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# ESG - Environmental Social Governance

### Key information

ESG Criteria allow investors and companies to measure the impact they have on people and the planet. 

*The factors are broken down as so:*

**E** - **Environmental** - includes a company's use of renewable energy, waste output, and GHG emissions.

**S** - **Social** - refers to how a company interacts with society from wages, to gender balance, and human rights. 

**G** - **Governance** - describe the management and policies a company has in place. Corporate scandals may be a result of poor governance.

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