CSR from different perspectives: The global ESG indexes updated

Ping‐Chuan Jiang, Gen‐Fu Feng, Hai‐Jie Wang and Chun‐Ping Chang

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2024, vol. 31, issue 5, 4694-4714

Abstract: The prevailing environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework is currently based on micro‐ESG indicators. Research on national ESG is often limited to theory building and policy analysis. Based on previous scholars, this paper constructs a national ESG index framework consisting of 39 indices and updates the national ESG indices for 121 countries worldwide from 1990 to 2021 using the entropy weight method, aiming to provide a set of instrumental indices that capture the status and evolution of national ESG performance. The research findings are as follows: First, the Gini coefficient shows that the gap between national ESG performance has gradually widened over time. Second, the kernel density distribution suggests that global ESG performance is on the rise. High‐income countries are placing greater emphasis on ESG growth. Third, the results of the Markov transformation matrix suggest that there is a “club convergence” in ESG performance across countries.

Date: 2024
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