Keyword: corporate social responsibility

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Finance

ESG, Shareholders, and Regulation

This Finance survey examines (a) Concerns about the environmental impact of companies are substantially better resolved by shareholder activism towards management than by regulations or government intervention; (b) Concerns about diversity, equality and inclusion within companies are substantially better resolved by shareholder activism towards management than by regulations or government intervention
Business, Management, & Corporate Performance
Europe

Corporate Social Responsibility

This European survey examines (a)  In pursuing social and environmental initiatives, the average public company generates more benefits than costs in terms of profits, (b) In pursuing social and environmental initiatives, public companies would benefit from a measurably lower cost of capital, (c) There are substantial social benefits when managers of public companies make choices that account for the impact of their decisions on customers, employees, and community members beyond the effects on shareholders
Business, Management, & Corporate Performance
Finance

Corporate Social Responsibility

This Finance survey examines (a) Public companies that pursue social and environmental initiatives bear no measurable costs (in terms of lower profits) relative to similar companies that do not pursue such initiatives; (b) Public companies that pursue social and environmental initiatives benefit from a measurably lower cost of capital than similar companies that do not pursue such initiatives; (c) There are substantial social benefits when managers of public companies make choices that account for the impact of their decisions on customers, employees, and community members beyond the effects on shareholders
Business, Management, & Corporate Performance
Europe

Public Corporations

This European survey examines (a) It is best for society if the management of publicly traded corporations only considers the impact of their decisions on customers, employees, and community members to the extent that these effects feedback to affect shareholder wealth;  (b) The typical chief executive officer of a publicly traded corporation is paid more than his or her marginal contribution to the firm's value
Environment, Climate Change, & Natural Resources
Europe

Social Responsibility

This week's IGM European Economic Experts Panel Statement(s): A) To the extent that public corporations pursue social and environmental initiatives, they tend to achieve higher risk-adjusted (private) returns than otherwise similar corporations that pursue such initiatives less. B) To the extent that Norway’s global government pension fund makes investments for social and environmental objectives — apart from investments that would bring the highest expected risk-adjusted returns — it improves the welfare of Norwegians.
Business, Management, & Corporate Performance