Abstract
Foreign directors from developed nations are significant brain gains for Chinese firms because they improve board competency and board diversity. We predict and find that percentage of foreign directors from developed countries on Chinese listed firms’ board positively enhance the firms green commitment. Furthermore, we also find that the positive relationship between foreign directors and firms green commitment is more significant when firms are in a low competitive industry, have no financial constraints, and are overseas-listed. Our findings are robust after controlling for endogeneity concerns.