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Can ESG Motivate Companies to Innovate for Sustainability?Based on the Micro Evidence from Listed Companies in China
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Weiyang Li1, Longfeng Wang1, Yue Wang2, Zhen Yang3
Journal of Technology Economics | 2026, 45(4) : 104 - 115
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Journal of Technology Economics | 2026, 45(4): 104-115
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Can ESG Motivate Companies to Innovate for Sustainability?Based on the Micro Evidence from Listed Companies in China
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Weiyang Li1, Longfeng Wang1, Yue Wang2, Zhen Yang3
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  • 1.State Grid Energy Research Institute, 102209, China
  • 2.School of Finance, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100082, China
  • 3.Institute of Industrial Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100006, China
Published: 2026-04-25 doi: 10.12404/j.issn.1002-980X.J24121902
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ESG (environment, social and governance) is an important breakthrough to achieve high-quality development at the micro enterprise level, and is also a micro-resource allocation method to accelerate response to the sustainable development agenda. Based on Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies as research samples, the relationship and interaction mechanisms between corporate ESG and sustainable innovation were analyzed. The results show as follows Firstly, firm ESG performance contributes to the improvement of firm sustainable innovation, and the conclusion is still valid after a series of robustness tests. Secondly, the results of the mechanism test show that ESG performance can promote sustainable innovation by stimulating R&D investment, alleviating agency costs, and alleviating financing constraints. Thirdly, the regulatory mechanism test results show that government subsidies, as a resource enabling mechanism, can improve the positive effect of firm ESG and firm sustainable innovation. Fourthly, the results of ESG fractal dimension test show that environmental responsibility and social responsibility have a more obvious effect on promoting corporate sustainable innovation, and the incentive effect of ESG on corporate sustainable innovation has a heterogeneity effect in overseas experience of corporate executives. It provides management insights and policy references for accelerating the construction of corporate ESG information disclosure systems and continuously improving the sustainability of corporate innovation.

ESG (environment, social and governance)  /  enterprise sustainable innovation  /  high-quality development  /  government subsidy  /  R&D investment  /  stakeholder
李伟阳, 王龙丰, 王越, 阳镇. 企业ESG具有创新可持续性的激励效应吗?——基于上市公司的微观证据. 技术经济, 2026 , 45 (4) : 104 -115 . DOI: 10.12404/j.issn.1002-980X.J24121902
Weiyang Li, Longfeng Wang, Yue Wang, Zhen Yang. Can ESG Motivate Companies to Innovate for Sustainability?Based on the Micro Evidence from Listed Companies in China[J]. Journal of Technology Economics, 2026 , 45 (4) : 104 -115 . DOI: 10.12404/j.issn.1002-980X.J24121902
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doi: 10.12404/j.issn.1002-980X.J24121902
  • Receive Date:2024-12-19
  • Online Date:2026-10-28
  • Published:2026-04-25
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    1.State Grid Energy Research Institute, 102209, China
    2.School of Finance, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100082, China
    3.Institute of Industrial Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100006, China
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