Title: Empirical analysis on corporate governance impact on carbon footprint reduction towards performance of firm: an empirical investigation

Authors: Cheng-Jui Tseng

Addresses: Graduate School of Technology in Finance, CTBC Business School, Taiwan

Abstract: To enable this study, data on questionnaire responses were collected from 300 employees. The study examines factors, like increasing board size, board gender diversity, board independence, sustainability committees, CEO duality, and ownership concentration. Further analysis is done utilising the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) on the obtained details. Moreover, to statistically identify the relationship among independent variables, ANOVA assessment is carried out. Finally, the analysis evident that the ownership concentration serves as the most significant contributor to lowering the carbon emissions, as it has shown the biggest impact on the issue.

Keywords: corporate governance; carbon footprint; greenhouse gases; GHG; carbon emission; carbon emission reduction; CER.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2024.138433

International Journal of Global Warming, 2024 Vol.33 No.2, pp.157 - 184

Received: 02 Nov 2023
Accepted: 20 Dec 2023
Published online: 03 May 2024 *

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