Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(24), С. 10895 - 10895

Опубликована: Дек. 12, 2024

Climate risk’s effects on society and economic development are becoming more pronounced, enterprises have to seize the opportunity for green transformation. Based public company data from 2011 2022, this study explores causal relationship between climate risk exposure (CRE) ESG performance by using a two-way fixed effect mode. The results indicate that CRE significantly enhances firms’ performance, which makes improvements in environmental practices. impact of promotion is particularly pronounced state-owned low-polluting businesses. In addition, it can improve through potential channels, such as employing executives, improving protection, boosting innovation. Meanwhile, digital level financing constraints play an effective moderating role. Further discussion shows increase has prompted firms fulfill responsibilities reduce carbon emissions. This provides new quantitative evidence how respond risk, expanding existing research performance. It further examines specific path companies’ transformation firm-level insights policymakers address change. These enrich theoretical system management help strengthen awareness cope with sustainable development.

Язык: Английский