Analysis of the relationship between social and environmental investment and inclusion of companies in Corporate Sustainability Index of BMFBOVESPA/Analise da relacao entre investimentos socioambientais e a inclusao de empresas no Indice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial da BMFBOVESPA

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between social and environmental investments and the inclusion of companies in the Corporate Sustainability Index of BM&FBOVESPA, by applying logistic regression. For this, we analyzed information relating to internal and external social and enviro...

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Published inRevista de Ciencias da Administracao p. 141
Main Authors Machado, Marcio Andre Veras, Macedo, Marcelo Alvaro da Silva, Machado, Marcia Reis, de Siqueira, Jose Ricardo Maia
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 01.04.2012
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Summary:This paper aims to investigate the relationship between social and environmental investments and the inclusion of companies in the Corporate Sustainability Index of BM&FBOVESPA, by applying logistic regression. For this, we analyzed information relating to internal and external social and environmental investments, from the social balance of companies.The sample consisted of companies eligible for inclusion in the portfolio ISE in the period of December 2009 to December 2010. According to the results, we can conclude that there is a relationship between environmental investments and entry of firms in the portfolio ISE of BM&FBOVESPA, showing that investment made and evidenced in social and environmental issues is a sign of real commitment to social responsibility and sustainability and not simply a form of accountability of the funds invested. As the variables used, internal social investment (II), External (IE) and environmental (IA), we found that IE is the best proxy to explain this relationship. In other words, the results suggest that companies that invest resources in favor of community, either voluntarily or through taxes, which is or should be a resource applied in society, has more chances of entering the ISE portfolio composition. Key words: Environmental Investments. Corporate Sustainability Index. Logistic Regression. Este artigo objetiva verificar a relacao entre investimentos socioambientais e a inclusao das empresas no Indice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial (ISE) da BM&FBOVESPA, por meio da aplicacao de regressao logistica. Para tanto, foram analisadas informacoes relativas aos investimentos ambientais e sociais internos e externos, retirados dos balancos sociais das empresas sob analise. A amostra foi formada por empresas elegiveis para compor a carteira ISE, no periodo de dezembro de 2009 a dezembro de 2010. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, pode-se concluir que existe relacao entre os investimentos socioambientais e o ingresso das empresas na carteira ISE da BM&FBOVESPA. Isso demonstrou que os investimentos das empresas realizados e evidenciados em questoes socioambientais sao entendidos como indicio de comprometimento real com a responsabilidade social e sustentabilidade e nao simplesmente uma forma de prestacao de contas dos recursos aplicados. Quanto as variaveis utilizadas, investimentos sociais internos (II), externos (IE) e ambientais (IA), observou-se que IE e a melhor proxy para explicar essa relacao, ou seja, os resultados sugerem que empresas que investem recursos em prol da comunidade, seja voluntariamente ou por meio dos tributos, o que e ou pelo menos deveria ser um recurso aplicado na sociedade, tem mais chances de entrar na composicao da carteira ISE. Palavras-chave: Investimentos Socioambientais. Indice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial. Regressao Logistica.
ISSN:1516-3865
1516-3865
DOI:10.5007/2175-8077.2012v14n32p141