Date of Award
Spring 2024
Thesis Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Honors Bachelor of Arts
Department
Business
Sponsor
Marc Sardy
Committee Member
Richard Lewin
Committee Member
Missy Barnes
Abstract
As environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, has only gained prominence in the 21st century, a great host of data has become available from company’s sustainability reports which have yet to be fully analyzed. This paper examines the ESG ratings of publicly traded companies based on the different ages of the companies, Using company founding dates from FactSet Research Systems Inc. and ESG ratings from HIP Investor Inc. on companies that the agency evaluates, the average ESG ratings of companies were compared between four groups of companies divided based on their ages to determine whether results vary for the different company ages. The results show that the average ESG rating for older companies are mostly greater than those for younger companies.
Recommended Citation
Thomas, Jonathan, "How Company Age Affects ESG Ratings" (2024). Honors Program Theses. 241.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/honors/241
Rights Holder
Jonathan Thomas