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Kan hållbarhet vara en värdeskapare?: Sambandet mellan hållbarhet och bolagsvärde på Stockholmsbörsen 2016-2021
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

 Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka eventuella samband mellan svenska noterade bolags hållbarhetsarbete och hållbarhetsredovisning utifrån ESG hållbarhetsbetyg, primärt i relation till uppfattat bolagsvärde och sekundärt även i relation till bolagsstorlek vad gäller nettoomsättning och redovisat eget kapital. Fåtalet snarlikastudier har utförts på den svenska marknaden vilket motiverade syftet i denna uppsats. 

Metod: Studien tillämpade en kvantitativ forskningsstrategi med utgångspunkt från nyckeltalsdata och ESG-betyginsamlade från S&P Global  2016-2020. Finansiella nyckeltalsdata inklusive estimerat bolagsvärde insamlades från Morningstar Direct. Regressionsanalyser och Pearsons korrelationsanalys genomfördes i Excel och testades mot fyra hypoteser. 

Resultat & slutsats: Inga samband påvisades mellan bolagsvärde och ESG. Samband mellan nyckeltalen för eget kapital och nettoomsättning i förhållande till bolagsstorlek kunde konstateras, men inte i samband med ESG hållbarhetsbetyg. Slutsatsen blev att samband saknades på grund av de motsatta effekter som hållbarhetsarbete har på kort respektive lång sikt, där hållbarhet innebär minskat bolagsvärde på kort sikt men ökat bolagsvärde på lång sikt. En annan slutsats var att framtida analyser behöver bygga på separerade snarare än aggregerade EGS-betyg som analyseras branschvis. 

Studiens bidrag: Studien tillför ytterligare kunskap till forskningen genom iakttagelsen att relationen mellan ESG och bolagsvärde kan variera beroende på bolagsstorlek, tidsperspektiv och bransch.

Abstract [en]

The aim of this thesis is to investigate possible connections between Swedish listed companies' sustainability work and sustainability reporting based on ESG's sustainability rating, primarily in relation to perceived company value and secondarily also in relation to company size in terms of net sales and reported equity. Few similar studies have been performed on the Swedish market, which justified the aim of this essay.

Method: The study applied a quantitative research strategy based on key figure data and ESG ratings collected from S&P Global 2016-2020. Financial key figures data including estimated company value were collected from Morningstar Direct. Regression analyzes and Pearson's correlation analysis were performed in Excel and tested against four hypotheses.

Results & conclusion: No relationship was demonstrated between company value and ESG. A relationship between the key ratios for equity and net sales in relation to company size could be established, but not in connection with the ESG sustainability rating. The conclusion was that there was a lack of connection due to the opposite effects that sustainability work has in the short and long term, respectively, where sustainability means reduced company value in the short term but increased company value in the long term. Another conclusion was that future analyzes need to be based on separate rather than aggregated EGS scores that are analyzed by industry.

Contribution of the thesis: The study adds additional knowledge to the research by observing that the relationship between ESG and company value can vary depending on company size, time perspective and industry.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 67
Keywords [en]
Company value, ESG rating, sustainability report, sustainability work
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Economics and Business
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-48186OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-48186DiVA, id: diva2:1630590
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Business Studies
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Available from: 2022-01-21 Created: 2022-01-20 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

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