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An Assessment of Sustainability Reporting in context of SDGs: Evidence from Indian Corporate sector

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Dr. Vijay Singh, Pooja Verma, Ankit Yadav
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.8.581

Abstract

Sustainable development implies “development that meets the need of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. The sustainability reporting system has arisen as a result of the increased interest in sustainable development around the world. Organizations can create long-term value by reporting on sustainability. To achieve the global goals of sustainable development, 17 goals have been established in UN conference of sustainable development. Moreover, achievement of these goals requires the assistance of corporate world. This study is an attempt to assess the efforts of Indian corporate sector towards these SDGs. For this purpose, sustainability reports of India’s Five top growing sectors from Nifty 100 Index has been extracted and analysed deeply. It is observed that companies of IT sector are contributing more as compared to others sectors and FMCG sector is next in this achievement.

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