ESG Disclosure, Pro-environmental Behavior and Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (11 December 2023) | Viewed by 1839
Special Issue Editor
Interests: crisis management; corporate social responsibility; research methods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce a new Special Issue of Sustainability titled “ESG Disclosure, Pro-environmental Behavior and Sustainability”.
Almost every corporation is engaged in corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. It is important to let internal and external stakeholders know what has been done. Listed companies are more likely to report their CSR engagement due to the regulations. Other companies are free to state their involvement. It would usually be expressed in a report format such as a sustainability report. The environmental, social and governance disclosure is essential so that stakeholders will form positive views on the corporation. The report should motivate employees to have more citizenship, pro-social and/or pro-environmental behaviour.
On the other side of the coin, it has been argued that ESG disclosure would be limited to satisfy regulation requirements and/or positive events. As a result, limited and positive information would be obtained from stakeholders. This asymmetric information would lead to wrong decisions from investors. “Green washings” easily occur as the field is loosely monitored. A similar argument applies to the seventeen sustainable development goals by the United Nations. It covers almost all the aspects from ending poverty, improving health and education, reducing inequality and improving economic growth. Specific targets have been set on those development goals. There is an urgent need to discuss the existing and future role of ESG reporting or its equivalent.
Major themes are association between ESG disclosure and firm performance; what CSR initiatives do we need to report? The association between ESG disclosure and pro-environmental intention; green washing; blue washing and carbon neutrality.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Corporate social responsibility;
- Environmental, social and governance (ESG);
- Sustainability report;
- Pro-environmental behaviour;
- Sustainable development goals.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Tai Ming Wut
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ESG disclosure
- pro-environmental behavior
- sustainability
