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Evaluation of Companies Environmental Practices in Nigeria

Social and Basic Sciences Research Review

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Title Evaluation of Companies Environmental Practices in Nigeria
 
Creator Ijeoma, Ngozi Blessing
 
Subject Manufacturing firms, Green accounting, Environmental cost accounting, Sustainable development, Profitability
 
Description This study focuses on evaluating whether companies in Nigeria incorporate environmental practices that are environmentally friendly in line with Green accounting concepts. The main objective of this study was to examine companies’ environmental practices so as to determine if they are environmentally friendly. The source of data for this study was primary data obtained with the aid of a questionnaire and the statistical tool employed is the Mann-Whiteny U test. The results of the analysis revealed that majority of the respondents agree that environmental cost accounting impact positively on profitability and success of the manufacturing firms. It was also found that environmental cost accounting impact positively on profitability and success of the manufacturing firms. The finding further revealed that majority of the respondents concur that manufacturing firms incorporates practices that are environmentally friendly in line with green accounting concepts as to enhance sustainable development, it was found that manufacturing firms incorporates practices that are environmentally friendly in line with Green accounting concepts as to enhance sustainable development.
 
Publisher Academy of Business & Scientific Research (ABSR)
 
Date 2015-07-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/sbsrr/article/view/522
 
Source Social and Basic Sciences Research Review; Vol 3 No 7 (2015): July; 349-364
2313-6758
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/sbsrr/article/view/522/543
 
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