for ESG debt securities—excluding green bonds—to boost transparency, curb purpose-washing, and align with global standards. Categories include social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds, with strict disclosure and reporting requirements for issuers.
Embassy REIT awarded 5-star rating by GRESB
GRESB has also recognized Embassy REIT as a sector leader for office development in Asia for its sustainability leadership, a milestone for an Indian REIT.
India Inc improves ESG compliance: CRISIL
An ESG risk assessment of 586 Indian companies across 53 sectors, based on fiscal 2021 data, indicates an improvement in the ESG scores of a majority of them compared with the previous year, driven by better disclosures and improved performance on various parameters, it said.
Govt working on ESG ranking for LIC ahead of public offer
The finance ministry is working to obtain ESG (environment, social and governance) score for Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) before filing for its mega initial public offer, people involved in the IPO process told ET.
Globally institutional investors placing greater emphasis on companies' ESG performance: Survey
More than three-quarters (77 per cent) of those surveyed say that, over the next two years, they plan to step-up their analysis of "physical" risks – the impact of climate change on a business' ability to provide its products and services. This is an increase from 73 per ceny in 2020.
The ESG way to build a solid portfolio & improve the world around you too
ESG strategies are sustainable and have proven they can offer good returns. According to the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, February 2021 Sustainable Funds outperformed their traditional peers. The report also revealed how monies invested in sustainable businesses offer lower market risk.
View: A robust ESG strategy presents opportunity for businesses to stand out
ESG funds have attracted record inflows during the pandemic. Over half of overall European and a quarter of US fund flows now go to sustainable funds. In India, a clutch of ESG-focused funds has been launched by players like Quantum, ICICI, Axis, Mirae and Kotak. By 2025, most investment strategies could be ESG-investing strategies.
Acuité launches India’s first ESG rating company
The product is christened as ESG Risk AI, which will assess a company’s ESG performance and assign a rating, the company said in a release.
Kotak Mutual Fund launches Kotak ESG Opportunities Fund
Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company has launched Kotak ESG Opportunities Fund. The fund will focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors and the Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI)
View: Why ESG matters in financial services
Underscoring the importance of ESG principles, 181 top global CEOs signed in August a mission statement, declaring that companies exist for all stakeholders, not just shareholders.
Mutual fund houses are coming up with 'ESG' schemes. Should you invest?
ESG investing includes building a portfolio of companies that meet high environmental, social and governance standards.
Mutual fund investors can avoid Quantum’s new fund focused on ESG: Analysts
ESG compliant companies are expected to be less risky and are in a better position to withstand economic slowdown.
Indian companies not adhering to environment guidelines could be snubbed by global investors
A growing number of companies globally are recognising that sustainable business practices are a critical factor in generating long-term financial growth.
PSU banks fail to enter S&P ESG India Index
The exclusion of most of the state-run banks from the Standard & Poor's Environmental and Social and Governance India Index has earned flak from bankers who said the public sector lenders spend a lot of money on social responsibilities.
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