Non-financial information assurance: a review of the literature and directions for future research

MB Farooq, ASA Azantouti, R Zaman - … accounting, management and …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to review the literature on non-financial information (NFI)
assurance including external assurance of sustainability reports (SRA) and integrated …

Corporate integrity culture on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance

X Bao, B Sun, M Han, Q Mai… - … Social Responsibility and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research has viewed desirable environmental performance as the proxy of corporate
integrity culture. Based on the stakeholder theory, we extend this literature by examining …

[HTML][HTML] Do ESG factors improve utilities corporate efficiency and reduce the risk perceived by credit lending institutions? An empirical analysis

S Veltri, ME Bruni, G Iazzolino, D Morea, G Baldissarro - Utilities Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
In a changed scenario, characterized by great attention to environmental, social, and
governance (ESG) factors, few industries feel the pressure more than utilities. The paper …

Environmental performance and corporate tax avoidance: Greenwashing policy or eco-responsibility? The moderating role of ownership structure

Z Souguir, N Lassoued, I Khanchel… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of environmental performance on tax avoidance separately
and then moderated by institutional and family ownership. Based on a sample of 222 French …

Implementing corporate sustainability information in socially responsible investing: a systematic review of empirical research

D Daugaard, J Jia, Z Li - Journal of Accounting Literature, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to provide a precise understanding of how corporate sustainability
information is used in socially responsible investing (SRI). The study is motivated by the lack …

Do sustainability reporting standards affect analysts' forecast accuracy?

S Pizzi, F Caputo, E De Nuccio - … Accounting, Management and …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to contribute to the emerging debate about materiality with novel
insights about the signaling effects related to the disclosure of environmental, social and …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental engagement and stock price crash risk: Evidence from the European banking industry

F Fiordelisi, O Ricci, G Santilli - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impact of banks' environmental engagement on their future stock
price crash risk. Given the strong commitment of European institutions towards a low carbon …

How integrated thinking can be detected in management disclosures in annual reports: Insights from a large-scale text-analysis approach

R Dimes, C De Villiers, L Chen - Journal of Management …, 2023 - publications.aaahq.org
Integrated Thinking has been promoted as a way of revolutionizing decision-making to
create sustainable value. Our study shows how disclosures made by managers in annual …

Modeling board governance, environmental expertise, and social engagement effects on firm environmental performance: Panel data evidence

D Kim, MJ Marin, GD Richardson, SE Salterio… - Journal of Contemporary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prior research establishes that board governance quality measures positively impact firm
environmental performance. In this study, we propose an empirical model using structural …

Measuring and classifying the social sustainability of European banks: An analysis using interval-based composite indicators

C Drago, L Di Nallo, ML Russotto - Environmental Impact Assessment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Promoting social information disclosure can develop sustainable banking. This paper aims
to evaluate the social sustainability of banks by constructing a new interval-based composite …