The ecxjnomic activities have a significant effect on worid's natural resources and its impact is being felt on the environment also. The very survival of the mankind in the long run, to a larger extent, is dependent on protection and development of these resources. Industries, being the major pollutants, are under severe pressure from the government and non-governmental organizations and the society to ensure the protection of the natural resources and to report to the public all its activities. This paper examines in general the environmental reporting practices as part of corporate govemance with specific reference to NTPC.