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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- © Emerald Publishing Limited
- ISSN
- 2040-8021
- DOI
- 10.1108/sampj-05-2018-0125
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Abstract
Focusing on a sample of firms from environmentally sensitive industries over several years, this study aims to reexamine the association between environmental disclosure and environmental performance.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use a panel data analysis to examine how the interaction between environmental performance and economic and legitimacy factors influence firms’ environmental disclosures.FindingsResults suggest that environmental performance moderates the effect of economic and legitimacy incentives on firms’ propensity to provide proprietary environmental disclosure, with both sets of incentives being influential. More specifically, there appears to be a reporting bias based on the firm’s environmental performance whereas the high-performers disclose more environmental information in the three following vehicles: annual report, 10-K and sustainability reports combined. Results also show that economic and legitimacy factors influence the disclosure decisions of the low and high environmental performers differently.Practical implicationsUnderstanding the determinants of environmental disclosure for high and low environmental performers helps regulators to close the reporting gap between these firms.Social implicationsThere is little evidence to suggest that firms with low-environmental performance attempt to use their disclosures to legitimize their environmental operations.Originality/valueThe study examines environmental disclosures of 78 firms over a period of 14 years in annual, 10-K and sustainability reports. The panel data analysis controls for significant cross-sectional and period effects.
Journal
Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal – Emerald Publishing
Published: Mar 8, 2019
Keywords: Content analysis; Environment; Voluntary disclosure; Legitimization