CSR Research: The Value of Corporate Citizenship

RESEARCH BRIEF - To reap financial benefits from socially focused activities, companies should first manage their external reputational threats and organizational innovation effectively.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Researchers studied 80 CSR initiatives of various consumer-packaged goods brands, classifying each into one of three categories... Which one most affected sales?

RESEARCH BRIEF - Does corporate social and environmental performance have a positive impact on corporate innovation? Researchers say yes.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Researchers studied more than 1,800 U.S. firms using ESG performance scores to examine whether and how ESG performance might contribute to firm valuation by stockholders.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Strong performance on CSR issues that are material to a company’s industry positively affects financial performance.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Companies with higher corporate citizenship scores are less likely to default on debt obligations.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Researchers examined the relationship between CSR ratings and credit risk by analyzing the influence of environmental, social, and governance ratings on different measures of credit risk across U.S. and E.U. firms.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Researchers collected data for 456 public U.S. companies, examining board characteristics, corporate sustainability performance, and corporate financial performance over a five-year span.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Researchers used ESG data on more than 400 firms in 17 countries, looking at how firm size and industry affect the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Researchers surveyed 252 U.S. consumers, who were asked to read a negative news article about a fictitious pharmaceutical company, along with an apology statement admitting fault for failing to report adverse side effects of its pain reliever.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Researchers examined more than 1,500 bonds from S&P 500 companies and the firms’ ESG scores to determine if there is a relationship between a company’s score and their cost of debt.

RESEARCH BRIEF - Can positive changes in a company's ESG characteristics serve as a useful indicator for predicting investment quality?