Research on ESG Report from the Perspective of Sustainable Development

Taking Fuyao Group as an example

Abstract

China's economy has entered a stage of high-quality development, and sustainable, green and low-carbon are becoming important keywords for economic development. The "dual carbon" goal proposed by China in 2020 has further promoted the society's attention to green and low-carbon development. At the same time, more people and enterprises are gradually realizing the importance of assuming social responsibility for the sustainable development of enterprises. ESG includes environmental, social and governance aspects, and advocates that enterprises should not only pay attention to the growth of their own financial performance in the process of business development, but also pay attention to the coordinated development of non-financial performance, and promote sustainable development of enterprises through active ESG practices to help enterprises transform green. Moreover, as an important driving force for economic and social development, ESG practice can promote the high-quality development of China's economy. In recent years, ESG has gradually become a hot social issue, and how to achieve sustainable development has attracted extensive discussion and research, so the research of ESG report has become more and more important.This paper takes Fuyao Group's ESG report as the research object to explore its ESG reporting practice and its impact on the sustainable development of enterprises. Through the study of this paper, it is found that the practice of ESG reporting carried out by Fuyao Group first achieves energy conservation and emission reduction in environmental aspects, responds to the national strategy, and reduces energy costs; Secondly, in terms of society, improve employee efficiency by protecting the rights and interests of employees, participate in philanthropy to enhance corporate visibility, cooperate with all parties in the supply chain, and obtain government recognition; Thirdly, in terms of governance, we continue to promote the improvement of governance mechanisms and improve the efficiency of enterprise management; Finally, ESG practices affect corporate performance from two aspects: promoting R&D innovation and helping enterprises alleviate information asymmetry. ESG practices have a positive impact on corporate sustainable development, non-financial performance is most directly reflected in product added value, overseas revenue proportion increase, accumulated reputation and promote corporate green and sustainable development, financial performance has also been better long-term promotion, at the same time, the release of ESG practice report has achieved good market response, promoting the growth of corporate value. In conclusion, this paper argues that ESG practices can help improve corporate performance and promote sustainable development, and enterprises should attach importance to the coordinated development of environmental protection, social responsibility and corporate governance in the process of operation, and participate in ESG practices to promote the sustainable development of society.