Influence of ESGC Indicators on Financial Performance of Listed Travel and Leisure Companies

Mercedes Rodríguez-Fernández, Eva M. Sánchez-Teba, Alberto A. López-Toro and Susana Borrego-Domínguez
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Mercedes Rodríguez-Fernández: Department of Economics and Business Administration, Campus El Ejido s/n 29071, University of Málaga, 29016 Málaga, Spain
Eva M. Sánchez-Teba: Department of Economics and Business Administration, Campus El Ejido s/n 29071, University of Málaga, 29016 Málaga, Spain
Alberto A. López-Toro: Department of Economics and Business Administration, Campus El Ejido s/n 29071, University of Málaga, 29016 Málaga, Spain
Susana Borrego-Domínguez: Public Company for Tourism and Sport Management in Andalusia, C/ Compañía, 40 29008 Málaga, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 19, 1-20

Abstract: The objective of this work was to research the impact of environmental, social, governance, and controversies (ESGC) indicators on financial performance. We used a sample of financial and nonfinancial business data from international countries for 2017 obtained through the Thomson Reuters environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) database. The company participants in the study belong to the tourism sector and are listed on international stock market indices. The methodology used was based on parametric and nonparametric statistical tests. Evidence supports that governance practices significantly influence financial performance. The contribution of the study is two-fold—from a theoretical perspective, it adds to the existing literature and, from an empirical point of view, we developed ESGC indicators and their relationship with financial performance using a binary regression logistic model, with results that can be applied to an international tourist perspective.

Keywords: environmental pillar; social pillar; governance pillar; controversies; reputation; financial performance; return of assets (ROA); return of equity (ROE); Tobin’s Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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