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Global Evolution of Environmental and Social Disclosure in Annual Reports*
Lin, Yan1; Shen, Rui2; Wang, Jasmine3; Julia Yu, Y.3
2024-09-12
Source PublicationJournal of Accounting Research
ABS Journal Level4*
ISSN0021-8456
Abstract

We study environmental and social (E&S) disclosures in annual reports. Using the word embedding model to examine over 210,000 annual reports from 24,271 public firms in 30 international countries/regions between 2001 and 2020, we create an E&S dictionary that allows us to document trends in annual report E&S disclosure. Specifically, we find: (1) increases in length and boilerplate language and (2) decreases in specificity. Our results also suggest that E&S disclosure quality improves after the adoption of voluntary ESG reporting frameworks but deteriorates after disclosure mandates. Our findings provide systematic evidence on the evolution of E&S disclosure in annual reports over the past two decades and shed light on how voluntary and mandatory standards have shaped global E&S reporting practices.

KeywordEsg Disclosure Nonfinancial Information Textual Analysis Machine Learning
DOI10.1111/1475-679X.12575
URLView the original
Indexed BySSCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaBusiness & Economics
WOS SubjectBusiness, Finance
WOS IDWOS:001310818000001
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85203694153
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionDEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Affiliation1.University of Macau, Macao
2.The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Hong Kong
3.University of Virginia, United States
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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Lin, Yan,Shen, Rui,Wang, Jasmine,et al. Global Evolution of Environmental and Social Disclosure in Annual Reports*[J]. Journal of Accounting Research, 2024.
APA Lin, Yan., Shen, Rui., Wang, Jasmine., & Julia Yu, Y. (2024). Global Evolution of Environmental and Social Disclosure in Annual Reports*. Journal of Accounting Research.
MLA Lin, Yan,et al."Global Evolution of Environmental and Social Disclosure in Annual Reports*".Journal of Accounting Research (2024).
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