期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：12
页码：956-975
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i12/11834
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：This study contributes to the existing literature on corporate Environmental Social Governance (ESG) by examining the relationship between ESG performance and firm performance. The scope of ESG practices across Malaysian Public Listed Companies (PLCs) in various risk-level industries (i.e., high, medium, and low) is investigated in this study. The resource-based view (RBV) was applied to a sample of pioneer ESG companies with seven years of observations extracted from Bloomberg’s ESG data. The quantitative method employed was panel data, specifically, the seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model and comparison of different levels of risk sectors (high, medium, and low), with the aim of achieving robust results. Based on trend analysis, the medium-risk sectors and governance mean performance exhibited the best achievement in seven years of observation. Tobin's Q demonstrated that the market value and replacement value of physical assets are more reliable indicators of asset utilisation in the medium-risk sector than the ROA. While all PLCs across all industries receive green efforts, medium-risk sectors, such as housebuilders and developers, telecommunications, and consumer goods, are proactive in offering green products and services that directly impact consumers' daily lives. However, there is development potential and an extraordinary opportunity for both high-risk and low-risk industries. Improved planning and a more favourable business climate would enable all industries to widen their ESG objectives. Simultaneously, it is possible to identify and replicate the best practices in medium-risk ESGs to advance and attract investment in these two sectors. This study adds to the existing body of knowledge about the impact of business accountability and responsibility by examining cross-sector risk in Malaysia, a previously unstudied context.
