Impact of business environment uncertainty on ESG performance from the perspective of resource supply and demand based on ESG performance

doi:10.1016/j.eap.2025.01.010

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	Impact of business environment uncertainty on ESG performance from the perspective of resource supply and demand based on ESG performance
	Jiang, Lisha1 ; Zhou, Wei1 ; Wu, Hualiang 2; Deng, Wei 3
	2025-03
在线发表日期	2025-01
发表期刊	ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
卷号	85 页码:1012-1030
摘要	The performance of enterprises in environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) reflects the capacity for sustainable development, and the capacity for sustainable development is affected by the operating environment they face. Based on the supply and demand of ESG responsibility fulfillment resources, this study explores the impact of business environment uncertainty (including objective environmental uncertainty and environmental uncertainty perceived by enterprise management) on ESG performance and reveals the impact path of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2009 to 2022. Results show that the objective environmental uncertainty and the environmental uncertainty perceived by enterprise management can considerably inhibit the ESG performance of enterprises. Compared with the environmental uncertainty perceived by the management, the objective environmental uncertainty has a more remarkable inhibitory effect on the ESG performance of enterprises. The mechanism analysis shows that uncertainty avoidance of financial intermediaries is the main path through which objective environmental uncertainty affects the ESG performance of enterprises, while uncertainty avoidance of enterprises is the main path through which environmental uncertainty perceived by management affects the ESG performance of enterprises. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the issuance of government environmental protection subsidies and the improvement of enterprise operating efficiency can considerably alleviate the inhibitory effect of objective environmental uncertainty on enterprise ESG performance, while government tax incentives, the improvement of enterprises' financial flexibility, and the improvement of strategic risk bearing ability can considerably alleviate the inhibitory effect of management's perceived environmental uncertainty on enterprise ESG performance. Optimizing the regional business environment can simultaneously alleviate the inhibition of the two environmental uncertainties on the ESG performance of enterprises. Based on the research findings, this study proposes policy suggestions and coping strategies to improve ESG performance under business environment uncertainty.
关键词	Uncertainty of business environment ESG Uncertainty avoidance
DOI	10.1016/j.eap.2025.01.010
收录类别	SSCI
ISSN	0313-5926
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics
WOS类目	Economics
WOS记录号	WOS:001399101300001
出版者	ELSEVIER
原始文献类型	Article
引用统计	被引频次：5[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.lzufe.edu.cn/handle/39EH0E1M/38743
专题	会计学院
通讯作者	Wu, Hualiang
作者单位	1.Lanzhou Univ Finance & Econ, Lanzhou 730020, Peoples R China; 2.Wuhan Qingchuan Univ, Accounting Sch, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China; 3.Gansu Univ Polit Sci & Law, Lanzhou 730070, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	兰州财经大学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiang, Lisha,Zhou, Wei,Wu, Hualiang,et al. Impact of business environment uncertainty on ESG performance from the perspective of resource supply and demand based on ESG performance[J]. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY,2025,85:1012-1030.
APA	Jiang, Lisha,Zhou, Wei,Wu, Hualiang,&Deng, Wei.(2025).Impact of business environment uncertainty on ESG performance from the perspective of resource supply and demand based on ESG performance.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY,85,1012-1030.
MLA	Jiang, Lisha,et al."Impact of business environment uncertainty on ESG performance from the perspective of resource supply and demand based on ESG performance".ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY 85(2025):1012-1030.