Modern Economics & Management Forum

With the advent of the digital age, companies urgently need to achieve a transformation in environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). Digitization has brought both opportunities and many new challenges to the transformation of corporate social responsibility. This article explores the significance of legal protection in the ESG transformation of companies in the context of the development of the digital economy, analyzes the existing problems, proposes corresponding improvement paths, and provides theoretical support for Chinese companies to successfully achieve ESG transformation in a legal environment, promote sustainable economic development and social harmony and progress. On the basis of sorting out relevant theories and practices, this article emphasizes the important role of the rule of law in the process of corporate ESG transformation, providing reference for building a more scientific and reasonable legal protection system.