"ESG" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ESGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ESG (countable and uncountable, plural ESGs)
  1. (business, finance, uncountable) Initialism of environmental/ethical, social and corporate governance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: environmental/ethical, social and corporate governance Categories (topical): Business, Finance
    Sense id: en-ESG-en-noun-M9hbn7NF Topics: business, finance
  2. (insurance, countable) Initialism of economic scenario generator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: economic scenario generator Categories (topical): Insurance
    Sense id: en-ESG-en-noun-rxS2nxxc Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Topics: business, insurance

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