Caner DİNCER, Banu DİNCER, Ayşe İrem KESKİN

SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK VE FİNANSAL PERFORMANS ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN BIST100 VE BIST SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK ŞİRKETLERİ ARACILIĞIYLA İNCELENMESİ

Küresel olarak şirketler, 80'li yıllarda çevresel ve sosyal yönleri işletmeye entegre etmeye başlamışlardır. Günümüzde sürdürülebilirlik konusu kurumsal dünya için son on yılda paydaşların sürdürülebilirlik çabalarına artan ilgisi ile çok önemli bir konu olmuştur. Dolayısıyla sürdürülebilirlik, yönetim kararlarını ve böylece şirketin finansal performansını etkileme potansiyeline sahiptir. Araştırmanın amacı, Borsa İstanbul verileri kullanılarak, sürdürülebilirliğin finansal performans ile ilişkisini araştırmaktır. Bu alanda birçok çalışma olmasına rağmen sonuçlar net değildir. Bu bağlamda Borsa İstanbul (BIST100) ve Borsa İstanbul Sürdürülebilirlik Endeksi (BIST Sürdürülebilirlik) içinde yer alan şirketler ve bu şirketlerin finansal ve piyasa verileri kullanılarak olası ilişkiler araştırılmıştır. Bu veri seti 2016-2018 yıllarını içeren 165 kullanılabilir veriden oluşmaktadır. Regresyon analizi bulguları, sürdürülebilirliğin şirketin finansal performansını büyüklük, kaldıraç ve oynaklık değişkenleri aracılığıyla olumlu etkilediğini göstermektedir. Sonuç olarak, araştırma sürdürülebilirlik politikalarını ve sürdürülebilirlik esaslarını uygulayan firmaların, uygulamayan firmalara göre daha yüksek finansal performansa sahip olduklarına işaret ederek pozitif yönde sonuç bulan çalışmaları desteklemektedir.

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE VIA BIST 100 AND BIST SUSTAINABILITY COMPANIES

Globally, the companies began integrating environmental and social aspects into the business during the 80's. Sustainability is a vital topic for today’s corporate world with the growing interest of stakeholders during the last decade. Thus, sustainability has a great potential to influence management decisions and financial performance. This research’s purpose is to investigate, in an emerging market context, the relationship between the sustainability and the financial performance. Although there are many works in this field, results are mixed. Accordingly, using the companies’ financial and market data in Borsa Istanbul (BIST100) and the Borsa Istanbul Sustainability Index (BIST Sustainability) relationships are investigated. This data consists of 165 usable data including 2016-2018 period. The analysis shows that sustainability positively affects the financial performance through size, leverage and volatility. Thus, the research supports positive results by pointing out that companies applying sustainability principles and policies have higher financial performance than other companies.

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