Research on the Impact of ESG Performance on Corporate Competitiveness—From the Perspective of Sustainable Development

在生态文明建设深入推进的背景下，企业可持续发展理念日益深入人心，环境、社会和治理(ESG)表现已成为评估企业核心竞争力的重要指标。本文基于2015~2022年中国A股3615家上市公司的面板数据，运用stata17统计软件进行多元回归分析，系统考察ESG表现对企业竞争力的影响效应。研究发现，企业的ESG表现在不同程度上影响提升企业竞争力的因素，其中一些指标呈现出强烈的相关性。因此，本文研究对于中国上市企业可持续发展有重要意义。Against the backdrop of deepening the construction of ecological civilization, the concept of sustainable development of enterprises is increasingly deeply rooted in people’s hearts, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance has become an important indicator for evaluating the core competitiveness of enterprises. This article is based on panel data of 3615 listed companies in China’s A-share market from 2015 to 2022, and uses Stata17 statistical software for multiple regression analysis to systematically examine the impact of ESG performance on corporate competitiveness. Research has found that a company’s ESG performance affects factors that enhance its competitiveness to varying degrees, with some indicators showing strong correlations. Therefore, this study is of great significance for the sustainable development of Chinese listed companies.