Date: 2023-05-30 Level: Bachelor's Thesis in Business Administration, 15 credits Department: School of Business, Society and Technology, Mälardalen University Author: Vilma Andersson Lovisa Skagerlind 99/05/10 99/08/09 Title: The relationship between sustainability signalling and profitability - A quantitative study of environmental, social and economic signals in companies sustainability reports Supervisor: Aija Voitkane Keywords: Profitability, Sustainability reporting, ROA, ROE, signal theory Research questions: What is the relationship between signalling sustainability in environmental, social and economics and profitability of companies? Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a connection between sustainability reporting and profitability. Method: The study applies a quantitative cross-sectional study with a deductive approach. The collection has been made through the database Business Retriever and separate sustainability reports. Conclusion: The study found a negative relationship between ROE and signalling of the economic and social dimension, based on a non-significant result. The study also found a significant negative relationship between ROA and signalling of the economic and social dimension.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-62692 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Andersson, Vilma, Skagerlind, Lovisa |
| Publisher | Mälardalens universitet, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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