Study on the Influence of ESG Performance of Manufacturing Enterprises in Liaoning Province on New-Quality Productivity

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jmsd.202512127

Author(s)

Xiaojie Wang*, Qiang Liu

Affiliation(s)

University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, Liaoning, China *Corresponding Author.

Abstract

Against the backdrop of the accelerated global industrial transformation and the increasingly prominent environmental and social issues, the manufacturing industry in Liaoning Province is under the pressure of transformation and upgrading. This article focuses on the manufacturing enterprises in Liaoning Province. By comprehensively applying the literature research method and the case analysis method, it deeply analyzes the internal connection and influence mechanism between their ESG performance and New-quality productivity. The purpose is to reveal how to empower the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry in Liaoning Province and enhance New-quality productivity through ESG practices. The research findings show that the manufacturing enterprises in Liaoning Province exhibit diverse performances in the environmental, social, and governance dimensions of ESG. The ESG performance synergistically empowers New-quality productivity through three major paths: technological innovation, industrial structure optimization, and resource allocation efficiency enhancement. In conclusion, enterprises, the government, and society should work together both internally and externally. By relying on ESG practices, they can boost the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry in Liaoning Province, enhance New-quality productivity, and drive the high-quality development of the regional economy.

Keywords

Manufacturing Enterprises in Liaoning Province; ESG Performance; New-Quality Productivity; Transformation and Upgrading; Sustainable Development

References

[1]Feng Yuting, Guo Xuemeng, Zeng Xiaoliang. ESG Information Disclosure and ESG Rating Divergence: Consensus or Divergence?—Also on the Institutional Norms of ESG in China. Accounting Research, 2024, 01:49-63. [2]Mao Qilin, Wang Yueqing. Research on the Employment Effect of ESG: Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies. Economic Research Journal, 2023, 58(7):86-103. [3]Liu Wei. Scientifically Understanding and Effectively Developing New-quality Productivity. Economic Research Journal, 2024, 03:5-11. [4]Ren Baoping. The Logic of the Transformation of Productivity Modernization to Form New-quality Productivity. Economic Research Journal, 2024, 59(03):12-19. [5]Han Wenlong, Zhang Ruisheng, Zhao Feng. Measurement of the Level of New-quality Productivity and New Drivers of China's Economic Growth. The Journal of Quantitative and Technical Economics, 2024, 41(6):5-25. [6]Liu Xuexin. The Logic and Suggestions of ESG Facilitating the Development of New-quality Productivity. Sustainable Development Economics, 2024, 06:12-14. [7]Sun Na, Qu Weihua. Empowering New-quality Productivity with the ESG Concept: Internal Logic, Key Entities, Index System and Promotion Path. Enterprise Economy, 2024, 43(10):138-149. [8]Song Lujun, Sun Na. Research on the Realization Path of the ESG Concept Boosting the Development of New-quality Productivity. Friends of Accounting, 2024(14):156-161. [9]Yang Jie, Ding Jie. Green Investment, ESG Performance and Enterprises' New-quality Productivity. Journal of Nanjing Tech University (Social Science Edition), 2024, 23(06):99-118. [10]Hu Jie. The Theoretical Logic and Realization Path of ESG Promoting the Development of New-quality Productivity. Enterprise Economy, 2025, 44(02):1-11. [11]Zhu Jinghua. Innovation-driven: ESG Empowering the High-quality Development of Enterprises' New-quality Productivity. China Journal of Commerce, 2024, 33(14):142-148. [12]Yin Xiaolan, Wei Na. Research on the Influence of ESG Performance on Enterprises' New-quality Productivity—Based on the Empirical Data of A-share Listed Companies. Journal of Xichang University (Natural Science Edition), 2024, 38(03):25-34. [13]Su Jian, Li Linghan. The Impact of Digital New-quality Productivity on Enterprises' ESG Performance. Statistics and Decision, 2024, 40(22):166-171.