Dow Jones sustainability Mila Pacific Alliance index and financial performance of Latin America integrated market
Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting
ISSN: 1985-2517
Article publication date: 26 August 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to determine the association between the companies’ financial indicators and the Dow Jones Sustainability MILA Pacific Alliance Index (DJSMPAUP Index).
Design/methodology/approach
The study adopted a quantitative, explanatory level approach, based on measuring the interactions between the financial performance ratios of these companies (return on assets, return on equity, EBITDA margin and net margin) and sustainability index of MILA member countries. The study used a non-experimental, retrospective, cross-sectional design, using observed data from the annual period spanning 2017 to 2022 for MILA companies and includes analyses before and after COVID-19.
Findings
The estimates show a positive and statistically significant relationship between each company’s financial indicator and the DJSMPAUP index for the period 2017 to 2022.
Research limitations/implications
The primary limitation of the study was the availability of data, which restricted the use of more advanced statistical analyses, and the inclusion of many factors that can be associated with DJSMPAUP. This constraint arose since the index was introduced only from the 2017 annual period, resulting in a limited dataset.
Practical implications
The study sheds light on MILA’s companies and their characteristics and specific conditions, which can help to improve sustainability strategies with an impact on financial performance, primarily due to the significance of MILA in the world economy and the GDP of Latin America. It focuses on an emerging market with a few years of applying sustainability policies.
Social implications
This study contributes to revealing the progress in sustainability for member companies in MILA.
Originality/value
The study connects the financial performance and the sustainability of organizations oriented to the emerging significance of MILA in the world economy.
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Acknowledgements
Author contributions: Rosa Castañeda-Moreano – Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Research, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. Vladimir Rodríguez-Cairo, Data curation, Formal analysis, Research, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation. Óscar Díaz-Becerra, Conceptualization, Research, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Citation
Díaz-Becerra, Ó., Castañeda-Moreano, R. and Rodríguez-Cairo, V. (2024), "Dow Jones sustainability Mila Pacific Alliance index and financial performance of Latin America integrated market", Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFRA-09-2023-0524
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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