Table 2

Correlation matrix

ROA             
0.805ROE            
−0.1080.061ESG           
−0.1980.0490.790E          
−0.0870.0600.9250.638S         
−0.0310.0660.7610.4320.486G        
0.057−0.058−0.282−0.379−0.234−0.184LA       
0.0320.076−0.086−0.026−0.123−0.021−0.689DEPO      
−0.144−0.2070.1030.1620.127−0.003−0.0470.047NPL     
0.5110.003−0.300−0.455−0.245−0.1720.255−0.1080.031CAP    
−0.0880.1060.4110.5800.3610.237−0.3780.1230.031−0.424LNTA   
−0.057−0.1260.043−0.1420.0660.0530.251−0.294−0.1600.120−0.513OPEN  
0.2360.324−0.0260.058−0.028−0.010−0.0420.063−0.034−0.0230.118−0.284GDP 
0.2060.2170.0800.0670.126−0.010−0.0490.0060.0600.0290.022−0.0410.194INF

Note(s): ROA, pre-tax return on assets; ROE, pre-tax return on assets; ROE, pre-tax return on equity; ESG, the ESG combined score; E, the environmental pillar score; S, the social pillar score; G, the governance pillar score; LA, the ratio of total loans to total assets; DEPO, the ratio of total deposits to total loans; NPL, the ratio of non-performing loans to total loans; CAP, the ratio of total equity to total assets; LNTA, the natural logarithm of total assets; OPEN, the banking freedom index; GDP, the growth rate of GDP; INF, the inflation rate

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