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Many firms go reduce their impact on the environment more than is legally required - that is, they overcomply with environmental regulations. There is clearly a cost to this, so there has to be a benefit too. I suggest that firms are consciously internalizing external costs, with a view to...
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Environmental disasters are thought to increase the focus on corporate sustainability in the communities where they occur. Extracting data on wildfires (a frequent type of disaster in the U.S.) and using ESG ratings and EPA air enforcement actions to construct measures of local corporate...
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facility into the environment. Pollution abatement policies implemented in the presence of high levels of local institutional …. There is no evidence that pollution abatement policies are detrimental to firm value. Our results support Jensen (2001)'s …
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Can better firm ESG policies be attributed to a CEO’s style? We find that firms led by CEOs with not-for-profit sector work experience (socially engaged CEOs) possess better ESG ratings and superior real ESG outcomes. They receive higher satisfaction ratings from their employees, develop more...
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We examine whether corporate directors learn from environmental engagements by studying the success and implementation of environmental shareholder proposals. We deem a proposal successful when the proposal sponsor withdrew it after negotiating with the target firm. Our results indicate that...
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This study examines the impact of CEO attributes on sustainable performance, environmental performance and environmental reporting, which are motivated by institutionally-driven environmental policies, regulations, and management in the context of Chinese listed firms. Using a comprehensive...
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