To more deeply understand the shareholder value and operating performance effects of appointing CSEs (corporate sustainability executives), Georgia Tech researchers, including Dr. Manpreet Hora, Dr. Vinod Singhal, and Dr. Ravi Subramanian worked with Dr. Priyank Arora, University of Massachussets Amherst, to study the empirical link between CSE appointments and financial performance
Overall, their findings support the strategy of appointing CSEs to top management teams--and provides data to enable executives and stakeholders to comprehend the financial benefits of hiring CSEs.