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Since the introduction of NVG (National Voluntary Guidelines) and NGRBC (National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct), companies were obligated to adopt the nine principles of responsible business operations and activities included in the both mentioned guidelines as a base. With adaptation of said principals companies are mandated to report about the actions, policies or plans that they undertook in adopting these principles through their BRR (Business Responsibility Report), which is currently updated into BRSR (Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting). Though SEBI (Indian Security Exchange Board) has provided a standard format of reporting, companies were having different levels of compliance. Therefore this study aims to examine and compare the Responsibility Reporting practices of companies. Indian companies from Gas Industry (Indraprastha Gas Ltd., Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL), GAIL (India) Ltd., and Petronet LNG Ltd.) were selected which were continuously part of the top 500 listed companies of NSE in Gas Industry since 2016-17 as business responsibility reporting became mandatory for 500 companies from 1 April 2016. Content analysis was conducted to examine the reporting practices based on the formats provided by SEBI on 4 scales scoring for the period 2016-17 to 2022-23. Findings indicate that only 2 companies, Gujarat State Petronet Ltd. and GAIL (India) Ltd. have adopted all the 9 principles whereas Indraprastha Gas Ltd has adopted 7 and Petronet LNG Ltd. has adopted only 4 principles into their operations or business processes., and in respect of overall reporting practice it was found that quantity existed in the practices of companies as they adopted the proposed format but the quality of the information in respect to what was asked as per the format was not provided clearly. For several responses regarding principle’s adaptation, in-depth information was required, to which companies only offered evasive or partial answers.
Keywords:
Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting, National Stock Exchange, Responsible Business Conduct, Sustainability, ESG, SEBI
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"A Comparative Study of Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting Practices: Evidence from Indian Gas Industry", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no.133 - 140, September-2024, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2409021.pdf
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2456-3315 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.14 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016
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