ESG

American

abbreviation

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.

Etymology

Origin of ESG

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

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In a 2019 corporate sustainability report from Carlyle, Rana was featured as a mentee of a senior Black executive under a subsection called “Leading By Example in ESG Practices.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

She later spent over 100 hours walking the commission’s staff through Deutsche Bank’s ESG program and how investment firms screen for ESG risks in public companies, she said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

He argued that cryptocurrencies should be regulated as securities and tried to require companies to do more reporting around ESG, or environmental, social, and governance issues.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

Gain insight on natural-gas prices and Vistry Group in the latest Market Talks covering ESG impact investing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

We’ve walked most of the way between ESG and Nina.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

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