| dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Montone, Maurizio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Arora, Gandharv | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-09T00:02:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-09T00:02:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/42210 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The ESG score, consisting of environmental, social and governance factors, represents the
non-financial performance of a firm. It is the quantitative measure of a firm’s CSR initiatives.
This paper presents the impact of ESG scores on a firm’s financial performance in Indian
companies. Utilising the Thomson Reuter ESG scores derived from the Refinitiv Eikon, this
research aims to conduct a panel study of 168 publicly traded Indian firms, with data ranging
from 2012 to 2021. It uses accounting- a | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
| dc.language.iso | EN | |
| dc.subject | The thesis is a panel study on Indian comanies and how their ESG scres and CSR innitiatives impact the the financial performance. Both equity based and financial multiples are used and compared from varying industries accross India. As such a study has not been conducted and is of vital importance given the new BRSR reporting standards. | |
| dc.title | The Impacts of Environmental, Social and Governance Factors on Financial
Performance
Panel Study of Indian Firms | |
| dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
| dc.subject.keywords | Environmental, Social, Governance, ESG factor, CSR, Accounting based, Market
based, financial, performance, India, Firm value (Tobin’sQ), Cost of capital (WACC), Return
on assets (ROA), Return on equity (ROE), Earnings per share (EPS), Current Ratio (CR),
Stakeholder, Principal-Agent, Slack Resource | |
| dc.subject.courseuu | Banking and Finance | |
| dc.thesis.id | 7966 | |
