This paper examines the effect of board gender diversity on firms’ carbon emissions. Using a sample of firms from 43 countries during the 2005–2019 period, we establish that firms with more gender-diverse boards have a lower carbon footprint. Our results are shown to be robust for a battery of sensitivity checks, including the use of alternative definitions of board gender diversity, multiple estimation methods, inclusion of additional control variables, and potential endogeneity concerns.

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董事会中的女性代表和碳排放：国际证据

本文研究了董事会性别多样性对公司碳排放的影响。使用 2005-2019 年期间来自 43 个国家的公司样本，我们确定拥有更多性别多元化董事会的公司的碳足迹较低。我们的结果被证明对于一系列敏感性检查是稳健的，包括使用董事会性别多样性的替代定义、多种估计方法、包含额外的控制变量和潜在的内生性问题。