7.1 Means of reporting CR issues in public domain

Explanatory note : Out of a total sample of 552 companies only 33 percent of the companies report on CR issues in the public domain. Amongst the lot PSUs displayed the highest number companies (54%) that report on CR issues, whereas Indian private and public limited companies reporting their CR issues were the least with 28 percent of the total sample. Across business segments, power companies had the highest disclosure with 63 percent of companies displaying CR issues in public domain while banking and finance were the lowest at 24 percent.

7.1.2 Information on CR issues in public domain

Explanatory note : 57 percent of the companies reported to unveil their CR issues in the Annual Reports. Across company categories, PSUs (70%) were highest in reporting CR issues in their Annual Reports. But merely 11 percent of the overall sample demonstrated reporting of CR Issues in the dedicated CR report. The lowest proportion across company categories here was PSUs at four percent. Indian companies were the most (14%) transparent in unveiling their CR Issues in a dedicated CR report. MNCs had the highest website information visibility (41%- though the MNC base was considerably low at 17). Cross-sector, IT and ITES, understandably, had the widest information available (60%) on website. Power sector companies were the most transparent (24%) in CR reporting while FMCGs (5%) were significantly low. Banking and finance (82%) were high on disclosure of CR issues in the Annual Reports. No sector, barring auto and auto ancillary (albeit extremely low at 6 %) shared CR Issues in their balance sheet. A similar trend was seen with government reports with very few or none displaying their CR issues in the public domain.