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Corporate green initiatives and financial performance in Malaysian plantation sector

Adoption of green initiatives by companies is important to create healthier environment. Added with the demand from wider stakeholders, companies realise the importance of disclosing information in their corporate report. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of green initiatives on com...

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Main Authors: Wang, Xin Rui, Mohd Said, Ridzwana, Kamarudin, Fakarudin, Abdul Rahim, Norhuda
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Language:English
Published: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81039/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81039/
https://www.ijrte.org/download/volume-8-issue-3s3/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.810392022-07-19T08:25:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81039/ Corporate green initiatives and financial performance in Malaysian plantation sector Wang, Xin Rui Mohd Said, Ridzwana Kamarudin, Fakarudin Abdul Rahim, Norhuda Adoption of green initiatives by companies is important to create healthier environment. Added with the demand from wider stakeholders, companies realise the importance of disclosing information in their corporate report. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of green initiatives on companies’ performance of plantation sector in Malaysia. Twenty-one public listed companies were selected. Content analysis was used to collect data from annual reports and sustainability reports related to information on green product, wastewater treatment technologies and energy efficiency. Data for dependent variables which are return on asset and return on equity also were obtained from annual reports. Descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regressions using SPSS were adopted to analyse the data. The results of this study reveal that energy efficiency have significant relationship with companies’ financial performances whereas green product and wastewater treatment technologies show in contrary. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81039/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Wang, Xin Rui and Mohd Said, Ridzwana and Kamarudin, Fakarudin and Abdul Rahim, Norhuda (2019) Corporate green initiatives and financial performance in Malaysian plantation sector. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 8 (3 spec.3). pp. 254-261. ISSN 2277-3878 https://www.ijrte.org/download/volume-8-issue-3s3/ 10.35940/ijrte.C1061.1183S319
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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description Adoption of green initiatives by companies is important to create healthier environment. Added with the demand from wider stakeholders, companies realise the importance of disclosing information in their corporate report. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of green initiatives on companies’ performance of plantation sector in Malaysia. Twenty-one public listed companies were selected. Content analysis was used to collect data from annual reports and sustainability reports related to information on green product, wastewater treatment technologies and energy efficiency. Data for dependent variables which are return on asset and return on equity also were obtained from annual reports. Descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regressions using SPSS were adopted to analyse the data. The results of this study reveal that energy efficiency have significant relationship with companies’ financial performances whereas green product and wastewater treatment technologies show in contrary.
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author Wang, Xin Rui
Mohd Said, Ridzwana
Kamarudin, Fakarudin
Abdul Rahim, Norhuda
spellingShingle Wang, Xin Rui
Mohd Said, Ridzwana
Kamarudin, Fakarudin
Abdul Rahim, Norhuda
Corporate green initiatives and financial performance in Malaysian plantation sector
author_facet Wang, Xin Rui
Mohd Said, Ridzwana
Kamarudin, Fakarudin
Abdul Rahim, Norhuda
author_sort Wang, Xin Rui
title Corporate green initiatives and financial performance in Malaysian plantation sector
title_short Corporate green initiatives and financial performance in Malaysian plantation sector
title_full Corporate green initiatives and financial performance in Malaysian plantation sector
title_fullStr Corporate green initiatives and financial performance in Malaysian plantation sector
title_full_unstemmed Corporate green initiatives and financial performance in Malaysian plantation sector
title_sort corporate green initiatives and financial performance in malaysian plantation sector
publisher Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81039/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81039/
https://www.ijrte.org/download/volume-8-issue-3s3/
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