Graduate School of Urban Studies, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 9;19(12):7099. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19127099.
Government-level ESG (environmental, social, and governance) institutionalization and active ESG activation in the private sector are being discussed for the first time this year in Korea, spurred by increased national interest since the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the declaration of a carbon-neutral society by 2050, and ESG discussion in many fields is spreading rapidly. In addition, global awareness of the crisis caused by environmental pollution and natural disasters has highlighted the importance of green infrastructure (GI) as a new conceptual alternative to improve public value. Based on sustainability, which is a common goal of ESG and green infrastructure, this study aimed to examine the research targets and techniques of green infrastructure from the perspective of ESG. This study selected and analyzed 98 domestic and international academic journal papers published over the past 10 years in the Web of Science academic journal database literature collection. Focusing on the research subjects, the focus on green infrastructure, and research keywords, we examined the aspects of the green infrastructure plan that have been focused on from the ESG perspective and compared domestic and international research trends. In addition, implications for how each research topic is connected to the concept of ESG according to its function and purpose were derived. By examining the domestic and international research trends of green infrastructure from the ESG perspective, we identified the need for a wider range of research on the diversity and relationship between humans and the ecological environment; policies and systems; and technical research that does not focus only on a specific field. In this regard, we intend to increase the contribution to ESG management in the public sector through the establishment of green infrastructure plans and policies in the future, as they account for a large portion of public capital.
今年，韩国首次开始讨论政府层面的 ESG（环境、社会和治理）制度化和私营部门的积极 ESG 激活，这是由 COVID-19 大流行危机以来国家利益的增加以及到 2050 年实现碳中和社会的宣言所推动的，并且 ESG 在许多领域的讨论正在迅速传播。此外，全球对环境污染和自然灾害造成的危机的认识，强调了绿色基础设施 (GI) 的重要性，它是改善公共价值的新概念替代方案。基于 ESG 和绿色基础设施的共同目标——可持续性，本研究旨在从 ESG 的角度审视绿色基础设施的研究目标和技术。本研究从过去 10 年在 Web of Science 学术期刊数据库文献集中选择并分析了 98 篇国内外学术期刊论文。本研究重点关注研究主题、绿色基础设施的重点以及研究关键词，从 ESG 角度考察了绿色基础设施计划中一直关注的方面，并比较了国内外的研究趋势。此外，根据其功能和目的，推导出了每个研究主题如何根据 ESG 概念联系起来的含义。通过从 ESG 的角度审视绿色基础设施的国内外研究趋势，我们确定需要更广泛地研究人类与生态环境之间的多样性和关系；政策和制度；以及不仅仅专注于特定领域的技术研究。在这方面，我们打算通过未来绿色基础设施计划和政策的制定，为公共部门的 ESG 管理做出更多贡献，因为它们占公共资本的很大一部分。
