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ESG and company profitability: Are financial
intermediaries different?
Marina Brogi and Valentina Lagasio
Sapienza University of Rome
Ispra, July 1-3, 2019
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1 IntroductionLiterature
2 MethodologyDataAnalysis
3 Conclusion
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CSR, ESG and company performance
No relationship• Aupperle et al. (1985): different dimensions of CSR (economic,
legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities) and financialperformance are not statistically significant related
• McWilliams & Siegel (2000) claim that CSR has a neutral impact onfinancial performance
Negative relationship• Friedman (1970) posits that ESG performance has limited financial
benefits for companies because of the implementation cost thatshareholders have to pay, leading to a misallocation andmisappropriation of valuable company resources
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CSR, ESG and company performance
Positive relationship• Mackey (2005): "a certain amount of corporate philanthropy is
simply good business and works for the long-term benefit of theinvestors"
• Eccles et al. (2014): high-sustainability companies significantlyoutperform their counterparts, both in terms of stock market andaccounting performance
• Waddock & Graves (1997): virtuous cycle linking theimplementation of ESG practices and financial performance
• Meta-analysis: Orlitzky et al. (2003); Margolis et al. (2009): ESGawareness is related with high firm performance
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Research Questions• How much is ESG associated with company profitability?• Which are the dimensions of ESG that drive profitability the most?• Are there differences and similarities between industrial and financial
companies?
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Strategy of investigation
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ESG Data
MSCI ESG KLD STATS• Sample: more than 50,000 observations of US companies• Period: 2000-2016•
Environment dimension: Climate Change; Environmental Management Systems;Biodiversity & Land Use; Raw Material Sourcing; and Water Stress
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Social dimension: Cash Profit Sharing; Employee Health & Safety; EmployeeInvolvement; Human Capital Development; Human Rights Policies & Initiatives;Product Safety And Quality; Access To Finance; and Supply Chain LaborStandards
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Governance dimension: Gender; Corruption & Political Instability; FinancialSystem Instability; Limited Compensation; Ownership Strength; PoliticalAccountability Strength; Public Policy; and Reporting Quality
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Financial Data
BvD Osiris• Observed variable: Return on Assets (ROA)• Control: Total Assets
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FINAL SAMPLE• Companies: 3,476• Observations: 17,358
•Industrial companies: 16,159 (93% of the total sample)
•Banks: 848 (5%)
•Insurance companies: 351 (2%)
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Model
Scoring
• EScore = 1n
Pni=1Ei
• SScore = 1n
Pni=1Si
• GScore = 1n
Pni=1Gi
• ESGScore = 13 (EScore+SScore+GScore)
Panel regressions• ROAt =Æ+Ø1ESGScoret +Ø2 ln(TA)+≤• ROAt+1 =Æ+Ø1ESGScoret +Ø2 ln(TA)+≤
• ROAt =Æ+Ø1EScoret +Ø2SScoret +Ø3GScoret +Ø4 ln(TA)+≤• ROAt+1 =Æ+Ø1EScoret +Ø2SScoret +Ø3GScoret +Ø4 ln(TA)+≤
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Implications for policy makers
• Continue to support companies’ ESG activities through the issue ofsocially responsible standards and principles
• Green Supporting Factor + ESG Supporting Factor
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• ESG policies are positively related to profitability• For industrial companies, the effect on profitability gradually slows
during the years• Growing concern for ESG within banks (and in particular
Environmental issue)1
• Banks should continue to focus on risks and opportunities fromimplementing ESG practices to move to a sustainable business
1e.g., the top five U.S. banks in terms of market capitalization - JPMorgan Chase,Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley - have all adoptedprograms to steadily improve their environmental performance
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Brogi, M., & Lagasio, V. (2019). Environmental, social, and governance and companyprofitability: Are financial intermediaries different? Corporate Social Responsibility and
Environmental Management, 26(3), 576-587
Thank you for your attention!