ESG Series Part 4: Case Studies: ESG Integration

1. Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan Unilever, a leading multinational consumer goods company, has successfully integrated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their business practices. Their Sustainable Living Plan (SLP), launched in 2010, set ambitious goals to improve public health by reducing salt, sugar, and saturated fat content in their products, protect the environment through…

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ESG Series Part 3: Comparative Study of Policy Landscape

1. Introduction The ESG landscape includes an array of disruptions, activities, and commitments around the environment, social capital, business and innovation, leadership and governance, and human capital. Recent developments by standard-setters and regulators are changing the disclosure landscape regarding ESG. In 2021, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Technical Expert Group appointed the SEC…

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ESG Series Part 2: Analysis of ESG / CSR / BRR reporting practices in the top companies of India.

1. Introduction Good corporate governance is essential not only for businesses, but also for society. In fact, good corporate governance raises the confidence of various stakeholders in the companies. The renewed emphasis of Indian Companies Act, 2013 on corporate social responsibility (CSR) enhances transparency and increases responsibility of business to their stakeholders. In turn, companies…

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ESG Series Part 1: Understanding ESG: An Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors

Environmental, Social and (Corporate) Governance better known as ESG is an intangible key assessing factor for socially capable and mindful financial investors. It’s a framework that is mainly used to access the business practices and performance on various sustainability and ethical issues of the organization. The meaning associated with this concept is that the responsibility…

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