Equitas Small Finance Bank: Equitas ESG Score Assigned at 72.8 by SES ESG Research
Equitas Small Finance Bank disclosed an independently assigned ESG score of 72.8, based on public information, without bank participation or engagement.
Equitas ESG score stood at 72.8 in an independent assessment by SES ESG Research Private Limited, Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd said in a September 5, 2026 BSE filing. The bank disclosed the assessment to the stock exchanges under Regulation 30 of the SEBI Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements Regulations, 2015.
The filing identified SES ESG Research Private Limited as a Category II, SEBI-registered ESG Rating Provider. Its assessment covers environment, social and governance matters, as stated in the subject of the bank’s exchange communication.
The disclosure reported the assigned score and explained how the assessment was undertaken. It did not provide a rating scale, a breakdown of individual ESG components or a comparison with an earlier score.
Assessment based on publicly available information
Equitas Small Finance Bank did not engage SES ESG Research to evaluate the bank or issue the ESG rating. According to the filing, the provider independently assigned the rating using publicly available information.
The bank also stated that it neither participated in the assessment nor supplied specific data for it. These details establish the basis of the disclosed assessment: an independently initiated review using public information, with no evaluation mandate from the bank.
The filing therefore distinguishes the provider’s independent assessment from an exercise commissioned by Equitas. It does not describe any separate verification or endorsement of the score by the bank.
Notification and exchange disclosure
Equitas received information about the rating through an email from SES ESG Research on September 4, 2026, at 20:57 IST. The bank’s exchange communication followed on September 5.
The letter was addressed to BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. It identified the bank’s NSE symbol as EQUITASBNK and listed BSE scrip codes 543243, 976218 and 976979.
Company Secretary N Ramanathan signed the intimation, which requested that the exchanges take the information on record. The filing also referenced access to the bank’s ESG score.
Source: BSE corporate announcement.