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Women on boards, sustainability reporting and firm performance

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  • Mahmoud Arayssi
  • Mustafa Dah
  • Mohammad Jizi

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Purpose - As pressures mount for women directors on corporate boards (WDOCBs) from different stakeholders, companies become more interested in finding out how WDOCBs impact sustainability disclosure. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of gender-diverse boards on the association between sustainability reporting and shareholders’ welfare. Design/methodology/approach - This paper examines the implications of women on board for firm-related factors, particularly environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure and firm performance. The firms studied are all listed in the Financial Times Stock Exchange 350 index between 2007 and 2012. Bloomberg social disclosure score is used and panel data through a regression model are applied. Findings - The results reveal that the presence of WDOCBs favorably influences on firm’s risk and performance through promoting a firm’s investment in effectual social engagements and reporting on them. The desirable effect of WDOCB on the ESG-performance relationship leads to increased risk-adjusted and buy-and-hold abnormal returns and reduced firm risks, measured by both volatility of returns and systematic risk. Originality/value - The research contributes to the literature on the relationship between women participation on corporate boards and firms’ good citizenship and enhanced shareholders’ welfare. The empirical findings contribute to providing statistical and economical validity to the UK Corporate Governance Code 2014 recommendation on the importance of board gender diversity for effective board functioning.

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  • Mahmoud Arayssi & Mustafa Dah & Mohammad Jizi, 2016. "Women on boards, sustainability reporting and firm performance," Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 7(3), pages 376-401, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:sampjp:sampj-07-2015-0055
    DOI: 10.1108/SAMPJ-07-2015-0055
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    1. Mustafa K. Yilmaz & Umit Hacioglu & Ekrem Tatoglu & Mine Aksoy & Selman Duran, 2023. "Measuring the impact of board gender and cultural diversity on corporate governance and social performance: evidence from emerging markets," Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(2), pages 2106503-210, December.
    2. Antonio García-Amate & Alicia Ramírez-Orellana & Alfonso A. Rojo-Ramírez & M. Pilar Casado-Belmonte, 2023. "Do ESG controversies moderate the relationship between CSR and corporate financial performance in oil and gas firms?," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-14, December.
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    Keywords

    Risk; Firm value; Environmental; Social and governance disclosure; Women board directors; G32; J16;
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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