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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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Support for ESG resolutions by asset managers, voting the shares of their investors, has dropped from 46% in 2021 to 18% in 2025.

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If idealism outlives youth, ESG investing will grow significantly.

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The predictable financial underperformance of ESG funds is made worse by higher management fees.

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Greater transparency and clarity are urgently needed to disinfect the greenwashing fraud of many ESG initiatives.

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