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As part of the SEC's revision of Regulation S-K, many investors proposed the mandatory disclosure of sustainability … regarding which sustainability disclosures are financially material. To inform this issue, we examine materiality standards … developed by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). We find firms voluntarily disclosing more SASB …
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Sustainability has been defined by the Brundtland Commission (Brundtland, 1987) as "meeting the needs of the present … sustainability (WBCSD - World Business Council for Sustainable Development), the latter are severely and continuously criticized for … actions that contradict their glossy sustainability reports (Holliday, 2010). However, it is often the case that such …
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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 …
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This discussion paper examines the relationship between co-determination and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in German companies, thereby addressing two distinct literatures. On the one hand, most quantitative studies of co-determination focus on its economic impact, with relatively little...
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Activism seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains has led transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance, but it is unclear whether these formal organizational structures raise labor standards. Drawing on thousands of audits conducted...
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Private investors are an increasingly important voice in sustainability challenges. We examine investors' attitudes and …
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rather overlooked stakeholder group in the sustainability debates can pose a significant stumbling block in this transition … implications for corporate governance and finance, especially for directors' duties & executive remuneration, sustainability …
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In this paper, we replicate and expand Hawn, Chatterji, & Mitchell (2018) that used DJSI events to measure variations 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...
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und zugehörigen Indikatoren wurden basierend auf den Sustainability Development Goals, der Deutschen … kommt in einem zukünftigen Monitoring eine wesentliche Bedeutung zu, da es sich bei Nachhaltigkeit um ein normatives Konzept … information on the status of the bioeconomy, a monitoring concept that assesses the bio-based resources and sustainability effects …
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