Baier, Philipp ; Berninger, Marc ; Kiesel, Florian (2024)
Environmental, social and governance reporting in annual reports: A textual analysis.
In: Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, 2020, 29 (3)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00015646
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Type of entry: | Secondary publication |
| Title: | Environmental, social and governance reporting in annual reports: A textual analysis |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 9 January 2024 |
| Place of Publication: | Darmstadt |
| Year of primary publication: | 2020 |
| Place of primary publication: | Oxford |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments |
| Volume of the journal: | 29 |
| Issue Number: | 3 |
| DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00015646 |
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| Origin: | Secondary publication DeepGreen |
| Abstract: | Considering environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors becomes increasingly important for companies and investors. However, “ESG” is not clearly defined so far and, therefore, it is difficult to measure the ESG activity of companies. We analyze the extent and changes in 10‐K reports and proxy statements on ESG, using a textual analysis and creating an ESG dictionary. The results show an average of 4.0 % ESG words on total words in the reports. The ESG word list with 482 items can be used to quantitatively examine the extent of ESG reporting, which will be helpful especially for SRI investors. Our classification of 40 subcategories allows a highly granular analysis of different ESG related aspects. Moreover, indications for a relation between changes in reporting and real events, especially negative media presence, are detected. Regulatory bodies have to be aware of the use of such words and how they are used. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Content analysis, Environment, ESG, Governance, Investor communication, Social, Sustainability measurement, Textual analysis |
| Status: | Publisher's Version |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-156468 |
| Additional Information: | ESG Wordlist is online available |
| Classification DDC: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | 01 Department of Law and Economics > Betriebswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete > Corporate finance |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2024 12:38 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2024 08:39 |
| SWORD Depositor: | Deep Green |
| URI: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/15646 |
| PPN: | 514706023 |
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