New Delhi, May 15 -- ESG in the Indian corporate context was largely a reporting exercise, something managed by the compliance team, disclosed in annual reports, and felt by the people walking through the office door each morning..

Several factors are making ESG-aligned workspaces increasingly important for enterprises. Global parent companies are increasingly focusing on Scope 3 emissions accountability that cascades directly into the real estate and facilities decisions of their Indian GCCs and subsidiaries. Institutional investors are scoring Indian enterprises on environmental and social governance metrics that include physical infrastructure. And a generation of professionals, the same talent pool every company is fighting to retain...