Six Sigma + ESG Series: Chapter 1 ESG Begins
ESG did not emerge overnight and can be traced to the 1950s, when scholars and practitioners began to recognise that corporations exert social and environmental impacts and therefore bear broader responsibilities toward society. In the 1950s and 1960s, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) became an important shift in the understanding of corporate purpose and obligations. Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) then emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, laying the foundation for later developments in sustainability-oriented investment and corporate accountability.
