Environmental Management System and Financial Performance of Environmentally Sensitive Industries in South Africa

Thomas NYAHUNA; Mishelle DOORASAMY

doi:10.38142/ijesss.v4i2.377

Authors

Thomas NYAHUNA University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Mishelle DOORASAMY University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38142/ijesss.v4i2.377

Keywords:

Environmental Management System, Earnings Per Share, Sustainability, Environmental Performance, Climate Change

Abstract

The influence of environmental management system (EMS) on corporate financial performance within the African corporate context has persistently remained lacking and inconclusive, attributed primarily to the absence of data. However, this study investigates the influence of EMS on corporate financial performance measured by earnings per share (EPS) of 65 Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed environmental sensitive companies from 2014 to 2018. Size was used as a control variable. Using SPPS version 28, this study discover vast evidence of a favourable association between EMS and EPS. The importance of EMA cannot be underestimated. Therefore, this study makes available valuable insights on in what way companies can wholly apply EMS to upsurge corporate financial performance. It was concluded that the government should regulate the implementation of EMS within companies as a source of climate change mitigation and as a strategy to upswing financial and environmental performance.

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