Halkos, George and Skouloudis, Antonis (2015): Exploring corporate disclosure on climate change: Evidence from the Greek business sector.
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Abstract
An increasing number of large corporations around the world engage in accounting for and reporting on their plans and measures towards climate change, as part of their environmental responsibility agenda. Using a disclosure index, this study investigates the status of the disclosure practices of the top 100 companies operating in Greece with respect to the pivotal issue of climate change. Determinants which drive Greek companies to publicly disclose such information are examined while overlapping perspectives for the Greek case are outlined. The analysis suggests that only a small group of leading Greek companies appears to endorse a climate change discourse as an instrument of empowering stakeholders’ decision-making. Most other corporations still tend to disregard disclosure practices of their actions towards this global issue.
Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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Original Title: | Exploring corporate disclosure on climate change: Evidence from the Greek business sector |
Language: | English |
Keywords: | Climate change; corporate disclosure; corporate social responsibility; content analysis; Greece. |
Subjects: | F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F55 - International Institutional Arrangements L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q50 - General Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q54 - Climate ; Natural Disasters and Their Management ; Global Warming Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q58 - Government Policy Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q59 - Other |
Item ID: | 64566 |
Depositing User: | G.E. Halkos |
Date Deposited: | 25 May 2015 13:40 |
Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2019 15:54 |
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URI: | https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/64566 |