ESG

American  

abbreviation

1. environmental, social, and governance: a strategic framework for measuring a company's impact on the environment, relationships with the people and companies it is connected to, and management practices.

   The remaining question is whether ESG can be implemented without negatively impacting profit.

   Financial regulators have been promoting green finance and ESG investing.

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Etymology

Origin of ESG

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

With land expansion constrained and ESG scrutiny intensifying, the industry is seeing increased consolidation and strategic portfolio shifts, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal

By 2024 most of the firms had taken a notably different approach to ESG.

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ESG proposals, by contrast, focus on such progressive political priorities as gender or racial preferences, climate change, or divesting from industries that are disfavored by the political left, such as fossil fuels, plastics or guns.

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Unleash Prosperity examined the votes of 600 investment management companies on 50 ESG proposals in the 2024 proxy season.

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The climate left had hoped to lock in corporate commitments on ESG that would become a political force to box in politicians.

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