... of this mediation and examines the potential for strengthening these effects through board members’ affiliations. Findings The study documents a significant negative indirect effect of board gender diversity on ESG controversies through ESG-linked executive compensation, with roughly 23% of the total impact...

...Richard Yeaw Chong Seow; Nejla Ould Daoud Ellili Purpose This study aims to present a bibliometric review of the relationship between corporate governance and environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) controversies in the literature. It maps publication trends, theoretical frameworks and key...

...Hussain Muhammad; Haileslasie Tadele Purpose This study aims to examine how corporate governance mechanisms affect environmental, social and governance (ESG) controversies in the US publicly traded nonfinancial firms. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantile regression approach, this study...

... and governance (ESG) controversies in previous relationship. Design/methodology/approach The study conducted a regression analysis on a sample of 485 companies and 3,761 firm-year observations of European listed companies operating in 19 countries between 2004 and 2021. Findings The results reveal...

... characteristics (size, independence, percentage of nonexecutive members, gender diversity and the presence of a corporate social responsibility sustainability committee) and fewer ESG controversies are associated with higher corporate social performance. However, the results show no relationship between corporate...

..., clustering heteroskedastic standard errors at the bank level to account for the serial correlation of the dependent variables for each bank. Findings Banks’ exposure to ESG controversies can be reduced when NC members have specific skills, in particular when at least one member of this committee also...