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The forces that shape mandatory ESG reporting

In: Research Handbook on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance

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  • Thorsten Sellhorn
  • Victor Wagner

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In this chapter, we outline the economic forces and social institutions that shape mandatory environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting. We start by introducing the term, development and significance of the ESG concept and related approaches that describe corporate actions beyond shareholder value maximization as well as corporate social and environmental exposures and impacts. ESG reporting is then characterized as an emerging complement of the broader phenomenon of corporate reporting. We continue by discussing the economic forces shaping ESG reporting as reactions to a growing collective awareness that a neoliberalist economic order, with companies focused solely on profit maximization, is causing serious ecological and social problems since externalities are not sufficiently internalized. Transparency about firms' ESG-related matters is then presented as a potential remedy that, however, faces its own challenges and limitations. We then describe the evolving regulatory landscape of mandatory ESG reporting along with its key players and initiatives.

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  • Thorsten Sellhorn & Victor Wagner, 2024. "The forces that shape mandatory ESG reporting," Chapters, in: Thilo Kuntz (ed.), Research Handbook on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance, chapter 12, pages 269-292, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21010_12
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