Impact of Sustainability Performance of Company on its Financial Performance: A Study of Listed Indian Companies
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corporate sustainability, financial performance, corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability reporting, socially responsible investment (SRI
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Sustainability is a crucial issue for corporate world today The interest of investors in Socially Responsible Investment SRI has grown substantially over last decade Thus sustainability has potential to influence company performance The purpose of this paper is to find whether sustainable companies are more profitable Various researches were conducted in past for examining this relationship Results however have been mixed and inconclusive Moreover most of the studies have been conducted in context of developed countries The purpose of this paper is to examine impact of sustainability rating of company on its financial performance in an Indian context using secondary data We also separately analyze impact of four key components of sustainability i e Community Employees Environment and Governance on financial performance We find no significant association between overall sustainability rating and financial performance However further analysis reveals that four components of sustainability have significant but varying impact on financial performance
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