Board gender diversity, environmental innovation and corporate carbon emissions

Konadu, Renata; Ahinful, Gabriel Sam; Boakye, Danquah Jeff; Elbardan, Hany

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121279

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“…Drawing on these considerations, it is worth noting that it is not the structural dimension of the board but rather the quality of the related governance mechanisms that affects green ambidextrous innovation. This is in line with scholars who underlined that women, by offering boards a wider and more varied approach, contribute to the enactment of innovation strategies to solve tensions and reduce the conflict between economic development and environmental protection (Konadu et al, 2022).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

“…Scholars have underlined that firms with a greater female presence among top managers tend to achieve greater success in innovation (Chen et al, 2018). However, female characteristics on boards and their influence on environmental innovation ambidexterity still need further investigation (He et al, 2019;Rejeb et al, 2020;Konadu et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Environmental sustainability orientation and ambidextrous green innovation: do the roles of women on corporate boards matter?

CIASULLO

MONTERA²,

DOUGLAS³

2022

Sinergie Italian Journal of Management

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Purpose of the paper: This study investigates the relationship between environmental sustainability orientation and green innovation ambidexterity and considers the role of women on corporate boards in moderating this relationship. To this end, a research model was developed according to the Natural Resource Based View Theory and the Upper Echelon Theory.Methodology: A survey was conducted of 116 listed Italian companies with at least one female director holding a specified role. A moderated hierarchical regression was employed to test the research hypotheses.Findings: Environmental sustainability orientation positively influences green exploitation innovation and exploration innovation. Moreover, the roles of women on corporate boards strengthen the effect of environmental sustainability orientation on green innovation ambidexterity.Research limits: The size of the sample and its nature required prudence in generalizing the results to unlisted Italian companies.Practical implications: Environmental sustainability orientation is an affordable solution to address the innovation paradox, since it contributes to a balance between exploitation and exploration activities. Moreover, a higher number of female directors should be present on the boards of firms that look to improve environmental sustainability by fostering green innovation ambidexterity.Originality of the paper: Environmental sustainability orientation, green innovation ambidexterity, and women on corporate boards were contextually investigated for the first time. Thus, the study adds a more granular understanding of these constructs through a model that is theoretically derived and empirically examined.

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confidence: 99%

Environmental sustainability orientation and ambidextrous green innovation: do the roles of women on corporate boards matter?

CIASULLO

MONTERA²,

DOUGLAS³

2022

Sinergie Italian Journal of Management

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“…This phenomenon strengthens previous research that female directors care more about environmental issues than men (Oware et al, 2022;Wu et al, 2022). As a result, their presence improves the company's environmental management quality and results in high environmental performance (Konadu et al, 2022). However, Cucari et al (2018) stated that having female directors is not guaranteed to provide a better different perspective and instead shows a negative effect if they cannot play an active role in making strategic decisions related to the corporate environment.…”

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confidence: 82%

The Role of Female and Millennial Directors on the Environmental Performance of Indonesian SOEs

Wardhani

Purwinanti

Priandi

2022

Jurnal Ilmiah Akuntansi dan Bisnis

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The Indonesian Ministry of SOEs seeks to increase the proportion of female and millennial directors on the SOE board of directors to improve the environmental performance of SOE. This study aims to obtain empirical evidence of female and millennial directors' influence on the environmental performance of SOE. The results indicate that female directors have a negative effect on environmental performance. The proportion of female directors is only a political reason to meet the quota requirements for women directors on the SOE board of directors. They only practice tokenism without having management power over the environment. Conversely, millennial directors have a positive impact on environmental performance. Robustness testing shows the same results as the primary research model and proves that this study's findings are robust. This research has implications for The Ministry of SOEs to increase millennial directors' representation to improve SOE corporate governance and obtain high environmental performance. Keywords: female directors, millennial directors, environmental performance

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“…Most studies measure diversity based on the proportion of the subjects examined (Ramirez, 2000). Therefore, gender diversity is measured by the proportion of women in board (Konadu et al, 2022), labeled as GD. Board age diversity is measured using the coefficient of variation (CV), which is obtained as the ratio of the standard deviation of board age to the mean of age, labeled as AD (Talavera et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, the results of studies on the relationship between board structure and corporate environmental performance (CEP) are inconsistent (Beji et al, 2021; Khan et al, 2013). For example, Xie et al (2020) find that environmental information disclosure is promoted by the proportion of women on boards, while Konadu et al (2022) hold an opposing view. As can be seen, the existing literature only explores the impact of board structure on environmental performance or digital transformation, ignoring the moderating role of board structure in both.…”

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Digital transformation and corporate environmental performance: The moderating role of board characteristics

Chen

Hao

2022

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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Digital transformation, board characteristics, and environmental performance are increasingly important in the field of corporate sustainability. However, despite the growing literature on digital transformation, there is a paucity of literature that considers board characteristics. This paper aims to fill this gap by exploring the relationship between digital transformation and environmental performance from the perspective of board characteristics. Chinese listed companies from 2010 to 2019 were taken as the original data, the moderating effect of the board characteristics was tested by using the moderating effect model. We find that digital transformation can significantly improve corporate environmental performance. A low willingness to digital transformation was showed in the board of directors with age diversity, nationality diversity, shareholding concentration, and political connections. In contrast, digital transformation strategies were preferred in the boards with more female directors and higher educational backgrounds. Our study is of significant value for companies undergoing digital transformation.

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Board gender diversity, environmental innovation and corporate carbon emissions

Cited by 145 publications

References 123 publications

Environmental sustainability orientation and ambidextrous green innovation: do the roles of women on corporate boards matter?

Environmental sustainability orientation and ambidextrous green innovation: do the roles of women on corporate boards matter?

The Role of Female and Millennial Directors on the Environmental Performance of Indonesian SOEs

Digital transformation and corporate environmental performance: The moderating role of board characteristics

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