Thesis:

Title : The moderating role of firm age and size on the relationship Between board gender diversity, innovation strategies, and environmental, social, and governance performance

Environmental, social and management performance is one of the important topics that has been the focus of current researchers. The results of extensive global studies have shown that two-thirds of people are interested in business units contributing to social goals more than the goals of increasing wealth for shareholders. Inherently, corporate social responsibility requires a long-term perspective. The aim of this research is to investigate the moderating role of company age and size on the relationship between gender diversity of the board of directors, innovation strategies and environmental, social and management performance. In this regard, research hypotheses were tested based on a statistical sample consisting of 101 companies during the years 2020 to 2024 and using multivariable regression models. The research results show that the gender diversity of the board of directors and innovation strategies have a positive and significant effect on the environmental, social and management performance of listed companies. Also, the age and size of the company has a moderating role on the relationship between gender diversity of the board of directors and innovation strategies with environmental and social performance. The results of this research can be useful for investors, shareholders, policy makers and company executives.

Keywords: Keywords: Firm age, Firm size, Board gender diversity, innovation strategies, environmental, social, and governance performance