ESG 101 Guide: A Business Leader’s Roadmap to Sustainable Success
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles are reshaping how businesses operate, compete, and thrive. This guide equips business leaders with the essentials to understand ESG, recognize its strategic value, and implement a robust ESG program that drives long-term success.
What’s on This Page
- What Is ESG?
- Why ESG Matters Today
- The Business Case for ESG Performance
- Linking ESG to Financial Success
- Building a Stellar ESG Program
- Step 1: Laying the Foundation
- Step 2: Setting Goals and Scaling Up
- Step 3: Driving Continuous Improvement
- Leveraging Technology for ESG Success
- Next Steps for Your ESG Journey
What Is ESG?
ESG refers to a framework for assessing a company’s impact and resilience across three pillars:
- Environmental: How a company manages its ecological footprint, including energy use, emissions, waste, water, and biodiversity.
- Social: How a company supports its employees, communities, and customers through diversity, equity, inclusion, labor practices, health, safety, and community engagement.
- Governance: How a company ensures ethical operations via transparency, risk management, anti-corruption measures, data security, and stakeholder accountability.
Unlike traditional sustainability reports, ESG focuses on real-time, measurable performance metrics that influence investor decisions, customer loyalty, and regulatory compliance.
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