How Do Financial Markets Respond to Corporate Sustainability Disclosure?

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How Do Financial Markets Respond to Corporate Sustainability Disclosure?

Authors:
Thomas P. Lyon
Publication Date:
April 2014

Corporate sustainability reporting initiatives have grown rapidly. Despite their recent significant expansion, the effects of environmental transparency programs on business, public policy, and society remain controversial. This report examines how transparency affects business, emphasizing state-of-the-art research on how financial
markets respond to sustainability information. Established evidence shows that bad corporate environmental news is punished by the market. However, emerging evidence shows that, in some instances, superior environmental performance may also be punished by the market.