ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. XTS are increasingly applying these non-financial factors as part of their analysis process to identify material risks and growth opportunities.

Performance across ESG factors, including:

• Environment: climate change, carbon emissions, air and water quality, deforestation, energy efficiency, waste management, pollution, biodiversity, natural resource conservation.
• Social: customer satisfaction, data protection and privacy, gender and diversity, employee engagement, community relations, human rights, labor standards
• Governance: Board composition, audit committee structure, bribery and corruption, executive compensation, lobbying, political contributions, whistle blowing policy