Defining and measuring corporate sustainability: Are we there yet?

I Montiel, J Delgado-Ceballos - Organization & Environment, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This literature review article aims to bring a better understanding to the field of corporate
sustainability (CS) as studied by management scholars. The first part of this review …

Sustainability performance evaluation: Literature review and future directions

G Büyüközkan, Y Karabulut - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
Current global economic activities are increasingly being perceived as unsustainable.
Despite the high number of publications, sustainability science remains highly dispersed …

The influence of firm size on the ESG score: Corporate sustainability ratings under review

S Drempetic, C Klein, B Zwergel - Journal of business ethics, 2020 - Springer
The concept of sustainable and responsible (SR) investments expresses that every
investment should be based on the SR investor's code of ethics. To a large extent the …

CSR reporting practices and the quality of disclosure: An empirical analysis

G Michelon, S Pilonato, F Ricceri - Critical perspectives on accounting, 2015 - Elsevier
Research on CSR disclosure points to an increasing lack of completeness and decreasing
amount of credibility in the information reported, as well as concerns about overall reporting …

Causes and consequences of voluntary assurance of CSR reports: International evidence involving Dow Jones Sustainability Index Inclusion and Firm Valuation

P Clarkson, Y Li, G Richardson… - Accounting, Auditing & …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, the authors investigate a firm's decision
to provide a CSR report, and if so, whether to have the report assured and to seek higher …

Hidden connections: The link between board gender diversity and corporate social performance

I Boulouta - Journal of business ethics, 2013 - Springer
This study examines whether and how female board directors may affect corporate social
performance (CSP) by drawing on social role theory and feminist ethics literature. The …

Measurement of corporate social responsibility: A review of corporate sustainability indexes, rankings and ratings

B Diez-Cañamero, T Bishara, JR Otegi-Olaso… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Companies are currently changing their traditional role in society and transforming it into a
proactive role in which their operations generate social and environmental positive impacts …

Can sustainable investments outperform traditional benchmarks? Evidence from global stock markets

FAFS Cunha, EM de Oliveira, RJ Orsato… - … Strategy and the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To contribute to overcoming global sustainability challenges, investors have been
increasingly interested in making sustainable investments and incorporating environmental …

Do actions speak louder than words? An empirical investigation of corporate environmental reputation

CH Cho, RP Guidry, AM Hageman… - … , organizations and society, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate the extent to which firms' environmental performance is reflected
in perceptions of their environmental reputation and whether environmental disclosure …

The economic relevance of environmental disclosure and its impact on corporate legitimacy: An empirical investigation

D Cormier, M Magnan - Business Strategy and the Environment, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In determining its environmental disclosure strategy, a firm's management faces a tension
between responding to the information needs of financial markets and maintaining its …