Factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 good bursa saham Malaysia index (F4GBM Index)

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 Good Bursa Malaysia Index (F4GBM Index). The analysis is based on the sample from 31 public listed companies in F4GBM Index as of June 2017. The s...

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Main Author:	Yasmin, Mohamad Tahir
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2019
Subjects:	HG Finance
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spelling	my-uum-etd.85392021-08-08T08:47:06Z Factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 good bursa saham Malaysia index (F4GBM Index) 2019 Yasmin, Mohamad Tahir Alam, Md Mahmudul School of Economics, Finance & Banking School of Economics, Finance & Banking HG Finance The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 Good Bursa Malaysia Index (F4GBM Index). The analysis is based on the sample from 31 public listed companies in F4GBM Index as of June 2017. The sample period covered from 2007 to 2016. Using Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and Pooled OLS Model (POLS), the results of this paper indicate that credit ratio and liquidity ratio have positive significant relationships with ESG rating, environmental rating and governance rating but profitability ratio and DuPont analysis ratio are not significant with ESG rating, environmental rating and governance rating. Meanwhile for social rating, it has positive significant with profitability ratio, credit ratio and liquidity ratio but not significant with DuPont analysis ratio for the 31 public listed companies in F4GBM Index. This research contributes to the literature based on the context of Malaysian public listed companies which are listed in F4GBM Index and delivers empirical evidence on the influences of profitability ratio, credit ratio, liquidity ratio and DuPont analysis ratio towards ESG rating. The findings of the study will be highly beneficial for securities capital market investors in making ESG investments in Malaysia's public listed companies through the disclosures made on financial performances of profitability ratio, credit ratio, liquidity ratio and DuPont analysis ratio. As for the public listed companies, it will help to boost up the profile and exposure of public listed companies which leading in ESG practices and to create an environment or encouragement for best practice disclosure by the public listed compames. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8539/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8539/1/Deposit%20Permission-s819916.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/8539/2/s819916_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8539/3/s819916_references.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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spellingShingle	HG Finance Yasmin, Mohamad Tahir Factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 good bursa saham Malaysia index (F4GBM Index)
description	The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 Good Bursa Malaysia Index (F4GBM Index). The analysis is based on the sample from 31 public listed companies in F4GBM Index as of June 2017. The sample period covered from 2007 to 2016. Using Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and Pooled OLS Model (POLS), the results of this paper indicate that credit ratio and liquidity ratio have positive significant relationships with ESG rating, environmental rating and governance rating but profitability ratio and DuPont analysis ratio are not significant with ESG rating, environmental rating and governance rating. Meanwhile for social rating, it has positive significant with profitability ratio, credit ratio and liquidity ratio but not significant with DuPont analysis ratio for the 31 public listed companies in F4GBM Index. This research contributes to the literature based on the context of Malaysian public listed companies which are listed in F4GBM Index and delivers empirical evidence on the influences of profitability ratio, credit ratio, liquidity ratio and DuPont analysis ratio towards ESG rating. The findings of the study will be highly beneficial for securities capital market investors in making ESG investments in Malaysia's public listed companies through the disclosures made on financial performances of profitability ratio, credit ratio, liquidity ratio and DuPont analysis ratio. As for the public listed companies, it will help to boost up the profile and exposure of public listed companies which leading in ESG practices and to create an environment or encouragement for best practice disclosure by the public listed compames.
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author	Yasmin, Mohamad Tahir
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title	Factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 good bursa saham Malaysia index (F4GBM Index)
title_short	Factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 good bursa saham Malaysia index (F4GBM Index)
title_full	Factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 good bursa saham Malaysia index (F4GBM Index)
title_fullStr	Factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 good bursa saham Malaysia index (F4GBM Index)
title_full_unstemmed	Factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 good bursa saham Malaysia index (F4GBM Index)
title_sort	factors that influence environmental, social and governance (esg) rating for public listed companies in ftse4 good bursa saham malaysia index (f4gbm index)
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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publishDate	2019
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Factors that influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating for public listed companies in FTSE4 good bursa saham Malaysia index (F4GBM Index)

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