Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ESG efficiency analysis in the IT industry: a DEA-based approach Subject The topic of the resource DEA; efficiency analysis; Environmental Economics; ESG; Finance; IT sector; Sociology &amp; Social Policy Description An account of the resource Unlocking the power of sustainable growth, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles are redefining the future of responsible investment and corporate excellence. ESG regulations ensure that organizations maintain sustainable development and improve non-monetary metrics, such as stakeholders engagement, customer satisfaction, market acceptability, societal ethics, and values. Higher ESG scores demonstrate commitment towards responsible business practices and indicate higher market value for companies, which are valid for all sectors, including IT. However, existing literature reveals that IT sector companies pay less attention to planning their operations to make them more sustainable. Therefore, IT firms must identify methods and practices to maintain high ESG scores to achieve sustainable growth. The current study leads the readers into a new area of ESG through the help of an advanced method, DEA. DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) methodology has been used to identify the decision units relative efficiency scores and helps identify peers and followers based on ESG scores. The study reveals that among the selected IT firms using the output-oriented strategy, 56.25% experience increasing returns to scale, 18.75 per cent experience decreasing returns to scale, and the remaining 25.00 per cent report constant returns to scale. This indicates that most IT industry firms can generate greater output change in proportion to the input change. 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor &amp; Francis Group. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arunkumar O.N.; Divya D.; Chandan Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cogent Business and Management, Vol-12, No. 1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cogent OA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2025-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2025.2450092" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2025.2450092</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85214935490&amp;doi=10.1080%2F23311975.2025.2450092&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=6fa1de547dd2ad52e225926425e801e1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85214935490&amp;doi=10.1080%2f23311975.2025.2450092&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=6fa1de547dd2ad52e225926425e801e1</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 23311975 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Arunkumar O.N., Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Divya D., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Chandan, Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (SCMS), Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), Karnataka, Bengaluru, India