scholarly journals The impact of corporate social and environmental performance on credit rating prediction: North America versus Europe

Author(s):  
Gregor Dorfleitner ◽  
Johannes Grebler ◽  
Sebastian Utz
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talat Mehmood Khan ◽  
Gang Bai ◽  
Zeeshan Fareed ◽  
Shakir Quresh ◽  
Zameer Khalid ◽  
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This study uncovers a new finding on the impact of CEO tenure on corporate social and environmental performance (CS&EP) in coastal and non-coastal areas of China using fixed-effect panel data regression models. The Two-Stage Least Squares instrumental panel regression is used to validate the veracity of the empirical results. To this end, we extract data from all non-financial Chinese listed firms for the period of 2009 to 2015. By applying the multivariant framework, the findings of the study exhibit a negative and significant effect of CEO tenure on CS&EP. Moreover, this study shows that firms with head offices in coastal areas of China tend to weaken the negative impact of CEO tenure on CS&EP, indicating that CS&EP is more focused in coastal areas of China than non-coastal ones. The findings suggest that the increase in CEOs’ CS&EP in the early years of their service tenure tends to increase their compensation packages. This study is useful for policymakers to link CS&EP with firm economic practices to attain sustainable development objectives.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Hamid Saremi ◽  
Masoud Mahmoudi ◽  
Mojtaba Soltaninezhad ◽  
Mohammad Hosseinpour

The core purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of innovation strategy on financial, social and environmental performance of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). The information used is from 129 companies listed on TSE in different industries between 2011 and 2018 (1032 observations). In order to analyze the data, a multivariate regression test was used. The results showed a positive and significant relationship between innovation strategy on financial performance and environmental performance. Also, the relationship between innovation strategy and social performance has a positive but insignificant. Innovation tools are also among the few management tools that can have a positive impact on both financial performance and the company's environmental performance. In this research, an attempt has been made to look at the idea of innovation from a financial point of view, and its results in the long run indicate the right choice of management to invest in the company's research and development unit.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1054-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wonsuk Cha ◽  
Michael Abebe ◽  
Hazel Dadanlar

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between a chief executive officer (CEO)’s personal engagement in broader societal causes (CEO civic engagement) and firm’s social and environmental performance. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical framework was developed based on upper echelons and stakeholder theories to argue that CEOs’ professional background characteristics can be closely related to firm-level social and environmental performance. Hierarchical OLS analysis was conducted using data from 178 large, publicly traded large US firms between 2010 and 2013. Findings Overall, the findings suggest that firms led by CEOs with active civic engagement are more likely to support various philanthropic efforts. Additionally, the findings suggest that firms led by civic-minded CEOs are more likely to support an active corporate environmental engagement by investing significant resources in various environmental causes. Contrary to the authors’ predictions, the level of CEO civic engagement was not a significant predictor of firm level community engagement activities. Research limitations/implications The findings extend current scholarly work on executive determinants of corporate social performance by highlighting the important role of CEOs’ personal engagement beyond studying CEOs’ demographic characteristics. Specifically, the findings that the CEO-civic engagements lead to higher degrees of corporate philanthropy and environmental performance show that CEOs’ civic engagement can go beyond what is considered symbolic executive actions. Practical implications The findings suggest that firms that seek to foster social and environmental performance in a meaningful way should recruit and retain CEOs that have a personal commitment to and engagement in various social and environmental issues and causes. Originality/value By empirically examining the effect of CEO civic engagement on corporate philanthropy, community involvement and environmental performance, this paper seeks to contribute to the scholarly conversation on the effects of CEOs in shaping the firm’s social and environmental engagement and addressing external stakeholder concerns.


Author(s):  
Andrew Millington

This article provides a comprehensive overview of one of the main areas where corporate social responsibility issues have impacted upon firms across the globe, namely the supply chain. Although the legal obligations for social and environmental issues are increasingly devolved to suppliers, the role of lead firms in the development of ethical supply chain management (ESCM) has been the subject of considerable debate. This article focuses on two questions which are central to the development of ESCM. First, it looks at stakeholder pressure for ESCM and its implications for the involvement of lead firms in ESCM. Second, it considers the conditions under which lead firms will be able to influence suppliers and implement ESCM. It then reviews the impact of ESCM on social and environmental performance. Finally, it outlines the implications for the development of effective ESCM.


2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 615-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip R. Walsh

PurposeThis paper seeks to examine the importance of corporate social and environmental initiatives to extractive sector firms and by measuring the level of social, environmental and economic sustainability in 128 countries around the world and applying these measures to a framework comprised of a sustainability indices matrix, and identifying certain strategic approaches to social and environmental practices.Design/methodology/approachThe matrix contains eight categories of sustainability attainment and a k‐means cluster analysis is employed to identify what countries belong to each of these categories and to what extent these clusters identify countries with similar characteristics that may impact the focus of corporate social and environmental performance practices for extractive sector firms wishing to pursue projects in those countries.FindingsThe study finds that, in those jurisdictions where social and environmental sustainability is well established, extractive sector firms are required to deal with established rules and regulations that require a more reactive strategic approach. The various combinations of sustainability levels amongst the many countries around the globe require various combinations of strategies related to corporate social and environmental performance.Practical implicationsThe realization that, today, extractive sector firms who choose to ignore the need for appropriate corporate social and environmental performance are risking increased costs arising from social and environmental damage created by their projects supports the need to create pro‐active strategies for addressing social and environmental responsibility.Originality/valueThis paper's contribution is the development of a framework for measuring the component levels of sustainable development and clustering a large number of countries into specific categories with recommended approaches to social and environmental sustainability strategies.


BISMA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Mega Arisia Dewi

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of green accounting on firm size and corporate social responsibility, the effect of dividend payout ratio on firm size and corporate social responsibility, and the role of corporate social responsibility in mediating the effect of green accounting and dividend payout ratio on firm size. The sample used in this study was the branch offices of Bank Muamalat in East Java that selected using a purposive sampling technique. The data analysis method used was path analysis. The results of this study showed that green accounting has a significant positive effect on firm size. However, it had a negative significant effect on corporate social responsibility. The dividend payout ratio had a significant positive effect on firm size and corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility mediated the effect of green accounting and dividend payout ratio on firm size. These results indicated that as more companies performing green accounting (environmental performance) will encourage more positive responses from investors and the community due to the increase of the dividends (as the impact of increased sales). These conditions will also increase the company size due to the increased positive image as the result of implementing environmental performance. Keywords: corporate social responsibility,  dividend payout ratio, firm size, green accounting


Author(s):  
María Ángela Jiménez Montañés

La Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC) es un instrumento que ayuda a conciliar objetivos económicos, sociales y medioambientales, a empresas de todos los tamaños, en cooperación con sus interlocutores o partes interesadas, defendiendo valores comunes y aumentando el sentido de la solidaridad y la cohesión, dentro del debate de la globalización, la competitividad y la sostenibilidad.<br />El impacto de la RSC en la organización se manifiesta en tres dimensiones: económica, social y medioambiental, siendo en esta última, en donde vamos a centrar el trabajo. En el campo medioambiental es necesario la aplicación de sistemas de gestión que garanticen el cumplimiento de los objetivos dentro del marco de la RSC, bien basados en modelos europeos EMAS o bien según lo establecido por la ISO 14000 y por las primeras aproximaciones de la ISO 26000 RS.<br />Uno de los instrumentos necesarios para la aplicación de los sistemas de gestión son los indicadores cuantitativos, que nos sirven como cuantificación del desempeño ambiental conseguido por las organizaciones en base a la política establecida. Los indicadores por sí mismos no nos van a proporcionar demasiada información útil, salvo que sean considerados bajo la práctica de otros métodos adicionales como puede ser el análisis DAFO o bien el benchmarking, para seleccionar estrategias en base a la comparativa de la posición de la organización en relación al resto del entorno económico.<br /><br />Corporate social responsibility is an instrument that helps to reconcile economic, social and environmental objectives to businesses of all sizes, in cooperation with its partners or stakeholders, to defend common values and increase the sense of solidarity and cohesion, within the debate of globalisation, competitiveness and sustainability.<br />The impact of CSR in the organization is shown in three dimensions: economic, social and environmental; where we will focus our paper in the latter. In the environmental field, it is necessary the implementation of management systems to ensure the fulfilment of objectives within the framework of the RSC, either based on EMAS European models or on the established ones by the ISO 14000 and by the first approximations of ISO 26000 RS.<br />One of the necessary instruments for the implementation of management systems are quantitative indicators, which help us as the quantification of environmental performance for organizations based on the established policy. The same indicators will not provide too much information unless they are considered under the practice of other additional methods such as SWOT analysis or benchmarking, to select strategies based on the comparative position of the organization in relation to the rest of the economic environment.


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