The company, known as Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL), owns a variety of assets in the core sectors of energy (oil refining, oil and gas exploration and production, power), infrastructure & logistics (ports, projects), metals & mining, technology, and retail (oilfield services, information technology, and food retail).

2.3 crore for the construction of an outer breakwater for Chennai Port, thus laying the foundation of Essar Group.

[5] It later built and operated national power plants in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, and internationally in Ontario, Canada.

[17] Essar Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Ltd. (EOGEPL) owns India's highest producing coal bed methane block in Raniganj, West Bengal.

[18] In 2019, EOGEPL received environment clearance for exploring shale gas reserves in Raniganj block, West Bengal.

[19] In November 2019, ArcelorMittal won approval from the Supreme Court to take over Essar Steel and pay the creditors with equal rights.

Its company, GreenLine, owns a fleet of LNG trucks that have collaborated with Tata Steel, JK Lakshmi Cement, Nestlé, and others.

[36] Under Essar's leadership, the first phase of the turnaround of Stanlow refinery has been started during the financial year 2015–16 with $187 million net profit.

[39] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Essar Foundation opened Covid Care Centre at Devbhumi Dwarka, Gujarat,[40] organized vaccination drives,[41] and provided meals to needy people.

[42] In 1997, the company started Essar Foundation for philanthropic initiatives in the areas of education, health, environment, women's empowerment, infrastructure, livelihoods & entrepreneurship.