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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 31, 2018
The 2nd International Conference on Energy, Environmental and Information System (ICENIS 2017)
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| Article Number | 09001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | 09. Environmental Policy, Planning and Education | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183109001 | |
| Published online | 21 February 2018 | |
Does Green Investment Increase Financial Performance? Empirical Evidence from Indonesian Companies
Faculty of Economics & Business, Diponegoro University, Semarang - Indonesia
* Corresponding author: anis_chariri@live.undip.ac.
The negative effects of globalization and rapid growth of industries on environment have changed the business paradigm from profit issues to profit, people and planet (triple bottom line). Consequently, a number of companies have invested their money in environmental issues (called as green investment). This study aims to investigate the effect of firm characteristics on green investment and how green investment influences financial performance. Using annual reports of companies receiving the Program for Pollution Control, Evaluation and Rating (PROPER) award and listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchanges in the year of 2009-2014 as research data, the findings showed that firm size, foreign ownership, industry profile, and frequency of audit committee meeting significantly influenced green investment whereas ISO14001 management certification had no effect on it. Interestingly, green investment positively determined an increase in firm financial performance. This reveals that the better the green investment, the higher the financial performance of the companies. The findings contribute to the importance of adopting green investment as a company's strategy to increase profit without destroying the environment. Secondly, this finding can be used by government as a reference for formulating any regulations concerning business and environment. Finally, the finding contributes to the importance of including environmental issues in business education.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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