Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Computer Science, Information Engineering and Digital Economy (CSIEDE 2022)

Energy Consumption Structure and ESG Performance of Listed Companies: An Empirical Study Based on Chinese A-Share Listed Companies

Authors
Chenhong Zheng1, Mengqian Zhang1, Cong Zeng1, Fangshun Xiao1, Mengzhe Liu1, *
1Economic and Technological Research Institute, State Grid Fujian Electric Power Co., Ltd., Fuzhou, 350000, Fujian, China
*Corresponding author. Email: liumengzhe20@126.com
Corresponding Author
Mengzhe Liu
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-108-1_32How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Energy consumption structure; Corporate ESG score; Corporate sustainability
Abstract

This paper empirically examines the impact of regional energy consumption structure on corporate ESG ratings using data on Chinese A-share listed companies and the energy consumption structure of provinces and municipalities from 2011-2019. It is found that corporate ESG scores decline in regions where coal consumption accounts for a larger share of total energy consumption. In further research, the paper finds energy consumption structure is significant negative effects on the environmental and social dimensions and no significant effects on the governance dimension. From the perspective of regional heterogeneity, the impact of coal consumption share on corporate ESG performance is negatively significant in eastern China, but not in central and western. In terms of corporate heterogeneity, the share of consumption of state-owned corporates has a negatively significant impact on corporate ESG performance, while non-state-owned corporates do not have a significant impact.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Computer Science, Information Engineering and Digital Economy (CSIEDE 2022)
Series
Advances in Computer Science Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
ISBN
978-94-6463-108-1
ISSN
2352-538X
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-108-1_32How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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