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Does national ESG performance curb greenhouse gas emissions?

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  • Long, Han
  • Feng, Genfu

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Balancing economic growth and carbon emissions is crucial for managing irreversible climate change. We investigate the impact of national ESG performance on greenhouse gas emissions and explores the role of environmental policy stringency on this impact. Based on the panel data of 41 countries from 1990 to 2020, we found that improving national ESG performance effectively suppressed greenhouse gas emissions, and improving environmental performance played a decisive role. Improving social performance may increase greenhouse gas emissions, but governance performance has no significant impact. Environmental policy stringency has strengthened the suppression of greenhouse gas emissions by ESG performance, and this effect is more evident in OECD countries. Heterogeneity analysis shows that environmental policy stringency reverses the stimulus of social performance on emissions, and its joint effect with governance performance reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Our findings provide empirical evidence for understanding the relationship between national ESG performance and greenhouse gas emissions and provide valuable insights for more effective environmental policymaking.

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  • Long, Han & Feng, Genfu, 2024. "Does national ESG performance curb greenhouse gas emissions?," Innovation and Green Development, Elsevier, vol. 3(3).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ingrde:v:3:y:2024:i:3:s2949753124000158
    DOI: 10.1016/j.igd.2024.100138
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    1. Sui, Bo & Sharma, Susan Sunila & Yao, Liu-Yang & Ni, Guo-Hua & Chang, Chun-Ping, 2024. "Does aging affect renewable energy? The role of extreme events and economic development," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).

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    Keywords

    National ESG performance; Greenhouse gas emissions; Environmental policy stringency; Dynamic panel model;
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    JEL classification:

    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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