ESG score of 64.2 assigned by SES ESG Research, up 1.4 points from previous year
NTPC has received an ESG rating/score from SES ESG Research Private Limited, a SEBI registered Category-II Subscriber-Pays ESG Rating Provider.
By ScoutQuest · · 2 min read
- ESG Score Assigned
- 64.2
- Year-on-Year Score Change
- an increase of 1.4 points compared to the previous year
- Rating Agency
- SES ESG Research Private Limited, a SEBI registered Category-II Subscriber-Pays ESG Rating Provider
What the update says
- NTPC has received an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating/score from SES ESG Research Private Limited, described in the update as a SEBI registered Category-II Subscriber-Pays ESG Rating Provider.
- The score assigned is 64.2, marking an increase of 1.4 points compared to the previous year.
- The company stated that SES ESG Research Private Limited was not engaged by it, and that the report was prepared independently on the basis of information available in the public domain.
- The disclosure was made under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
What an ESG score is
An ESG score is an outside agency's assessment of how a company handles environmental matters (such as emissions, energy and resource use), social matters (such as employees, safety and community) and governance matters (such as board composition, transparency and disclosures). It condenses many separate data points into a single number, so it is a summary view rather than a detailed audit.
Why the independence clarification matters
The company has said it did not commission this rating. A "subscriber-pays" model means the party using the report pays the rating agency, rather than the company being rated paying for it. The company is telling investors that this score came from an outside assessment using publicly available information, not from an exercise it hired the agency to run.
How to read the 1.4 point increase
- The update gives the current score of 64.2 and states the improvement over the previous year is 1.4 points.
- ESG scores are agency-specific. Each rating provider uses its own framework, weightings and data sources, so a score from one agency is not directly comparable with a score from another.
- A single year's movement can reflect changes in the company's own disclosures and practices, or changes in the agency's methodology and data coverage. The update itself reports only the score and the year-on-year change.
What this means for a retail investor
This is an information disclosure, not a financial result. It does not change revenue, profit, debt or dividend. Its usefulness is as one more data point for investors who track environmental, social and governance practices, and for understanding how external agencies are assessing the company. Because the report was prepared independently and not commissioned by the company, it may be seen as an outside view rather than a company-presented one.
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More numbers
- ESG score assigned by SES ESG Research64.2
- Increase in ESG score compared to previous year1.4 points
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