ESG in Energy Companies: Discovering the Research Gaps

Anuradha Iddagoda (), Hiranya Dissanayake (), Piotr T. Nowakowski (), Pivithuru Janak Kumarasinghe (), Maria Palazzo (), Otilia Manta (), Valentina Vasile and Samanta Rathnayake ()
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Anuradha Iddagoda: University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Hiranya Dissanayake: Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
Piotr T. Nowakowski: University of Rzeszow
Pivithuru Janak Kumarasinghe: University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Maria Palazzo: Universitas Mercatorum
Otilia Manta: Romanian Academy, “Victor Slăvescu” Center for Financial and Monetary Research
Valentina Vasile: Romanian Academy, The Institute of National Economy (INE)
Samanta Rathnayake: Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM)

Chapter Chapter 16 in Sustainable Economic Development, 2025, pp 443-467 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study is to unearth a research gap in the context of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) in the energy companies. There are nine objectives of the study in the context of energy companies. They are, namely, (1) to examine the trends of ESG; (2) to examine the most impactful sources on ESG; (3) to examine the most impactful authors in ESG; (4) to examine the most impactful countries in ESG; (5) to examine the most frequently used author keywords; (6) to examine the trend topics in ESG; (7) to examine the themes on ESG; (8) to examine the highly cited papers in ESG; (9) to identify the research gaps on ESG. The three main components of assessing a company’s sustainability and societal impact are environmental, social, and governance (ESG). The goal of energy companies to lessen their environmental impact has grown. This is a bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review of Web of Science. The identified research gap through bibliometric analysis is that there is no theoretical and empirical evidence on green orientation, green innovation, environmental performance, and perceived financial performance in a conceptual framework in the Sri Lankan energy companies, perhaps in the international context.

Keywords: Environmental; Social; Governance; Research gaps; Energy company; Bibliometric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-96224-0_16

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