International Journal of Small and Medium Enterprises and Business Sustainability
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023): March

Assessing Materiality in Sustainability Reporting and the Role of MSMEs

Srinivasan Ragothaman (University of South Dakota, USA)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Jun 2024

Abstract

This paper is about the materiality concepts in financial reporting and sustainability. The term materiality refers to those issues that can have significant repercussions on the company and society. Big corporations readily disclose their environmental practices hoping to drive business growth and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which are a big part of the Indian economy and they contribute roughly 30 percent of the nation’s GDP also strive to implement good environmental practices and the This chapter discusses materiality definitions and guidelines issued by GRI, SASB, and IIRC regarding material disclosures in sustainability reports. It enumerates the process of assessing materiality and provides examples of the materiality matrix. It summarizes prior research and also provides some statistics from the Ministry of MSME in India and other sources.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijsmebs

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Welcome to the International Journal of Small and Medium Enterprises and Business Sustainability published by the Publishing Lembaga Penerbit Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis (LPFEB) Universitas Trisakti. As its primary objective, this double-blind review and online scientific journal is dedicated to ...