ESG Solutions for
End to end ESG advisory for businesses across India, built around a documented assessment that weights the environmental, social and governance pillars before any report is drafted. The engagement moves from baseline and materiality scan through a weighted pillar assessment, a costed roadmap, data build, implementation and investor grade disclosure on a recognised basis, then into assurance support and an annual improvement loop, delivered as one accountable engagement from Mumbai, so ESG becomes measured performance that rating agencies, lenders and buyers can verify.
Reviewed by Team GreenSutra · Updated 18 June 2026
From ESG questionnaire to measured performance
A documented assessment, a costed roadmap, and disclosure a rating agency or lender can verify.
ESG Solutions by GreenSutra turn ESG from an annual questionnaire into measured performance. One accountable engagement runs a baseline, a materiality scan and a weighted pillar assessment across the environmental, social and governance pillars, closes the gaps it finds, and drafts disclosure that rating agencies, lenders and buyers can verify. Indian companies field ESG questionnaires from lenders, listed buyers and overseas customers, and face rating coverage from ESG Rating Providers registered with SEBI, so the engagement builds that evidence once, against a documented method.
How the weighted assessment works
A baseline captures current data and policies, and a materiality scan ranks the issues that move value and risk for the sector. The weighted pillar assessment then scores readiness on a transparent split of environmental 40 percent, social 30 percent and governance 30 percent. The split is GreenSutra practice, disclosed in full so any score can be retraced, and the gaps it exposes become a roadmap sequenced by cost and impact. The frameworks, the rating providers, the destination market standards and the deeper method are set out in full in the ESG reporting guide.
| Pillar | Weighting | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 40 percent | Emissions, water, energy conservation and waste management, the quantitative metrics that ratings and investor grade disclosure draw on most. |
| Social | 30 percent | Inclusive development, community development, diversity and CSR, the way a business treats its people and the places it operates. |
| Governance | 30 percent | Compliance, related party transactions, transparency and royalty, the controls that hold the environmental and social commitments in place. |
What the engagement delivers
- Materiality matrix ranking the issues that move value and risk for the sector
- Scored pillar assessment on the 40, 30 and 30 percent weighting
- Costed roadmap with an owner and an indicative cost band on every action
- Assurance ready data file covering emissions, energy, water, workforce, safety and governance metrics
- Disclosure draft on a recognised basis chosen for the business
- Improvement plan tied year on year to rating and questionnaire feedback
Which reporting standard the disclosure is drafted on
Indian companies that sell into the European Union, Singapore or the Gulf increasingly answer to a destination market reporting standard rather than to a single home regime. The standards differ in origin, scope and the audience they serve, so the engagement maps the evidence base once and aligns it to whichever standard the buyer, investor or listing venue expects.
| Standard | Origin | Scope and focus | Who reports on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRSR | Securities and Exchange Board of India. | A statutory disclosure format for environmental, social and governance performance, with a subset of assurable core indicators. | India's largest listed companies, scoped on the dedicated BRSR page. |
| GRI Standards | Global Sustainability Standards Board, under GRI. | A modular, voluntary, free set of standards on an organisation's impacts on the economy, environment and people, structured into Universal, Sector and Topic standards. | The most widely used global basis; per the KPMG Survey of Sustainability Reporting 2024, 77 percent of the world's 250 largest companies report with GRI. |
| ISSB (IFRS S1 and S2) | International Sustainability Standards Board, under the IFRS Foundation. | A global baseline for investor focused disclosure: IFRS S1 covers general sustainability related financial information, IFRS S2 covers climate and builds on the TCFD recommendations. Issued June 2023, effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024. | Companies in jurisdictions adopting or referencing ISSB, and exporters whose customers, investors or listing venues expect ISSB aligned reporting. |
| ESRS | European Financial Reporting Advisory Group, for the European Union. | The European Sustainability Reporting Standards used under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, built on a double materiality view of an entity's impacts and its financial risks and opportunities. | Companies in scope of the CSRD, which can reach non EU groups through their EU operations. |
How an ESG engagement runs
From materiality and baseline through implementation to a drafted, assured and improving disclosure.
Baseline and materiality
A baseline captures current data, policies and governance, and a materiality scan ranks the environmental, social and governance issues that carry the most value and risk for the sector. The output is a materiality matrix.
Weighted assessment and roadmap
The weighted pillar assessment scores readiness on the 40, 30 and 30 percent split and turns gaps into a costed, sequenced roadmap, each action carrying an owner, an indicative cost band and an impact rating.
Implement and build data
Implementation support stands up the data collection, controls and policies the assessment flagged as missing, building a populated data file that covers emissions, energy, water, workforce, safety and governance metrics on a repeatable annual cycle.
Disclose on a recognised basis
Disclosure drafting aligns the evidence to a recognised basis chosen for the business, so the same data set answers investor questionnaires, rating submissions and lender reviews without rework.
Assure and improve
Assurance support readies the data for independent verification, and after sign off an improvement loop tracks rating movements, questionnaire scores and lender feedback year on year, so each cycle raises the measured ESG position.
How an ESG assessment flows from company to disclosure
A baseline and a materiality scan decide what matters, the weighted pillars are assessed, and the findings close in an investor-grade disclosure.
A company baseline is taken and a materiality assessment decides which environmental, social and governance topics matter to the business and its stakeholders.
Weighted at 40 percent of the assessment, the environmental pillar covers emissions, water, energy conservation and waste management, the quantitative metrics that ratings and investor grade disclosure draw on most.
Weighted at 30 percent, the social pillar covers inclusive development, community development, diversity and CSR, the way a business treats its people and the places it operates.
Weighted at 30 percent, the governance pillar covers compliance, related party transactions, transparency and royalty, the controls that hold the environmental and social commitments in place.
Findings are mapped to recognised frameworks and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, then disclosed and read by ESG rating providers and investors.
A company baseline and materiality scan set the agenda, the environmental, social and governance pillars are assessed on the disclosed 40, 30 and 30 percent weightage, and the findings close in a disclosure drafted on a recognised basis and aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The data file is readied for independent verification, and ESG rating providers registered with SEBI read the published record alongside investors and lenders.
Benefits of ESG solutions
What an assessed, disclosed and improving ESG programme earns a business.
Ratings readiness
A scored pillar assessment and an assurance ready data file prepare the company for coverage by SEBI registered ESG rating providers and global agencies, with the disclosure gaps that depress a score closed first.
Investor and lender confidence
Disclosure built on a recognised basis and a documented method gives funds and lenders verifiable evidence, replacing adjective led claims with scored, sourced ESG performance they can underwrite.
Buyer questionnaire response
One evidence base answers buyer questionnaires, supplier audits and overseas customer requests, so exporters reply with data already collected rather than assembling answers under deadline.
Measured improvement
An annual loop tracks rating movements, questionnaire scores and lender feedback, so each cycle raises the measured ESG position against the prior baseline rather than restarting the assessment.
ESG questions, answered
Q·01What is ESG, and what does it stand for?
Q·02What are ESG solutions for a business in India?
Q·03What does an ESG consultant actually do?
Q·04How much does ESG consulting cost in India?
Q·05How can a company improve its ESG score or rating?
Q·06Which ESG rating agencies cover Indian companies?
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