<h1>Corporate social responsibility trends signal renewed sectoral investment focus and stronger emphasis on ESG reporting and compliance standards.</h1> Corporate social responsibility and ESG investment priorities showed a decadal inflexion, with the India CSR & ESG Summit and the India CSR Outlook Report mapping sectoral allocations, investment priorities, and compliance patterns across leading companies. The summit focused on operational mechanisms-cross-sector partnerships, innovative financing, and data-driven impact alignment-and addressed ESG reporting, climate action, water stewardship, and tech-enabled social interventions. A pre-event on AI in education highlighted scalable pathways to employability. The gathering stressed collaborative governance, standardised reporting, and impact measurement as core to advancing CSR and ESG practice.