ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance - three main factors that demonstrate the principles of responsible business conduct.
Environmental (E): Focuses on a company's environmental impact, including carbon footprint, energy consumption, waste management.
Social (S): Evaluates a company's relationships with employees, customers, communities and social contributions such as labor practices, diversity and social inclusion.
Governance (G): Refers to company structure, leadership, ethical behavior and compliance with rules, ensuring transparency and accountability.
Mission
of the Alliance
The Alliance’s mission for the period 2025–2027 is focused on supporting the integrity of the ESG agenda, taking into account the national context and current realities:
To promote the principles of sustainable development in the interests of individuals, business, the country, and the world.
News
The ESG Alliance presents Russian biodiversity tools to an international audience at COP17
Yerevan, 26 October 2026. The ESG Alliance, Polyus and Kept held One Taxonomy, Global Partnership, a side event at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The speakers presented a Russian classification of corporate biodiversity projects and a biodiversity risk assessment methodology, examined company experience and discussed what it would take to make national approaches more comparable internationally.