Corporate stakeholders, corporate valuation and ESG

Bradford Cornell and Alan C. Shapiro

European Financial Management, 2021, vol. 27, issue 2, 196-207

Abstract: In addition to explicit contracts, corporations issue their stakeholders implicit claims, including fair treatment of employees and the promise of continuing service to customers. Corporate value is created by selling these implicit claims for more than it costs to honour them. Recently, a new class of non‐investor stakeholders, related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, has arisen. Although many ESG advocates stress their role in creating shareholder value, they do not explain how this value creation occurs. This paper shows that implicit claims provide a critical link that ties non‐investor stakeholders and ESG to shareholder value, both its creation and its possible destruction.

Date: 2021
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