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January 17, 2026Open Access

Female Directors, Family Firms, Climate Talk and Climate Walk: European Evidence

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NBNiklas BergmannLeuphana University of LüneburgPVPatrick VelteLeuphana University of LüneburgIRIgnacio Requejo

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Implication

Analyzes the effects of board gender diversity and family ownership on corporate climate actions in Europe, suggesting implications for governance structures.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how board gender diversity and family ownership influence climate-related corporate activities in European firms.
  • Analyzed emission reduction target data from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
  • Conducted panel regression analyses
  • Performed robustness tests to validate findings
  • Firms with gender-diverse boards show more symbolic climate talk but less substantive climate walk.
  • Family ownership generally correlates with reduced climate actions, influenced by ownership concentration and management style.
  • Female directors can mitigate the negative impacts of family ownership on climate actions.

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Bergmann et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/696b25a9d2a12237a9348f5ehttps://doi.org/10.48548/pubdata-2843
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