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The impact of sustainability (environmental, social, and governance) disclosure and board diversity on firm value: The moderating role of industry sensitivity
Author(s) -
Qureshi Muhammad Azeem,
Kirkerud Sina,
Theresa Kim,
Ahsan Tanveer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
business strategy and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.123
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1099-0836
pISSN - 0964-4733
DOI - 10.1002/bse.2427
Subject(s) - corporate governance , enterprise value , business , sustainability , gender diversity , stakeholder , panel data , value (mathematics) , diversity (politics) , corporate social responsibility , accounting , representation (politics) , economics , public relations , finance , management , politics , ecology , machine learning , computer science , political science , law , econometrics , biology , sociology , anthropology
Using a large panel data set comprising 812 listed European firms, this study investigates whether sustainability disclosure (environmental, social, and governance) and female representation on boards affect firm value. We observe a positive impact of sustainability disclosure and board gender diversity on firm value, suggesting that the best management practices, enhanced stakeholder trust, and female representation on boards improve firm value. We observe that the firms in sensitive industries achieve superior social and governance performance. We also observe that the firms with higher female representation on their boards present significantly superior environmental, social, and governance performance. Our results are robust to different firm and country specific control variables and to year‐ and country‐fixed effects.