Current Status and Development Trends of ESG Research:Based on the CiteSpace Bibliometric Analysis
As the concept of sustainable development continues to penetrate people's hearts,the meas-urement of enterprise value is not limited to financial value,but increasingly shifts towards non-finan-cial value.ESG has attracted the attention of stakeholders in enterprises,and more and more scholars are starting to study ESG related content.On the basis of discussing the current research status of ESG,this article systematically sorts out and forms a systematic study on ESG.This article is based on the literature related to corporate ESG performance published on WOS and CNKI platforms from 2015 to October 2023.With the help of CiteSpace bibliometric research tools,quantitative and qualitative re-search methods are comprehensively used to explore the research context of ESG,sort out the current development status of ESG,and explore the research hotspots and trends of ESG.Research has found that:①ESG research in China lags behind foreign countries,and there are shortcomings in the sinicization of for-eign ESG systems;②ESG information disclosure has not fully had a positive effect,failing to meet the needs of many stakeholders,and ESG"greenwashing"behavior is not uncommon;③Sustainable de-velopment,corporate governance,and green finance are cutting-edge directions in ESG research.