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An Exploratory Study of ESGand R&D
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM).
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM).
2021 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
En utforskande studie i ESG och FoU (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

With the increased relevance of sustainability in society these last years, initiatives have been made to create tools for reporting and measuring sustainability in companies. Recently the EU chose to favour the ESG system, which stands for Environmental, Social and Governance, to create more homogeneity in this sector. Being a relatively recent field, some aspects of the metrics, as well as its interaction with other economic metrics, has not been thoroughly studied. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between R&D investment and ESG metrics, to see if there is some correlation between the two. In this study a linear regression model with data from listed companies from Sweden, Denmark and Norway, is conducted to analyse the relationship. The results were inconclusive, but seem to indicate that there might be ar elationship between the E variables and R&D intensity.

Abstract [sv]

Med den ökade relevansen av hållbarhet i samhället de senaste åren har fler initiativ tagits för att skapa metoder för att rapportera och mäta detta. EU har för att skapa enhetlighet inom frågan nyligen tagit initiativ att börja införandet av ett av dessa system, ESG, som står för Environmental, Social och Governance. Då det är ett relativt nytt ramverk är inte alla variabler och dess interaktioner med andra mer etablerade ekonomiska mätdata fullkomligt kartlagda. Denna studie fokuserar därför på att undersöka förhållandet mellan ESG faktorer och investeringar i forskning och utveckling. Studien gör detta genom att göra en linjär regressionsmodell av data från börsnoterade företag från Sverige, Norge och Danmark. Resultatet av studien kunde inte uppvisa ett signifikant samband, men om kunde delvis peka på en samband vissa E variabler och FoU intensitet.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 100
Series
TRITA-ITM-EX ; 2021:384
Keywords [en]
ESG, ESG metrics, R&D, Linear regression, Scandinavia, Nordics
Keywords [sv]
ESG, ESG faktorer, FoU, Linjär regression, Skandinavien, Norden
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Engineering and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-300169OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-300169DiVA, id: diva2:1588443
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Available from: 2021-08-27 Created: 2021-08-27 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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