Presentation Title
Panel Name
Advances in Business and Management
Location
Lecture Center 13
Start Date
3-5-2019 3:15 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 4:30 PM
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Academic Major
Business Administration, Finance
Abstract
Given the rising interest in the relationship between Environmental, Social and Governance rating (ESG) and its components, this paper investigates the relationship between insider/institutional ownership structure, ESG ratings and financial performance of the firm, using 398 companies in U.S. 2017 obtained from Bloomberg. This paper entails cross-sectional analysis of ESG rating and its components in 10 sectors (Communication, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Energy, Financial, Health Care, Industrials, Materials, Technology, and Utilities) and Return on Asset as a matrix for financial performance. The results suggest that ESG rating and performance of the firm is positively and significantly associated, except environmental score. Ownership structure differently affects to ESG rating and its component by the sectors, even when controlling for the firm’s size. The study contributes to research on both the impact of ESG rating and its components to the performance of the firm and the relationship between ownership structure and ESG performance.
Select Where This Work Originated From
Senior Thesis/Project
First Faculty Advisor
Rita Biswas
First Advisor Email
biswas.rita@gmail.com
First Advisor Department
Finance
The work you will be presenting can best be described as
Finished or mostly finished by conference date
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ESG Rating and Ownership Structure in U.S. Firms
Lecture Center 13
Given the rising interest in the relationship between Environmental, Social and Governance rating (ESG) and its components, this paper investigates the relationship between insider/institutional ownership structure, ESG ratings and financial performance of the firm, using 398 companies in U.S. 2017 obtained from Bloomberg. This paper entails cross-sectional analysis of ESG rating and its components in 10 sectors (Communication, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Energy, Financial, Health Care, Industrials, Materials, Technology, and Utilities) and Return on Asset as a matrix for financial performance. The results suggest that ESG rating and performance of the firm is positively and significantly associated, except environmental score. Ownership structure differently affects to ESG rating and its component by the sectors, even when controlling for the firm’s size. The study contributes to research on both the impact of ESG rating and its components to the performance of the firm and the relationship between ownership structure and ESG performance.