his article examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities on taxavoidance behavior of non-financial enterprises listed in four emerging markets including Brazil, Russia, Chinaand India (BRIC countries) over the 2010-2020 period. Using a quantitative method for panel data including2,372 observations, empirical results show that businesses that perform well on environmental (E) and social (S)activities are less likely to engage in tax avoidance. Meanwhile, the impact of corporate governance (G) is notstatistically significant. The research results ensure robustness when controlling the endogeneity issue using thesysGMM regression technique. The empirical evidence on the negative relationship between the implementationof environmental and social responsibility and tax avoidance has important implications for policymakersin promulgating policies to promote environmentally and socially responsible initiatives in order to mitigatecorporate tax avoidance.