Abstract:This study investigates how news-based scores in ESG (Environmental, Social, and corporate Governance) may have influenced the monthly stocks’ market return in Switzerland, the US, and the UK during the 2007–2011 period. We find that the variation of the overall ESG score is only significant in the UK. We also show that the changes in sub-category ratings of GRI (namely, governance, economic, environment, labor, human rights, society, and products) exhibit a small but significant impact on the stock’s performa… Show more
“…The topic of ESG, its characteristics and importance for firms and their performance is widely covered in the literature [9][10][11][12]. Similarly, the concept of ESG investing is of interest to many researchers [13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”
Section: Esg and Fund Managers-review Of The Literaturementioning
This paper investigates the motives, behavior, and characteristics shaping mutual fund managers' willingness to incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into investment decision making. Using survey evidence from fund managers from five different countries, we demonstrate that this predisposition is the stronger, the shorter their average forecasting horizon and the higher their level of reliance on business risk in portfolio management is. We also find that the propensity to incorporate ESG factors is positively related to an increasing level of risk aversion, an increasing importance of salary change and senior management approval/disapproval as motivating factors as well as length of professional experience in current fund and increasing significance of assessment by superiors in remuneration. Overall, our evidence suggests that ESG diligence among fund managers serves mainly as a method for mitigating risk and is typically motivated by herding; it is much less important as a tool for additional value creation. The prevalent use of ESG criteria in mitigating risk is in contrast with traditional approach, but it is in line with behavioral finance theory. Additionally, our results also show a strong difference in the length of the forecasting horizon between continental European and Anglo-Saxon fund managers.
“…The topic of ESG, its characteristics and importance for firms and their performance is widely covered in the literature [9][10][11][12]. Similarly, the concept of ESG investing is of interest to many researchers [13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”
Section: Esg and Fund Managers-review Of The Literaturementioning
This paper investigates the motives, behavior, and characteristics shaping mutual fund managers' willingness to incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into investment decision making. Using survey evidence from fund managers from five different countries, we demonstrate that this predisposition is the stronger, the shorter their average forecasting horizon and the higher their level of reliance on business risk in portfolio management is. We also find that the propensity to incorporate ESG factors is positively related to an increasing level of risk aversion, an increasing importance of salary change and senior management approval/disapproval as motivating factors as well as length of professional experience in current fund and increasing significance of assessment by superiors in remuneration. Overall, our evidence suggests that ESG diligence among fund managers serves mainly as a method for mitigating risk and is typically motivated by herding; it is much less important as a tool for additional value creation. The prevalent use of ESG criteria in mitigating risk is in contrast with traditional approach, but it is in line with behavioral finance theory. Additionally, our results also show a strong difference in the length of the forecasting horizon between continental European and Anglo-Saxon fund managers.
“…Indeed, CG and CSR share common roots and interests in that they stress the necessity for corporations to be sufficiently accountable to particular stakeholder groups and the wider society (Brammer and Pavelin, 2013;Khanchel El Mehdi, 2013). Under the CSR and CG umbrella, companies are urged to commit themselves to issues ranging from accountability to market performance (Jamali et al, 2008;Sahut and Pasquini-Descomps, 2015).…”
Section: Corporate Commitments To Stakeholders At the Csr-cg Interfacementioning
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“…N oting the increasingly significant expectations of diverse stakeholder groups, companies steadily seek to account for their engagement in corporate social responsibility (El Abboubi, 2013) and demonstrate their commitment to good corporate governance (Khanchel El Mehdi, 2013). These corporate commitments correspond to the main orientations that companies adopt when making decisions, relative to all stakeholders, or appealing to privileged ones such as investors (Sahut and Pasquini-Descomps, 2015). In focusing on shareholder value maximization or trying to manage the interests of multiple stakeholders (Jamali, 2006), companies tend to employ different models of corporate governance (CG) while striving to integrate corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues into their internal CG system .…”
Using social responsibility ratings on over 663 companies belonging to 18 European countries in 2000 and 2010, this paper examines to what extent stylized models of Corporate Governance (CG) shape national systems of CG and corporate commitments to stakeholders in the long run. In doing so, we question arguments in favor of convergence versus divergence. In particular, we assess the factors that explain these trends and the detected processes. Our findings are manifold but principally highlight the structuring dimension of both the shareholder-oriented and stakeholder-oriented models of CG, and the role of micro-economic factors in explaining the changing and varying corporate commitments.
“…En effet, au moment où les grandes entreprises cotées font l'objet de notations sociales, de nombreuses questions subsistent quant aux effets de la prise en compte des dimensions sociales sur leur performance (Sahut et Pasquini-Descomps;2015). Bien que cette problématique soit récurrente dans les grandes entreprises, elle est de plus en plus abordée pour les PME.…”
Section: Impact De La Rse Sur Les Performances éConomiquesunclassified
“…Dans l'ensemble, les travaux empiriques montrent que l'appropriation des pratiques de RSE influence positivement et légèrement les performances éco-nomique, sociale et sociétale, des firmes, même si les bénéfices sont plus intangibles pour les PME que pour les grandes sociétés (Sahut et Pasquini-Descomps;2015, Margolis et al;2007, Tixier;2002, Preston et O'Bannon;1997, Griffin et Mahon;1997, Pava et Krausz;1996). Cependant, malgré l'importance de la prise en compte de ce nouveau mode de management, il n'y a que très peu d'études qui se sont intéressées à la RSE dans le contexte (INS, 2011 1 ).…”
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