Emerging Market Multinationals Report 2021: Building the Future on ESG Excellence

This report provides data on emerging market multinational corporations (MNCs) in the new stage of globalization, highlighting the special features of Chinese MNCs. In addition, it discusses environment, society, and governance (ESG) in emerging economies, the ESG performance of emerging MNCs (EMNCs), and supplies case studies on countries like China, Thailand, and India. It adds to our knowledge about sustainability and ESG in emerging markets and ways to improve it. The report further analyzes the changing logic of EMNC in corporate social performance. It concludes with a discussion of ESG issues in Latin America and sustainable finance in developing economies.

This piece originally appeared as Lourdes Casanova and Anne Miroux, eds., “Emerging Market Multinationals Report 2021: Building the Future on ESG Excellence” Emerging Markets Institute( February 2022), https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/110935. Copyright remains with the original holder.