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The research aims to understand how ESG performance affects systematic risk and interacts with economic policy uncertainty in firms.

April 18, 2026Future Business JournalOpen Access

ESG, firm systematic risk, and economic policy uncertainty: analysis using deep learning-based ESG scores

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The research aims to understand how ESG performance affects systematic risk and interacts with economic policy uncertainty in firms.
Analyzed data from 645 publicly listed Vietnamese firms (2019-2023)
Applied deep learning models to compute ESG scores from annual reports
Examined the relationship between ESG, risk, and economic policy uncertainty
Found a U-shaped relationship between ESG involvement and risk
Moderate ESG efforts increase risk due to costs and volatility
At higher ESG efforts, long-term benefits begin to outweigh short-term costs
Nonlinear relationship is heightened during periods of high economic policy uncertainty

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Analyzes ESG's impact on systematic risk amidst economic policy uncertainty, indicating important implications for firms.

Bui et al. (2026) studied this question.

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