Female directors' representation and firm carbon emissions performance: does family control matter?

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Ahmed Atef Oussii, Maher Jeriji
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Abstract

Purpose

This study investigates whether female board representation reduces carbon emissions in French-listed companies. It also analyzes to what extent and in what direction family control moderates this relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors collected data from nonfinancial French-listed companies between 2017 and 2022, totalizing 468 firm-year observations. Then, the data were analyzed using linear regression models with panel data.

Findings

Findings show that board diversity improves firms' emission reduction performance, suggesting that women on board constitute a valuable resource that can bring distinctive management styles to improve carbon emission performance. Furthermore, the carbon performance-favorable orientation of women on board tends to be weaker, according to the family’s interests and wishes.

Practical implications

This research highlights that female directors help boards address carbon risk only in nonfamily firms. Our study also supports policymakers' efforts to improve diversity in the board of directors through the mandatory female directorship quota of 40% since 2011 in France.

Originality/value

This study extends past literature by providing new insights into the effect of board gender diversity and family control on carbon emissions performance in the French context, which is characterized by an increasing trend for higher carbon engagement by listed firms in France, mainly after the Paris Agreement.

女性董事代表与公司碳排放绩效:家族控制是否重要?
目的本研究调查了女性董事会代表是否会减少法国上市公司的碳排放。作者收集了 2017 年至 2022 年期间法国非金融类上市公司的数据,共计 468 个公司年观测值。研究结果研究结果表明,董事会的多元化能提高企业的减排绩效,这表明董事会中的女性是一种宝贵的资源,能带来与众不同的管理风格,从而提高碳排放绩效。此外,根据家族利益和意愿,董事会中女性的碳绩效有利导向往往较弱。本研究扩展了以往的文献,就法国背景下董事会性别多样性和家族控制对碳排放绩效的影响提供了新的见解,其特点是法国上市公司的碳参与度呈上升趋势,主要是在《巴黎协定》之后。
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