ESG

How it is used

Very common in finance and corporate reporting: ESG report, ESG rating, ESG data, ESG criteria, ESG investing. Read letter by letter. The E covers emissions, energy, water, waste and biodiversity; the S covers people and communities; the G covers the board, ethics and controls.

Example sentences

1. Several investors asked about our ESG performance during the roadshow.

2. The bank now applies ESG criteria to every loan above €10 million.

Common collocations

• ESG report
• ESG rating
• ESG criteria
• ESG data
• ESG investing

Related terms

• sustainability reportA report, usually published every year, in which a company describes its environmental, social and governance performance, targets and impacts.
• disclosureThe act of making information public, especially the data, risks and targets that companies must or choose to report to investors, regulators and the public.
• materialityIn sustainability reporting, the principle and process of deciding which environmental, social and governance topics are important enough to a company and its stakeholders to report on.
• climate riskThe possibility that climate change, or the policies and market changes it brings, will cause financial losses or other harm to a company, investor, community or asset.
• greenwashingMaking misleading claims that a company, product or investment is better for the environment than it really is, for example through vague labels or selective data.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• ESG · Management & Leadership

More terms: Environmental Reporting and ESG

• Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions
• greenhouse gas inventory