Analyzing the Nexus Between Corporate Governance, Green Finance and the Competition Laws

Title

Analyzing the Nexus Between Corporate Governance, Green Finance and the Competition Laws

Creator

Pasricha, Jasleen; Purohit, Neha

Description

Green Finance plays an important role in enhancing Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) by aligning the Financial Regulations with the Sustainable Development Goals. It is a regulatory mechanism to mitigate environmental and social risks and rather than a critique to the financial markets. The corporate sector contributes to this through mechanisms like institutional investments, corporate social responsibility, preventing cartelization in ESG washing, establishing the ESG teams for Social, Economic and Environmental Security and more. This chapter explores a triangular nexus between corporate governance, green finance, and competition law, particularly focusing on the Indian regulatory and policy landscape. It examines how cartelization and other anti-competitive practices can undermine ESG objectives, creating an ESG Backlash. This discussion is framed through a comparative perspective referencing global developments and contrasting them with Indias evolving frameworks like the SEBI guidelines, CSR mandates and competition law provisions. The chapter further identifies the gaps and ambiguities in existing Indian laws, particularly in emerging domains such as the ESG team governance within corporations and underscores the need for more robust legal and institutional frameworks. By integrating regulatory analysis with case-based insights, it seeks to provide practical policy recommendations for improving corporate fiscal management of climate and environmental challenges. 2026 selection and editorial matter, Kirti Sood, Vikas Sharma, Andreia de Bem Machado; individual chapters, the contributors.

Source

Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing: Integration and Performance;pp.44-55

Date

01-01-2026

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Coverage

Pasricha J., School of Law, CHRIST University Delhi NCR, India; Purohit N., School of Law, CHRIST University Delhi NCR, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 978-104053853-1; 978-103297467-5;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003593881-4

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