This survey examines the vibrant academic literature on environmental, social, and
governance (ESG) investing. While there is no consensus on the exact list of ESG issues …

Finance ignores ecosystems, which has resulted in a growing list of environmental and
social problems. In this article, the importance of ecology for finance is assessed. We …

Abstract Background Environmental Social Governance (ESG) investment had entered a
phase of rapid development in the past few decades as most nations had put forward …

With more regulated environmental taxes, will enterprises adopt or evade green production
activities passively? To uncover this question, we apply the difference-in-differences model …

Using legitimacy and institutional theories, this study investigates whether lending
institutions reward firms in 15 EU countries for their environmental, social and governance …

An important manifestation of corporate sustainability is environmental, social, and
governance (ESG) performance. Based on a dataset of listed industrial firms in China from …

Subsidies greatly matter for green performance and sustainable growth through alleviating
financial needs. However, once a subsidy shock occurs, caused at the point at which the …

Corporate social responsibility is the balance between a firm's economic outcomes and
environmental protection. However, investors face increasing difficulties in selecting assets …

We study the nexus between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance
and corporate capital financing decisions. Further, we also analyze the effect of audit quality …

Prior studies on the relationship between ESG information and cost of debt have found
mixed results. They conclude that this relationship may be affected by some characteristics …