2022
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1015764
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Environmental, social, governance disclosure and corporate sustainable growth: Evidence from China

Abstract: The ultimate goal of business development is to achieve sustainable corporate growth and maximize shareholder wealth. Whether and how ESG disclosure affects sustainable growth needs to be further explored. Combining stakeholder theory and signaling theory, a panel data test based on 300 listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen in China finds that ESG disclosure can positively promote sustainable growth compared with companies that do not disclose ESG disclosure, and the higher the level of ESG disclosure, the… Show more

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“…The primary goal of businesses is to achieve sustainable corporate growth and ensure shareholder wealth. A panel data test (399 companies) observed that disclosure of ESG policies can promote sustainable growth in contrast to companies that are not disclosing ESG approaches [ 105 ]. Moreover, the bottleneck created by decreased total-factor energy efficiency (TFEE) needs to also be overcome in China so that sustainable development can be achieved.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The primary goal of businesses is to achieve sustainable corporate growth and ensure shareholder wealth. A panel data test (399 companies) observed that disclosure of ESG policies can promote sustainable growth in contrast to companies that are not disclosing ESG approaches [ 105 ]. Moreover, the bottleneck created by decreased total-factor energy efficiency (TFEE) needs to also be overcome in China so that sustainable development can be achieved.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Third, internal control further enhances enterprise resilience by improving resource allocation efficiency, reducing operational risk, and increasing innovation output. Resource allocation efficiency enables firms to develop adaptive capacity, operational risk improves firm resistance, and firms with higher levels of innovation will have a greater advantage during a crisis [48].…”
Section: Conclusion and Future Prospects 61 Conclusionmentioning
confidence: 99%