TY - SER AU - Vermilye,Jan TI - ESG takes root: There's little doubt sustainability will be part of doing business in oil and gas fields going forward. Now, how do companies go about quantifying their efforts? PY - 2020/// CY - PB - N2 - Riddle us this: what comes first, the E, the S or the G? The answer of course is the E. Wait, maybe it's the S. It might just be the G when you really think about it. Precisely. No one agrees as to how one leads to the others, but everyone agrees the three common factors of measuring sustainability-environmental impact, social responsibility and corporate governance-are sure to be part of doing business this year, next year and beyond. But that's only if you want investors to like you, customers to choose you, other companies to work with you, and politicians to, well, leave you alone. Just kidding, we know that last one will never happen. But ESG is happening. Have you listened to an oil and gas company's earnings call lately? ESG reporting has moved from an afterthought at the end to a highlight at the beginning. Companies large and small-operators and service providers-are releasing separate sustainability reports in more frequency UR - https://epplus.hartenergy.com/issue/october-2020/esg-takes-root/ ER -