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- Title
Have Courage, Be Kind: The Drivers of Corporate Water Commitment.
- Authors
Ali, Inaliah Mohd; Husin, Norhayati Mat; Alrazi, Bakhtiar
- Abstract
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the drivers or factors of corporate governance towards corporate water commitment for the selected sample of global top 50 electric utilities companies. The study also investigate the relationship between corporate governance and corporate water commitment in achieving corporate sustainability through committing to the SDG6. Design/methodology/approach: The research is based on data collection from the Thomson Reuters database for the sample companies for two consecutive years, 2017 - 2018. The sample collected from the top 50 or market capitalization in global electric utilities industry. Findings: Board size, board gender, CEO simultaneously the chairman of the company and corporate social responsibility sustainability committee and ISO 14000 or EMS were significantly correlated to item of corporate water commitment such as water efficient policies, water efficient targets and total amount of water pollutant. Research limitations/implications: Corporate governance and corporate water commitment are based on secondary data and only for the period of two years. Future studies may consider longitudinal analysis and collecting data from other reports such as sustainability reports, annual reports or any stand-alone reports. Practical implications: As the demand for water increase, industries and businesses should play important roles. Corporate water commitment must be further enriched to achieve Sustainable Development Goal, especially the SDG6. Originality/value: This paper may enhance current literatures on corporate water commitment for electric utilities companies.
- Subjects
THOMSON Reuters Corp.; WATER pollution; CORPORATE directors; SOCIAL responsibility of business; ELECTRIC utilities; CORPORATE governance
- Publication
Global Business & Management Research, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 4, p252
- ISSN
1947-5667
- Publication type
Article