Abstract Voluntary nonfinancial Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure is
a rapidly growing and increasingly important topic that has attracted great attention from …

Companies engage in ESG activities in order to achieve higher financial returns and to
signal compliance in the market. The link between ESG and firm financial performance is still …

The rationale of this study was to investigate the effect of innovation types on business
sustainability in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Quantitative approach was used …

This paper investigates the link between green finance development and firms'
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance quality based on a firm-level …

We review the financial economics-based research on Environmental, Social, and
Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with an emphasis on …

To date, an overwhelming number of research findings on Environment, Social, and
Governance (ESG) conduct and financial performance remains inconclusive. Furthermore …

Scholars have long argued about whether improvements in environment, society, and
governance (ESG) performance benefit a firm itself. To address this debate from a general …

This article aims to detect how ESG adds value to the long-term shareholder value creation
and to discover whether businesses are aware of positive ESG effects and, therefore …

This study collates potential economic effects of mandated disclosure and reporting
standards for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability topics. We first outline …

We study the quantity of ESG disclosure of 1,963 large-cap companies headquartered in 49
countries. Using the Bloomberg ESG disclosure score as the measure of disclosure quantity …