ESG services and strategy

ESG Consulting

Goodbye theory, hello action

ESG are a set of environmental, social and governance topics related to corporates; criteria used by many investors. ESG represents risks and opportunities that will impact a company’s ability to create long-term value including climate change and resource scarcity; safety issues and data security; board diversity, executive pay and tax transparency.

Move from theory to action with a practical, purpose-led plan that will deliver sustained outcomes.

Creating value through ESG

How PwC can help

The pandemic has impacted everyone, amplifying and accelerating some of the biggest challenges in our society, and demonstrating the urgent need for systemic change in areas like social inclusion, the need for reskilling, the broader agenda of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) in India and the pressing challenge of climate change. These are all symptoms of a deeper problem: our economies are not delivering sustainable, affordable, inclusive outcomes for society. It is clear that businesses - including PwC - need to transform and that is why we are focused on developing the capabilities needed to build trust and help solve these very important problems.

PwC's sustainability experts know your industry and the challenges it faces, and can help you find the right solutions on the path towards sustainability.

PwC’s ESG practice in India assists organisations in understanding the impact and urgency of action on ESG regulations and help them make it an integral part of their corporate and business strategies. It unleashes the potential to not only retain their license to operate, but identify opportunities for growth, mitigate risks, improve performance, enhance reputation, ease access to finance and be competitive in talent acquisition.

The firm’s ESG consultants also assist in effective execution on the ambitions and targets set, reimagining the operating model - reflecting ESG transformation in stakeholder engagement, business and people processes.

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Smarter business for a stronger world

ESG is more than ticking boxes. It’s about making a difference - for your business and our world.

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is driving companies to think about how they create value for different stakeholders in the short, medium and long term. Investors, consumers, and employees are vocalising the need to drive ESG into the heart of businesses. There is a need to demonstrate how companies create value - for themselves, stakeholders, and society through ESG reporting in India. Given the significance and impact of this information, it needs to be relevant, reliable and trusted.

The firm supports clients in their ambitions for ESG reporting in India and help them to drive the sustained outcomes they want to achieve while being compliant with reporting requirements. The firm’s community of solvers helps in embedding reporting processes, including collection, measurement and aggregation of ESG data, into the core of your business.

ESG Reporting & Assurance - PwC India

Our Services Include

  1. Reporting strategies and transformation - Stakeholder engagement, Materiality assessment, Identification of sustainability-related risks and opportunities, KPIs, ESG diagnostic, Policy Development and Advisory
  2. ESG Reporting (BRSR / Integrated Reports / Sustainability Reports) advisory services, including support with content and design of the report
  3. Climate Reporting and Disclosures
  4. Tax Transparency Reporting 
  5. ESG Assurance Readiness
  6. CSR Advisory services, including strategy, policy development, identification/selection of NGO partners, developing a results based framework, periodic monitoring, need assessment and Social Impact Assessment and SROI
  7. Capacity building and training solutions
  • Net zero transformation - We assist clients in their Net zero transformation. Transitioning to a state where the business or economic activity adds no incremental greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
  • Climate resilience, adaptation & mitigation planning - We work with our clients to identify and mitigate impacts and adapt to the climate variability and climate change. We help businesses to focus on climate resilient and just livelihood generation for communities to gain social license to operate.
  • Climate risk and vulnerability analysis - We support clients in conducting in-depth analysis of the risks and opportunities posed by climate change under different GreenHouse Gas emissions trajectory and policy regime for policy makers and businesses to take informed decisions around climate adaptation and mitigation strategies.
Climate change Impact - PwC India

PwC’s ESG services in India supports clients in integrating environmentally and financially viable practices into the end-to-end supply chain and asset lifecycle. The team also assists them in adopting a circular economic system aimed at minimising waste and the sustained use of resources - from product design and development, to material selection, (including raw material extraction or agricultural regeneration), manufacturing, packaging, transportation, warehousing, distribution, consumption, return and disposal.

Sustainable value chain  - PwC India
  • Impact Investing 

Provide and evaluate investments made into companies, organisations, and funds with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return.

  • Value Creation in deals 
    • Corporates/Private Equity - Embed ESG factors as a value driver in a deal construct to enhance value and transaction price, increasing an investment's resilience after acquisition and in impacting its exit value.
    • Corporate Intelligence due diligence - In-depth analysis of publicly available information regarding legal entities, their owners/beneficiaries, and management in order to identify any signs of untrustworthiness.
    • Forensic Investigations - Investigations into corruption, corporate governance and the financial aspects of major commercial disputes of the corporates. It includes the review of data privacy and cyber security policies of the businesses.
Responsible investment - PwC India
  • Green and Social Bonds - Support clients in financing new and existing projects or activities with positive environmental and social impacts.
  • Sustainable Banking funds and stock exchanges - Integrating ESG criteria into traditional banking and capital markets setting ESG performance as a key objective.
  • International Development - International financial institutions have a key role to play in mitigating risks to developing economies while ensuring more efficient allocation of public and private capital. Supporting governments and sectors in utilising cross-border capital flows to fund investments in sustainable development.
Sustainable Finance - PwC India

PwC ESG Research and Innovation Forum at IIMA

We are extremely proud to join hands with Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), a premier global management institute of the country, to provide a forum to foster meaningful conversations, empower stakeholders with adequate research, enable thought leadership to build alliance ecosystems and raise resources to plan and execute ESG-led transformation.

PwC ESG Research and Innovation Forum at IIMA will be a hub for knowledge sharing among ESG stakeholders. This initiative comes as a step towards contributing to India's commitment to the net zero agenda and the SEBI’s BRSR regulations by widening and deepening the sustainability impact on India Inc. We expect this platform to become a nerve centre to facilitate collaborative research on topics such as climate finance, circular economy, carbon markets and ESG ratings. We hope that this forum would play an important part in furthering the ESG agenda, in shaping young minds and driving timely policy interventions.

Sustainability partnerships
Sustainability partnerships

ESG- A bridge to action

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ESG- A bridge to action

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An eight-part series featuring dialogue with select industry leaders and PwC experts on issues around Environment, Social and Governance that are key to sustainable business growth and enable organisations and the nation become fit for future.

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Episode 7

Tune in to see how ESG is driving investor interest in India.

Episode 7

Tune in to see how ESG is driving investor interest in India.

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Episode 6

Episode 6

Tune in to find out how creating social value is at the core of any responsible, sustainable business.

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Episode 5

Episode 5

How can a circular economy make businesses more sustainable and resilient?

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Awards and Recognition

PwC is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide ESG/Sustainability Strategy Consulting Services 2023 Vendor Assessment

ESG library

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ESG Videos - PwC India

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Research and Insights

Research and Insights

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Net Zero APAC

Net Zero APAC 

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Carbon pricing

Carbon pricing

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Achieving Net Zero Infra

Achieving Net Zero Infra

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Net Zero Economy Index

Net Zero Economy Index

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Striking the right note on ESG - PwC India

ESG Barometer Survey

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ESG Pulse

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ESG in Deals

PwC's own ESG journey

We are stepping forward. We have committed to an inclusive and diverse environment for our people and we are taking strides towards Net Zero.


Learn from our ESG journey

Over 90% of executives surveyed in 2020 consider sustainability and ESG either important or very important to driving enterprise value

PwC's own ESG journey

We are stepping forward. We have committed to an inclusive and diverse environment for our people and we are taking strides towards Net Zero.

 

Learn from our ESG journey 

Over 90% of executives surveyed in 2020 consider sustainability and ESG either important or very important to driving enterprise value.

Meet the team

Sambitosh Mohapatra

Partner, Leader - ESG, PwC India

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Ashok Varma

Partner, ESG - Responsible Business Advisory/Social Sustainability Leader, PwC India

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Sudipta Ghosh

Partner, ESG - Technology/Data Analytics Leader, PwC India

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Hemal Uchat

Partner, ESG - Responsible Investment, PwC India

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Joseph Martin Chazhoor Francis

PwC | Sr Director | Markets Leader, ESG - Platform, PwC India

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Nidish Nair

Executive Director, Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction, PwC India

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Madhura Mitra

ESG - Climate Change, PwC India

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Sandeep Mohanty

ESG - Strategy/Net Zero, PwC India, PwC India

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Jaffery Thomas

Executive Director, ESG - Green Supply Chain/Logistics, PwC India, PwC India

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