Environmental Risk Management Strategies and the Moderating Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Project Financing Decisions

Muddassar Sarfraz, Wang Qun, Li Hui and Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah
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Wang Qun: Department of Management and HR, Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Li Hui: Department of Management and HR, Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah: Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore 54000, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 8, 1-17

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in project financing decisions. CSR has gained growing prominence in today’s business era. This study investigates four environmental strategies and the credit risk assessment, stakeholder assessment and corporate social responsibility assessment impact on project financing decision. It explores three main issues related to environmental responsibility (planet), economic responsibility (profit) and social responsibility (people). The study is explanatory and quantitative, and both domestic and foreign banks participated in the data collection process. The sample size for the study is 491 participants. Data was collected through a simple random sampling technique and was analyzed by applying simple linear regression, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling analysis (SEM) through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The study shows that the Pakistani banking sector is implementing environmental management policies. Foreign banks are more motivated towards corporate social responsibility practices. Cultural differences can influence a manager’s attitude towards implementation of environmental risk-management policies. The result shows that corporate social responsibility has a moderating role in project financing decisions and environmental risk management, stakeholder and credit risk assessment. All hypotheses has significant values.

Keywords: corporate social responsibility; CSR; natural environment management; banking; project financing; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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