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Climate‐Related Disclosure and Bank Performance: Does Bank Type Matter?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether climate‐related disclosure (CRD) affects the financial performance of conventional banks (CBs) and Islamic banks (IBs) differently. Using a unique hand‐collected dataset on CRD for 591 banks (422 CBs and 169 IBs) from 24 countries over a 4‐year period, we examine how the relationship between CRD and financial ...
Rasim Simsek   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability Reporting Quality, Ethical Leadership, and Earnings Management: Evidence From an Emerging Economy

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the relationship between sustainability reporting quality (SRQ) and earnings management (EM) in an emerging economy and investigates the moderating role of ethical leadership. Analyzing 531 firm‐year observations from mandatory reports (2022–2024), SRQ is measured via a 51‐indicator index, while EM is proxied by the ...
Taghred Mokhtar Sayed Moawad   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Evidence on How Investors Value Environmental Innovation: Non‐Pecuniary Investor Preferences or Risk Mitigation?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study how environmental innovation shapes investor expectations. We propose two mechanisms through which sustained improvements in environmental innovation may influence these expectations: non‐pecuniary investor preferences and risk mitigation.
Ellen Pei‐yi Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discursive Governance and Development Goals: A Performative Theory of Corporate Purpose in Sustainability Discourse

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study theorises and empirically tests performative purpose alignment theory (PPAT), which conceptualises corporate purpose as a performative artefact materialised through discursive and multimodal signals. To operationalise this, we introduced the SDG–Purpose Alignment Index (SPAI), a computational construct that quantifies the thematic ...
Augustine Okeke, Ifeanyi Ugbebor
wiley   +1 more source

Validated Signalling: How Ownership Structure Enhances ESG Disclosure Credibility in an Emerging Market

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While signalling theory predicts that ESG disclosure reduces information asymmetry and supports forward‐looking firm valuation, this relationship remains contested in emerging markets with concentrated ownership. Using a panel of 84 Turkish listed firms over 2014–2024 (924 firm‐years) and two‐step system GMM, we examine whether business groups,
Ajab Khan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Corporate ESG Disclosures Drive Consumer Demand (Sales)? The Role of Environmental Sensitivity

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The question of whether strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure largely benefits high‐demand customers or if it generates value across all sales levels is yet to be empirically verified. This study, therefore, examines how ESG performance influences consumer demand (sales outcomes) among listed firms across African ...
Idorenyin J. Okon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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