Do Corporate Sustainability and Sustainable Finance Generate Better Financial Performance? A Review and Meta-analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Atz ◽  
Tracy Van Holt ◽  
Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Finance

Which Factors Moderate the Relationship between Sustainability Performance and Financial Performance? A Meta-Analysis Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenxiang (Lucy) Lu ◽  
Martin E. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Corporate Sustainability Performance ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT The relationship between corporate sustainability performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP) has long been debated. Ullman (1985) pointed out that the conflicting results could be influenced by many factors, such as sample size, industrial context, inconsistent measurement of CSP and CFP, research methodologies, and procedures for data collection and analysis. This paper addresses Ullman's (1985) concerns by providing a more methodologically rigorous review of the CSP-CFP relationship than prior research studies. A meta-analysis of 198 studies yields a total sample size of 31,514 observations. The meta-analytic findings suggest that sustainability performance likely increases a firm's financial performance, especially in the long run. Compared to social sustainability, environmental sustainability, to a larger extent, contributes to the positive CSP-CFP relationship. In addition, CSP appears to be more highly correlated with accounting-based measures of CFP than with market-based indicators. Multi-industry, pre-2000 studies, and non-U.S. sample firms seem to show a stronger impact on the positive relationship between CSP and CFP than other sample indicators. A final finding is that the methodology used in the analysis has a significant impact on the results.

scholarly journals The Link Between SRI and Financial Performance: Effects and Moderators

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Revelli ◽  
Jean-Laurent Viviani
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Socially Responsible Investment ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Counting Approach ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
Vote Counting

Over the last twenty years, the debate on financial performance of socially responsible investment (SRI) has not yielded a clear consensus, arguing mainly that there was no difference in performance between SRI and ‘conventional’ investment, although SRI could underperform or outperform in some cases. Our research, based on a meta-analysis ‘vote-counting’ approach of the empirical literature, allows us to observe that the effects of SRI on financial performance are multiple. Second, we conclude that the financial performance of SRI is radically changing according to the empirical methods employed by researchers.

A Meta-Analysis About the Financial Performance of Family Firms: Another Try

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Wagner ◽  
Jorn H. Block ◽  
Danny Miller ◽  
Christian Schwens ◽  
Guoqian Xi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Meta Analysis

scholarly journals ISLAMIC BANKING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW OF TWO DECADES

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-33
Author(s):  
Elyanti Rosmanidar ◽  
Abu Azam Al Hadi ◽  
Muhamad Ahsan
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conventional Banks

This article aims to provide an overview of the development of research on the measurement of Islamic banking performance over the past 20 years from 89 selected papers with Scopus-indexed journals ranked Q4 to Q1 or accredited with Sinta 2 to Sinta 1. This study used a qual-quantitative meta-analysis approach using the Mendeley citation application. The distribution of the topic and the depth of research in paper samples based on keywords in publications were analyzed using the VOSviewer application. The results of the analysis showed that the research trend of Islamic banking performance in reputable journals is increasing in recent years. Most of the studies performed in the last two decades have focused on the practice and corporate governance of Islamic banks and comparisons between Islamic and conventional banks based on financial performance ratios and aspect of maqasid al-Shariah; Only a few studies that discuss efficiency, social performance on Islamic banks, regulation, intellectual capital and stability of the financial performance of Islamic banks were found. The further discussion is an empirical exposure without theoretical exploration or analysis which is supposed to become the direction of banking research in the future.  JEL Classification Codes: G21, L25, P17, P47.

scholarly journals Employee domain and non-financial performance: the moderating effect of digital reputation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosamartina Schena ◽  
Angeloantonio Russo ◽  
Jonatan Pinkse
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Fortune 500 ◽  
Operational Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Exploration Exploitation

Purpose The purpose of this study is to extend existing knowledge in corporate sustainability (CS) and digitalization literature. Innovation strategies (namely, exploration, exploitation and ambidexterity) are used to identify an innovative employee domain that influences a firm’s non-financial performance. Digital reputation – i.e. the set of stakeholders’ sentiments toward the company’s digital footprint – is observed as a moderating variable able to explain where and when the innovative employee domain impacts the non-financial performance. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of firms listed on the Fortune 500 list in the period 2015–2018, this study pursued both a qualitative and quantitative analysis. First, content analysis is carried out through a non-financial report-based operational model to operationalize the innovative domain. Second, a regression and moderator analysis are conducted on optimized panel data. Findings Consistent with previous literature, the results show that the employee domain positively impacts a firm’s non-financial performance. It was found that digital reputation operates as a moderator in this relationship. Originality/value This study contributes to the theoretical debate on CS by introducing a new concept relevant to an employee domain of exploration, exploitation and ambidexterity. It enriches the innovation debate by providing a new perspective on how firms can balance exploratory and exploitative innovation strategies in the employee domain to enhance non-financial performance. Finally, it provides a novel definition of digital reputation.

Sustainability and financial performance relationship: international evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilker Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Joint Effect ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Firm Financial Performance ◽  
International Evidence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of the article is to examine the relationship of corporate sustainability to firm financial performance by presenting international data.Design/methodology/approachThe sample includes non-financial companies from five emerging economies known as BRICS for a five-year period of 2014–2018. The study uses the ESG (environmental, social, governance) scores from Sustainalytics database and financial data from company reports. Panel regression models are developed to figure out the relationship.FindingsThe results of the article revealed that there is a positively significant relationship between sustainability performance and financial performance. Total ESG score has produced significant results while the individual scores of environmental, social, and governance have produced insignificant results; implying that the components of total ESG score have a joint effect on the financial performance.Practical implicationsThe results of the article have important practical implications for companies. Engagement in sustainable business practices will help improve the financial performance. In addition, the companies should be active in all components of sustainability.Originality/valueThe article contributed empirical evidence for sustainability-financial performance relationship by using the international evidence from five emerging economies.

Corporate social responsibility and SME performance: a meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Oduro ◽  
Kot David Adhal Nguar ◽  
Alessandro De Nisco ◽  
Rami Hashem E. Alharthi ◽  
Guglielmo Maccario ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study aims to draw on instrumental and ethical theories to offer a quantitative review of the extant literature on the corporate social responsibility (CSR)–small-medium enterprises (SMEs) performance relationship through a meta-analysis.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical studies from 57 independent peer-reviewed articles, including 66,741 firms, were sampled and analysed. Both subgroup and meta-regression analyses (MARA) were used to test the hypotheses of the study.FindingsThe authors' results demonstrated that social-oriented, economic-oriented and environment-oriented CSR activities have a positive, significant influence on overall, financial and non-financial performance of SMEs; however, the effect of social-oriented CSR activities is the strongest. Moreover, the impact CSR dimensions have on non-financial performance is stronger than on financial performance. Additionally, findings showed that the association between CSR and SME performance is positively and significantly influenced by contextual factors (i.e. sector and region of study) and methodological factors (i.e. performance measurement, study type, theory usage, sampling size and operationalisation of constructs).Originality/valueThe study is the pioneering meta-analytic review on the CSR–SME performance relationship, thereby clarifying the anecdotal results, synthesising the fragmented empirical studies and exploring the contextual and methodological factors that may account for between-study variance. Following the study's findings, the authors delineate insightful suggestions for future scholarship and fine-grained managerial implications for practitioners.

The Effect of Corporate Sustainability Practices on Financial Performance

2019 ◽  
pp. 52-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Yasar Gok ◽  
Ozan Ozdemir ◽  
Bugra Unlu
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Control Sample ◽  
Corporate Financial Performance ◽  
Performance Variables ◽  
Sustainability Practices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Better Than

In this chapter, the impact of corporate sustainability practices (CSP) on corporate financial performance (CFP) is investigated in terms of Turkish manufacturing industry. In this context, 16 sustainable companies vs. 21 control companies in 2016 and 16 sustainable companies vs. 24 control companies in 2017 are examined. Thirty-seven financial performance variables within seven groups are used, and non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test is applied. In 2016, four out of seven significant variables point out that sustainable companies perform better than control sample; however, in 2017, three out of four significant variables indicate the opposite. Therefore, the results are mixed, and it is concluded that implementing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria do not have a noticeable positive effect on financial performances of manufacturing industry companies, at least in the short-term.

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