The influence of climate risk disclosures on audit engagements remains unclear, largely due to a scarcity of empirical evidence regarding their effect on audit efforts. This study addresses this gap by examining the impact of climate risk disclosures on auditors’ workload. Additionally, it investigates whether political connections and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance moderate this relationship within emerging markets in Egypt. The analysis uses data from non-financial companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange between 2017 and 2022. Multiple regression models were developed to test the research hypotheses. Results reveal that greater climate risk disclosure prompts auditors to exert increased effort. Furthermore, this effect is amplified in companies with political connections and higher ESG performance. Robustness tests, employing alternative measures of climate risk disclosure, confirm these findings.

This study examines the impact of independent board of directors, executive compensation, and political connections on firm performance in one of the biggest democracy countries in South East Asia. Company performance is measured by return on assets (ROA), and firm value is measured by Tobin's Q. Meanwhile, as an independent variable we use several good corporate governance variables, namely the board of directors, executive compensation variable and political connections. Company data are from companies listed in LQ45 index which means the best stock performance in Indonesia capital market. The finding shows the crucial role of independent board of director and political connection for enhancing the firm value. Findings indicate an independent board of director can improve company performance. Meanwhile, executive compensation can provide motivation to increase company value, but has other motivations in improving company performance. Meanwhile, political connections can improve company performance and value. Thus, this study emphasizes the crucial role of the experience and the connection of the board of directors in improving the value of the firm.