The Impact of Sustainability on Financial Brand Value: A Conceptual and Empirical Approach

As sustainability has become an imperative for brands, estimating the impact that sustainability initiatives have on the financial value of brands is essential for marketing executives to elaborate their business case for brand-building sustainability investments. However, the impact of sustainabili...

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Autor: Salinas Fabbri, María Gabriela
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/132076
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132076
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:502.131.1(043.2)
Economía
53 Ciencias Económicas
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Sumario:As sustainability has become an imperative for brands, estimating the impact that sustainability initiatives have on the financial value of brands is essential for marketing executives to elaborate their business case for brand-building sustainability investments. However, the impact of sustainability on financial brand value is not clear, with academics differing about the nature, sign and strength of this relationship. This can be partially explained by the fact that prior research focus on corporate sustainability performance has overlooked the crucial role of customer perceptions in shaping financial brand value. Besides this, the choice of suitable methodologies for assessing the impact of sustainability on financial brand value and the identification of appropriate sustainability metrics for incorporation into brand valuation models remain controversial issues...