International Journal of Educational Research and Social Sciences (IJERSC)
Vol. 2 No. 5 (2021): October 2021

Carbon Emission Disclosure: Testing The Influencing Factors

Denny Putri Hapsari (Departement of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Serang Raya University, Indonesia)
Nana Umdiana (Departement of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Serang Raya University, Indonesia)
Kodriyah (Departement of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Serang Raya University, Indonesia)
Nikke Yusnita Mahardini (Departement of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Serang Raya University, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Nov 2021

Abstract

This study aims to detremine the effect of profitability, leverage, company size and media exposure to carbon emission disclosure in manufacturing companies in the basic and chemical industry sectors in 2016 – 2018. The study population consisted of 71 companies and sampled as many as 13 companies or 39 data samples using a sampling technique that is purposive sampling. Data is collected by the company’s Annual Report or Sustainability Report and processed using SPSS version 25.Based on research results it can be concluded that : 1) there is no effect between profitability on carbon emission disclosure, 2) there is a influence between leverage on carbon emission disclosure, 3) there is no effect between company size on carbon emission disclosure, 4) there is a effect between media exposure on carbon emission disclosure .This study has limitations, including the limited observation period in 2016-2018 which allows it to give different results when the study period is longer.The expected benefit from the results of this research is that it can be used as a consideration in making investment decisions, considering that disclosure of information related to carbon emissions is one of the important things for stakeholders.

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Education Environmental Science Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences Other

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International Journal of Educational Research and Social Sciences (IJSERSC) is to provide a research medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level research in the fields of Educational Research and Social Sciences. Original ...