Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors

66 Pages Posted: 19 Aug 2019 Last revised: 30 Nov 2022

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Emirhan Ilhan

National University of Singapore

Philipp Krueger

University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI); Swiss Finance Institute; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); University of Geneva - Geneva School of Economics and Management

Zacharias Sautner

University of Zurich - Department of Finance; Swiss Finance Institute; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Laura T. Starks

University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance

Date Written: September 1, 2022

Abstract

Through a survey and analyses of observational data, we provide systematic evidence that institutional investors value and demand climate risk disclosures. The survey reveals the investors have a strong demand for climate risk disclosures, and many actively engage their portfolio firms for improvements. Empirical analyses of holdings data corroborate this evidence by showing a significantly positive association between climate-conscious institutional ownership and better firm-level climate risk disclosure. We establish further evidence of institutional investors’ influence on firms’ climate risk disclosures by examining a shock to the climate risk disclosure demand of French institutional investors (French Article 173).

Keywords: Climate risk disclosure, non-financial reporting, institutional investors

JEL Classification: G11, G3, Q54

Suggested Citation

Ilhan, Emirhan and Krueger, Philipp and Sautner, Zacharias and Starks, Laura T., Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors (September 1, 2022). Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 19-66, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 661/2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3437178 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3437178

Emirhan Ilhan

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Philipp Krueger

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Zacharias Sautner (Contact Author)

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Laura T. Starks

University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance ( email )

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