Going ESG: The Economic Value of Adopting an ESG Policy

Maya Finger, Mosi Rosenboim

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Abstract

Does having an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policy have an impact on stakeholders? This research presents a unique model that allows us to measure the economic value of adopting an ESG policy for financial institutions’ stakeholders. Using the results of a questionnaire distributed among financial institution employees and customers, we find that, on average, employees are willing to forgo 11% of their salary to work for a company that has adopted and implemented such a policy. In addition, customers are willing to pay 47% more in management fees to do business with financial institutions that have such a policy. To our knowledge, this is the first study that quantifies the benefits for financial institutions stakeholders of adopting an ESG policy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number13917
JournalSustainability
Volume14
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2022

Keywords

  • additional value
  • customers
  • employees
  • ESG
  • financial institutions
  • impact

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Building and Construction
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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