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The history of ESG: A journey towards sustainable investing

IBM Big Data Hub

But while the term ESG was first coined in 2004 by the United Nations Global Compact, the concept has been around for much longer. 1 Slowly but surely, institutional investors started to recognize that companies could potentially improve financial performance and risk management by focusing on ESG issues like greenhouse gas emissions.

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SOX Compliance Guide

Jet Global

public company boards of directors and management and public accounting firms. Organizations that maintain SOX compliance support confidence in financial markets by operating within a framework that mitigates the risk of corporate fraud and strengthens the integrity of financial reporting.