A recent SCC Online article by Arin Chatterjee takes stock of how environmental, social and governance expectations have been built into Indian corporate governance. Rather than relying on a single ESG statute, India is developing a hybrid regime that combines company law, securities regulation, market practice and an increasingly active judiciary.
India’s capital markets are confidently working in the digital age. Both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) are expanding their use of XBRL for company disclosures. It’s a quiet but transformative shift that is strengthening transparency, data quality, information provider and investor access.
Last week in Panjim, Goa, the ICAI held the 6th International Research Awards ceremony — a major event recognising outstanding scholarly work in the fields of Accounting, Audit, Taxation, Finance and Economics. The awards showcase research at the intersection of business innovation, technology, sustainability and governance — signalling the profession’s commitment to forward-looking thinking.
Sustainability reporting is at a crossroads. Countries around the world are adopting sustainability and climate reporting standards, but most of that information is trapped in PDFs. That means slower, more expensive analysis, and a missed opportunity to harness the full power of growing volumes of sustainability data.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has significantly expanded its regulatory approach to sustainable finance, introducing a detailed framework for social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds.
India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has announced it will launch the final set of 38 company forms on its upgraded MCA21 V3 portal on 14 July 2025. This milestone marks the full migration of statutory filings from the older V2 system to the enhanced V3 platform.
“Unless the data is comparable, unless the data can be used easily, unless the data can be analysed, it’s no use having all this [sustainability reporting],” says CA (Dr) Debashis Mitra, Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that starting from January next year, credit institutions (CIs) will be required to report their borrowers’ credit information to credit information companies (CICs) on a fortnightly (ie: every two weeks) basis.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced a draft climate risk disclosure framework. Aimed at bolstering the resilience of regulated entities, the framework underscores the growing imperative for robust risk management in the face of climate change challenges – which are expected to have significant impact on reporting entities and pose financial stability risks.
In an era in which sustainability is not just a choice but becoming a statutory obligation in much of the world, understanding the landscape is crucial for stakeholders throughout the business data ecosystem.
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