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Factors Influencing Enviromental Disclosure Among Plantation Companies In Malaysia

Table 1:

Variables Definition Measurement References
Dependent Variable
Environmental Disclosure Environmental information that company disclose to public. 7 broad categories with total scores of 45. Clarkson et al. (2008)
Independent Variables
Financial Leverage The degree of using debt to finance business. Book value of debt over book value equity. Andrikopoulos & Kriklani (2013)
Firm Size Total assets, as stated in the statement of financial position. Logarithm of total of assets Andrikopoulos & Kriklani (2013)Nurhayati et al. (2016)
Profitability Degree of business to generate returns. Return on Equity (ROE) Smith et al. (2007)Barako et al. (2006) Andrikopoulos & Kriklani (2013)
Board Gender Gender of members of the board of director, male or female. Proportion of women members on board. Bueno et al. (2018)
Board Independence Existence of independent director in board of directors. Proportion of independent directors of the board. Nurhayati, Taylor, Rusmin, Tower & Chatterjee (2016)
Board Size Number of board members in a company. Total number of board members. Said, Omar & Abdullah (2013)
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