Corporate economic performance and sustainability indices: a study based on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

ABSTRACT: Sustainable investing recognizes companies' role in solving some of the major sustainability challenges globally and that companies driving impactful sustainability agendas can be best positioned to grow, and one way to do this is through inclusion into a sustainability stock-market index. Current research has investigated the financial benefits of being included into sustainable indices and has found contrasting results. To expand on existing work, we report an analysis that aims at better understanding whether there is any negative economic impact related to participation in the sustainability index DJSI. To do this, we gained data on three financial indicators (market cap, net sales, and EBITDA) on five different non-related industries (Airlines, Aluminum, Apparel, Pharmaceuticals, and

SUBMITTER: Denuwara N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9243875 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature