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ESG

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

/ˌiː es ˈdʒiː/abbreviationAdvanced term

In management & leadership, ESG means: Short for environmental, social and governance: three groups of factors used to judge how responsibly a company operates, beyond its financial results.

In Turkish: çevresel, sosyal ve yönetişim, ÇSY

How it is used

Used in annual reports, investor relations and board meetings: ESG reporting, ESG criteria, ESG ratings. E covers topics such as emissions, S covers employees and communities, and G covers board structure and ethics.

Example sentences

  1. Investors now ask about our ESG performance in every results call.

  2. The board set up a new committee to oversee ESG reporting.

Common collocations

  • ESG reporting
  • ESG criteria
  • ESG rating
  • ESG strategy
  • ESG risks
  • corporate governanceThe system of rules, practices and controls by which a company is directed and supervised, especially the relationship between the board, the managers and the shareholders.
  • stakeholderAny person or group that is affected by an organisation or project, or can affect it, such as employees, customers, investors, suppliers and the local community.
  • transparencyThe practice of sharing information openly and honestly, so that employees, shareholders or the public can see how decisions are made and how the organisation is doing.
  • shareholderA person or organisation that owns shares in a company, and therefore part of it, usually with the right to vote at general meetings and to receive dividends.

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