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Firm-level CRP is constructed from management discussion and analysis (MD&amp;A) sections using a term frequency\u2013inverse document frequency (TF\u2013IDF)-weighted, Word2Vec-expanded climate-risk lexicon. Energy productivity (EE) is measured as the natural logarithm of operating revenue per total energy consumption unit converted into tons of coal equivalent, capturing the economic value generated per energy input unit. Two-way fixed-effects models with firm-level clustered standard errors show a positive CRP\u2013EE association. Digital transformation, proxied by an annual report text-based index across five digital technology domains, partially mediates this association, which is stronger when analyst coverage is higher and weaker when financing constraints are more severe. The results are robust to an alternative CRP proxy based on raw keyword frequency, dynamic specifications, and an instrumental-variable approach exploiting province-year extreme-weather exposure (share of days meeting extreme temperature or precipitation thresholds), using leave-one-province-out aggregation as the instrument and systematic heterogeneity across state ownership, pollution intensity, and high-tech status. This study extends CRP research from disclosure-oriented to energy-productivity outcomes, and highlights how digital capabilities, information scrutiny, and financial friction shape climate-aware energy productivity improvements.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/systems14030238","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,26]],"date-time":"2026-02-26T10:33:02Z","timestamp":1772101982000},"page":"238","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Climate Risk Perception and Firms\u2019 Energy Productivity: Evidence from China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Jue","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Business, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea"}]},{"given":"Cong","family":"Nie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Business, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4835-8664","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shanyue","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Business, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"517","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfineco.2021.05.008","article-title":"Do investors care about carbon risk?","volume":"142","author":"Bolton","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. 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