CEOs' and directors' perspective towards environmental sustainability and climate change

Understanding leadership perspectives on environmental issues is fundamental in an era where corporate sustainability is a global priority. This study explores the views of CEOs and Directors on environmental sustain- ability and climate change, investigating how their demographic and professional characteristics are associated with their sentiments. By analyzing 761 comments from the World Economic Forum LinkedIn page, we applied a BERT sentiment analysis and BERTopic modeling to evaluate the sentiments and identify relevant topics. Additionally, Heteroskedasticity-Robust Standard Errors were used to estimate the relationships between variables. Our results reveal that Directors and female leaders exhibit more positive attitudes toward sustainability, and a significant correlation exists between a leader's number of followers and their positive sentiment toward environmental issues. These findings broadly analyze decision-makers' perspectives, supporting strategies for effective engagement plans and policies for these influential stakeholders.