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Carbon emission: motivation to disclose

Reporting carbon emission is one of the crucial steps in to effectively managing carbon footprint and mitigating climate change. Countries around the world has been encouraging their private and government organizations to voluntarily disclose their carbon emissions with the absent of mandatory regu...

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Main Authors:	Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati, Ali, Azharudin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://repo.uum.edu.my/26284/1/QRS%202018%20177%20185.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/26284/ https://qualitative-research-conference.com/index.php/qrc-2018/proceedings
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spelling	my.uum.repo.262842020-11-02T02:12:25Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/26284/ Carbon emission: motivation to disclose Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati Ali, Azharudin HD28 Management. Industrial Management Reporting carbon emission is one of the crucial steps in to effectively managing carbon footprint and mitigating climate change. Countries around the world has been encouraging their private and government organizations to voluntarily disclose their carbon emissions with the absent of mandatory regulations. Reporting carbon footprint not only alert organizations of their contribution to climate change; but also provide the basis for the country in determining whether they can achieve their carbon emission reduction target and sustainable environment. In many countries, despite its voluntary reporting environment; previous studies have shown that numbers of organizations have produced carbon disclosures. On the other hand, despite the mandatory requirements, some companies (such as in the UK) do not disclose their carbon footprint data and practices. This situations suggests that there are more motivation factor other than regulation that pushing organizations to disclose carbon emission data. Hence, this paper aims to investigate the motivating factors that inspire and impact the organizations’ carbon disclosure behavior in voluntary and mandatory environment. The finding shows that image and reputation appear to be the key motivations of carbon disclosure, regardless of whether the regimen is voluntary or mandatory. In addition to that, no doubt that regulation requirements is one of the important reasons for disclosure in mandatory environment. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/26284/1/QRS%202018%20177%20185.pdf Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati and Ali, Azharudin (2018) Carbon emission: motivation to disclose. In: 3 rd UUM International Qualitative Research Conference (QRC), 10-12 July 2018, Melaka, Malaysia. https://qualitative-research-conference.com/index.php/qrc-2018/proceedings
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spellingShingle	HD28 Management. Industrial Management Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati Ali, Azharudin Carbon emission: motivation to disclose
description	Reporting carbon emission is one of the crucial steps in to effectively managing carbon footprint and mitigating climate change. Countries around the world has been encouraging their private and government organizations to voluntarily disclose their carbon emissions with the absent of mandatory regulations. Reporting carbon footprint not only alert organizations of their contribution to climate change; but also provide the basis for the country in determining whether they can achieve their carbon emission reduction target and sustainable environment. In many countries, despite its voluntary reporting environment; previous studies have shown that numbers of organizations have produced carbon disclosures. On the other hand, despite the mandatory requirements, some companies (such as in the UK) do not disclose their carbon footprint data and practices. This situations suggests that there are more motivation factor other than regulation that pushing organizations to disclose carbon emission data. Hence, this paper aims to investigate the motivating factors that inspire and impact the organizations’ carbon disclosure behavior in voluntary and mandatory environment. The finding shows that image and reputation appear to be the key motivations of carbon disclosure, regardless of whether the regimen is voluntary or mandatory. In addition to that, no doubt that regulation requirements is one of the important reasons for disclosure in mandatory environment.
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author	Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati Ali, Azharudin
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title	Carbon emission: motivation to disclose
title_short	Carbon emission: motivation to disclose
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