A Review : Corporate Governance and Sustainability

Abstract

The study was to summarize corporate governance and sustainability performance empirically. The increased importance of corporate social responsibility has also been associated with an increased demand for better information on companies’ sustainability performance. However, sustainability performance and reporting are (still) voluntary, though CG pressures may urge companies to become more responsible for their sustainability performance. This was achieved by reviewing other studies undertaken by other scholars across the world over the period. Again, the review was based on the GRI (Global Reporting Index) and sustainable goals for agenda 2030. The implication of the study was not just to extend literature but also to provide a new beginning and an idea for the recent development in corporate governance and sustainability performance. The outcome was also meant to add to the continuous standard-setting agenda, primarily as the summary was based on the GRI framework and the sustainable goals agenda.