The is the R code and data used for my bachelor thesis in sustainable corporate governance.
ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to examine the amount of sustainability experience in supervisory boards of listed German companies. I do this by examining 78 supervisory boards of German listed companies on the DAX and MDAX stock market indexes. I use CV and annual report research to collect data. I find that the majority of supervisory boards do not have sustainability experience. In additional analyses, I find that there are several structural approaches supervisory board take to address sustainability, however, some can be considered “green washing” attempts. Moreover, I provide evidence that companies with strong brand awareness or companies in environmentally sensitive industries are more likely to have sustainability experience in their supervisory board. In addition, I find that supervisory board members with sustainability experience are more likely to be female than male, more likely to be international, and most commonly have a finance or innovation functional background.