Using BoardEx (2000--2017), we create a dynamic network connecting firms and board directors for the United States. We use the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release Inventory to measure environmental performance at the director and firm-level. We examine how a candidate's environmental...

We analyze how board characteristics affect a company's carbon emissions besides further firm-related and cultural variables, using data on over 6,000 companies located in 46 countries for the period 2009-2019. We identify the boards that are more skilled or have a higher share of female members...

We examine the relationship between board of director committees tasked with risk management and environmental performance, based on a sample of 1,466 firm-year observations from 2007 to 2015. We find that the presence of board committees dedicated only to risk management is associated with...