Journal of Social Commerce
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025): Journal of Social Commerce

Reputational Signaling through Sustainability Disclosure and Profitability in Stakeholder-Driven Markets

Hamrianto, Jeilan (Unknown)
Lasmaria S, Pingkan (Unknown)
Tansuria, Billy Ivan (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Aug 2025

Abstract

This study examines the effect of corporate sustainability practices, as measured by GRI G4-based ESG disclosure scores, on stock prices in 38 mining companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2019–2023. In addition, corporate profitability (Return on Assets/ROA) is tested as a moderating variable to see whether the level of profit strengthens or weakens the relationship between ESG and stock prices. Panel data are analyzed using pooled OLS with robust standard errors after passing a series of classical assumption tests. The regression results show that neither ESG scores nor ESG×ROA interactions have a significant effect on stock returns, and the control variables also show no significance. The model only explains 3.50% of the variation in stock returns (R² = 0.0350), indicating that the dominance of other external factors such as commodity price volatility and macroeconomic policies have not been observed in this research model. This finding confirms that ESG sustainability signals have not been fully internalized by the capital market of mining companies in Indonesia, so that strengthening regulations, fiscal incentives, and independent audits are needed to improve the effectiveness of sustainability reporting.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jommerce

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Journal of Social Commerce with ISSN 2809-9303 (Online) and 2809-929X (Print) is an international journal published by Celebes Scholar pg. The Journal of Social Commerce aims at providing platform for scholars, researchers, practitioners, professors, and students to publish their literary work in ...