ESG Champions of India 2024

8 | ESG Champions of India 2024 [ ESG AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE CURRENT SCENARIO ] Across the globe, rising corporate disclosure and investor uptake have been mainly responsible for the trend towards ESG data. According to Dun & Bradstreet ESG Ranking Report, 96% of companies on the S&P 500 published sustainability reports in 2020 compared with only 20% in 2011 On the investors’ side, inflows of ESG assets have increased significantly, bringing in more than $21 billion in the first quarter of 2021 alone, on track to beat the previous record of $51 billion in 2020. Going forward, these trends are likely to accelerate given the regulatory push and overall concerns about environment and climate change. ESG TIMELINE Dun & Bradstreet