The role of corporate governance and environmental and social responsibilities on the achievement of sustainable development goals in Malaysian logistic companies

Globally, sustainable development goals (SDGs) have gained significant importance due to the uncertain environmental and economic condition that needs researchers' attention. Therefore, the present paper aims to scrutinize the effect of environmental and social responsibilities and corporate governance on the achievement of SDGs of logistic firms in Malaysia. The present research also examines the mediating impact of innovative culture among the linkage of environmental and social responsibilities, corporate governance, and achievement of SDGs of logistic firms in Malaysia. The current article has applied the questionnaire method to gather the primary data from selected respondents. The present research also applied the Smart-PLS to analyze the primary data using measurement and structural model assessment. The results indicated that environmental and social responsibilities have a positive linkage with the achievement of SDGs of logistic firms in Malaysia. The findings also exposed that innovative culture significantly mediates the relationship between environmental and social responsibilities and the achievement of SDGs of logistic firms in Malaysia. The present article has provided the guidelines to the policymakers while formulating the regulations and policies related to the achievement of SDGs in the organization.