In this article, in addition to understanding what are the elements and stages that have guided the formation of a corporate culture in the ESG area, we focus on two specificities: the distinctive traits of the board of directors, on the one hand, and the relationship between ESG performance and the financial performance/company value together with the number of M&A transactions undertaken in the banking sector, on the other hand. In light of the above, the study first investigates the size of the board of directors to identify the key players and the attributes that each board member must possess to optimize ESG performance. This aim was accomplished by screening all European listed company reports and documents published in 2018. Afterwards, on the basis of the results reached in the first round, the second stage scrutinises the banking sector to establish the extent to which ESG’s performance impacts on some key corporate factors (performance, firm value and M&A transactions). This leads to some recommendations regarding the optimal board structure, its internal structure and the features that a target should have if it were involved in an M&A deal. But not only that. In conclusion, we also wonder, ending in a doubtful way, whether pursuing such purposes belongs to the corporate purpose and which are their implications and their impacts with respect to the duties entrusted to directors.

What about the future of European banks? Board characteristics and ESG impact

Cremona, Brando Maria;Passador, Maria Lucia
2019

Abstract

In this article, in addition to understanding what are the elements and stages that have guided the formation of a corporate culture in the ESG area, we focus on two specificities: the distinctive traits of the board of directors, on the one hand, and the relationship between ESG performance and the financial performance/company value together with the number of M&A transactions undertaken in the banking sector, on the other hand. In light of the above, the study first investigates the size of the board of directors to identify the key players and the attributes that each board member must possess to optimize ESG performance. This aim was accomplished by screening all European listed company reports and documents published in 2018. Afterwards, on the basis of the results reached in the first round, the second stage scrutinises the banking sector to establish the extent to which ESG’s performance impacts on some key corporate factors (performance, firm value and M&A transactions). This leads to some recommendations regarding the optimal board structure, its internal structure and the features that a target should have if it were involved in an M&A deal. But not only that. In conclusion, we also wonder, ending in a doubtful way, whether pursuing such purposes belongs to the corporate purpose and which are their implications and their impacts with respect to the duties entrusted to directors.
2019
Cremona, Brando Maria; Passador, Maria Lucia
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