Table 5

Mediation analysis between sustainability committee, sustainability-linked CEO compensation/stakeholder engagement/sustainability reporting quality and CSR performance

Panel A: Mediation analysis between CSR performance, sustainability-linked CEO compensation and sustainability committee
CSR_PERFt+1SUSTPAYt+1CSR_PERFt+1
Model (1)Model (2)Model (3)
SUSTCOMt0.047***0.110***0.031***
(7.750)(10.750)(5.330)
SUSTPAYt+10.142***
  (26.370)
Constant−0.206***−1.074***−0.053
(−5.320)(−16.660)(–1.390)
Control variablesYesYesYes
Year fixed effectsYesYesYes
Industry fixed effectsYesYesYes
Observations11,68411,68411,684
R-squared0.2690.2520.310
Mediating effects (Bootstrap approach results):  
Indirect effect – SUSTCOM × SUSTPAY0.016*** 
z-statistic for indirect effect – SUSTCOM × SUSTPAY(9.956) 
Direct effect 0.031*** 
Total effect 0.047*** 
% of total mediated effect 32.94% 
Panel B: Mediation analysis between CSR performance, stakeholder engagement and sustainability committee
CSR_PERFt+1STAKEt+1CSR_PERFt+1
Model (1)Model (2)Model (3)
SUSTCOMt0.047***0.167***0.025***
(7.750)(14.660)(4.120)
STAKEt+10.137***
  (23.370)
Constant−0.206***−1.498***−0.001
(–5.320)(–20.820)(−0.030)
Control variablesYesYesYes
Year fixed effectsYesYesYes
Industry fixed effectsYesYesYes
Observations11,68411,68411,684
R-squared0.2690.3520.316
Mediating effects (Bootstrap approach results):  
Indirect effect – SUSTCOM × STAKE0.023*** 
z-statistic for indirect effect – SUSTCOM × STAKE(13.020) 
Direct effect 0.025*** 
Total effect 0.047*** 
% of total mediated effect 48.10% 
Panel C: Mediation analysis between CSR performance, sustainability reporting quality and sustainability committee
CSR_PERFt+1SUSTQUALt+1CSR_PERFt+1
Model (1)Model (2)Model (3)
SUSTCOMt0.047***0.160***0.020***
(7.750)(15.610)(3.440)
SUSTQUALt+10.168***
  (31.850)
Constant−0.206***−1.114***−0.019
(–5.320)(–17.080)(–0.500)
Control variablesYesYesYes
Year fixed effectsYesYesYes
Industry fixed effectsYesYesYes
Observations11,68411,68411,684
R-squared0.2690.2750.327
Mediating effects (Bootstrap approach results):  
Indirect effect – SUSTCOM × SUSTQUAL0.027*** 
z-statistic for indirect effect – SUSTCOM × SUSTQUAL(14.014) 
Direct effect 0.020 
Total effect 0.047 
% of total mediated effect 57.01% 

Note(s): This table shows the mediating role of sustainability-linked CEO compensation, stakeholder engagement and sustainability reporting quality in the association between the presence of a sustainability committee and CSR performance. Panel A shows the mediating role of sustainability-linked CEO compensation in the association between the presence of a sustainability committee and CSR performance. Panel B shows the mediating role of stakeholder engagement in the association between the presence of a sustainability committee and CSR performance. Panel C shows the mediating role of the sustainability reporting quality in the association between the presence of a sustainability committee and CSR performance. The numbers in parentheses are t-statistics. All variables are defined in  Appendix

***, ** and * represent statistical significance at the 1%, 5 and 10% levels, respectively

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