A relação entre a performance ambiental e a performance financeira das empresas

This study examines the relationship between the environmental performance and the financial performance of Portuguese corporations, based on a sample of 35 stocks listed in the Euronext Lisbon stock exchange, for the period from 2000 to 2004. Corporate environmental performance is measured by an analysis of the environmental information disclosed in 2003 corporate annual financial reports. Stock market-based measures, such as return, risk and risk-adjusted return measures, are used to evaluate corporate financial performance, for the 5 years observation period. We use the portfolio studies and contingency tables methodology to evaluate the relationship between corporate environmental disclosures and corporate stock market performance. The empirical results suggest that companies that do not disclose environmental information have a superior financial performance – as measured by return, risk and risk-adjusted return – than those that disclose environmental information. In particular, companies with better environmental reporting, which disclose qualitative and quantitative environmental information, are the ones with worse financial performance. Nevertheless the differences found in financial performance are not statistically significant. The empirical results are thus adverse to the more recent view of environmental performance as a competitive advantage, maybe due to the still relatively small importance of environmental issues to companies and investors.

Empresas hospitalares na região Metropolitana de São Paulo: uma análise econômico-financeira (1987-1990)

Este estudo visa conhecer a situação econômico­financeira do setor hospitalar na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo. Baseada num levantamento, em anos sucesstaos, da rentabilidade do capital e dos demais indicadores de dois grupos de hospitais divididos pelo número de leitos: a análise mostra uma inter-relação entre os elementos patrimoniais, cujos números divergem para os dois grupos, mas representam tendências similares. Hospitais de maior porte (150-300 leitos) exibem uma situação econômico-financeira mais forte do que os hospitais menores (com menos de 150 leitos) em todos os indicadores empresariais. Ambos, porém, sofrem das conseqüências de uma inflação crônica e de um mercado regulamentado.