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India's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure norms are more rigorous than global standards, says KPMG's global head of audit. India's top 150 listed companies must provide "reasonable assurance" on their ESG performance from this financial year, with their auditors to trace disclosures to confirm accuracy. Bradley stated that, unlike other regulators, India adopted this approach with a "higher level of assurance on a limited set of metrics", including greenhouse gas emissions and job creation.

Almost 100 firms have called on the European Commission to amend its ESG reporting rules, claiming they are not strong enough.

When disclosures are delayed or inadequate, there is information asymmetry and there are chances of market abuse.

Go to any private equity event in the last 12 months, and "energy transition" will have been discussed, meaning the shift in energy production away from fossil‑based systems to low or zero carbon ones.

In its latest ESG update the footwear brand announced that recent expansion means it will take a decade longer than anticipated to achieve net zero status