We investigate the relationship between corporate and country sustainability on the cost of bank loans. We look into … operating in all major industries. Our principal findings reveal that country sustainability related to both social and … of one unit in country sustainability scores is associated with an average decrease in the costs of debt by 64 basis …

in firms' CSR-activism and examined their effect on a firm's stock price. We use DJSI events to capture variations in … firms' CSR visibility, holding CSR-activism constant by restricting our analyses to CSR-equivalent firms. First, we find … more attention to CSR-oriented firms and use visible cues such as DJSI- events, we study and find that additions to DJSI …

promoting sustainable economic development in other developing countries like China, which lack mature CSR culture and … responsibility (CSR) consciousness and concerns of individual investors in the stock market, the newly listed firms are likely to … how public listing influences firms' CSR performance and its potential mechanism. Using a sample of Chinese IPO firms for …

; and introduces a corporate sustainability measure. Sustainable part of corporate social performance completely explains … that are irrelevant to sustainability have no effect on firm values. Moreover, sustainability-based hedge portfolios could …

The issuance of sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) has grown exponentially in recent years. Using a scoring methodology … effective incentives for improving corporate sustainability performance. We demonstrate that the majority of loans fails to meet … key requirements that would make them credible instruments for generating effective sustainability incentives. These …

realization of sustainability. The purpose of this study is to examine whether consumers know the CSR activity of the shop they …Business operation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach supports competitiveness and sustainable … development. In Hungary the approaches of social responsibility and sustainability started to develop after the change of regime …