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An Evaluation of Financial and Non-Financial Environmental Disclosures of Ten Publicly-Listed Mining Companies in the Philippines

DLSU Business & Economics Review

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Title An Evaluation of Financial and Non-Financial Environmental Disclosures of Ten Publicly-Listed Mining Companies in the Philippines
 
Creator Aquino, Nimpha M; De La Salle University
 
Subject Economics
Environmental accounting, financial statements, annual reports
 
Description This study determined the environmental disclosure practices of 10 mining companies in the Philippines by examining the nature and extent of disclosures in the financial and non-financial sections of their 2006 corporate annual reports. It was found out that there was no uniformity in the environmental disclosures of the 10 mining companies. It was also discovered that there was no existing environmental reporting standards as far as environmental disclosure is concerned. The study provided recommendations to the standard-setting council to improve the firms. environmental disclosure compliance with a discussion regarding the benefits these recommendations might offer. Keywords: Environmental accounting, financial statements, annual reports
 
Publisher De La Salle University
 
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Date 2009-02-03
 
Type Peer-reviewed Article

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.philjol.info/philjol/index.php/BER/article/view/792
10.3860/ber.v18i2.792
 
Source DLSU Business & Economics Review; Vol 18, No 2 (2009); 55-64
 
Language en
 
Coverage Philippines