Risk modelling of ESG (environmental, social, and governance), healthcare, and financial sectors

Sajid M. Chaudhry, Xihui Haviour Chen, Rizwan Ahmed, Muhammad Ali Nasir*

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Abstract

Climate change poses enormous ecological, socio‐economic, health, and financial challenges. A novel extreme value theory is employed in this study to model the risk to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), healthcare, and financial sectors and assess their downside risk, extreme systemic risk, and extreme spillover risk. We use a rich set of global daily data of exchange‐traded funds (ETFs) from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2022 in the case of healthcare and financial sectors and from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2022 in the case of ESG sector. We find that the financial sector is the riskiest when we consider the tail index, tail quantile, and tail expected shortfall. However, the ESG sector exhibits the highest tail risk in the extreme environment when we consider a shock in the form of an ETF drop of 25% or 50%. The ESG sector poses the highest extreme systemic risk when a shock comes from China. Finally, we find that ESG and healthcare sectors have lower extreme spillover risk (contagion risk) compared to the financial sector. Our study seeks to provide valuable insights for developing sustainable economic, business, and financial strategies. To achieve this, we conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of the ESG, healthcare, and financial sectors, employing an innovative approach to risk modelling in response to ecological challenges.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages19
JournalRisk Analysis
Early online date21 Jul 2023
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 21 Jul 2023

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Keywords

  • healthcare risks
  • ESG
  • risk analysis
  • risk assessment
  • ecological risk modeling
  • financial risks
  • extreme value theory

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