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U‐shaped relationship between environmental performance and financial performance of non‐financial companies: An empirical assessment

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  • Suchismita Ghosh
  • Ritu Pareek
  • Tarak Nath Sahu

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This study takes inspiration from the resource‐based view theory and two‐little of a good thing theory to scrutinize the influence of environmental performance (EP) on the firms' financial performance (FP). This study comes up with different interpretations like initially negative and later on positive impact of EP measured in terms of environmental disclosure score (EDS) on the firms' economic performance measured in terms of Tobin's Q, considering a nonlinear association between them. In order to examine the research hypothesis, static as well as generalized method of moments (GMM)‐based dynamic panel data analysis has been used on the selected non‐financial Indian companies for eleven financial years which commences from 2010 up to 2020. The result in the study confirms a positive U‐shaped linkage between EP and FP because firms achieve better and positive FP when the EDS increases continuously and crosses the threshold limit of 36 points in the long run, respectively. The result suggests that managers and investors to be cautious and courageous because EP will generate positive results due to the availability of critical resources and organization discretion in the long run but will harm at the minimum level.

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  • Suchismita Ghosh & Ritu Pareek & Tarak Nath Sahu, 2023. "U‐shaped relationship between environmental performance and financial performance of non‐financial companies: An empirical assessment," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(4), pages 1805-1815, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:corsem:v:30:y:2023:i:4:p:1805-1815
    DOI: 10.1002/csr.2456
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