Impact Of Corporate Governance Variables On The Environmental Disclosure In Nigerian Companies

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Disclosure of environmental performance in an annual report is to reflect the level of accountability, responsibility, and corporate transparency to investors and other stakeholders (Deegan &Brown, 2008). Environmental aspects of the disclosure are contained in the company’s annual report and aim to disclose information relating to the environment, In this way company can benefit from the positive attention, trust and support of the community, Based on this opinion environmental disclosure can help companies in getti…