Measuring the quality of sustainability disclosure among the Malaysian commercial banks

The banking industry in Malaysia is undergoing fundamental changes due to a number of factors such as market liberalism, stakeholder expectation and environmental risks.In recent years, competitive and regulatory landscapes in the financial services industry have been evolving at an unprecedented sp...

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Main Authors: Harun N.A., Rashid A.A., Alrazi B.
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Alrazi B.
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description The banking industry in Malaysia is undergoing fundamental changes due to a number of factors such as market liberalism, stakeholder expectation and environmental risks.In recent years, competitive and regulatory landscapes in the financial services industry have been evolving at an unprecedented speed. Moving forward, organizations in the industry must seek ways to improve profitability while balancing the demands from regulators and other stakeholders. In this regard, sustainability disclosure is seen as a medium that can be used in conveying the necessary information. However, in the absence of any standard guidelines available for banking institutions particularly in Malaysia, the sustainability information reported by the banks is less comparable and thus its quality is relatively unknown. In this study,we employed content analysis in order to measure the quality of sustainability disclosure by 15 commercial banks in Malaysia. In doing so, we have developed a disclosure index based on the Global Reporting Initiatives (G3.1) guidelines. With the development of the disclosure index, it enables benchmarking the sustainability disclosure across the banks and is expected to increase the transparency and standardization in disclosure in the future. � IDOSI Publications, 2013.
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-300042023-12-29T15:43:57Z Measuring the quality of sustainability disclosure among the Malaysian commercial banks Harun N.A. Rashid A.A. Alrazi B. 57197426997 36968755400 46461112300 Banking Disclosure index Global reporting initiative Malaysia Sustainability disclosure The banking industry in Malaysia is undergoing fundamental changes due to a number of factors such as market liberalism, stakeholder expectation and environmental risks.In recent years, competitive and regulatory landscapes in the financial services industry have been evolving at an unprecedented speed. Moving forward, organizations in the industry must seek ways to improve profitability while balancing the demands from regulators and other stakeholders. In this regard, sustainability disclosure is seen as a medium that can be used in conveying the necessary information. However, in the absence of any standard guidelines available for banking institutions particularly in Malaysia, the sustainability information reported by the banks is less comparable and thus its quality is relatively unknown. In this study,we employed content analysis in order to measure the quality of sustainability disclosure by 15 commercial banks in Malaysia. In doing so, we have developed a disclosure index based on the Global Reporting Initiatives (G3.1) guidelines. With the development of the disclosure index, it enables benchmarking the sustainability disclosure across the banks and is expected to increase the transparency and standardization in disclosure in the future. � IDOSI Publications, 2013. Final 2023-12-29T07:43:57Z 2023-12-29T07:43:57Z 2013 Article 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.28.efmo.27026 2-s2.0-84891780279 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84891780279&doi=10.5829%2fidosi.wasj.2013.28.efmo.27026&partnerID=40&md5=b2d76203c72be3d5b1404439b192956b https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/30004 28 13 195 201 Scopus
spellingShingle Banking
Disclosure index
Global reporting initiative
Malaysia
Sustainability disclosure
Harun N.A.
Rashid A.A.
Alrazi B.
Measuring the quality of sustainability disclosure among the Malaysian commercial banks
title Measuring the quality of sustainability disclosure among the Malaysian commercial banks
title_full Measuring the quality of sustainability disclosure among the Malaysian commercial banks
title_fullStr Measuring the quality of sustainability disclosure among the Malaysian commercial banks
title_full_unstemmed Measuring the quality of sustainability disclosure among the Malaysian commercial banks
title_short Measuring the quality of sustainability disclosure among the Malaysian commercial banks
title_sort measuring the quality of sustainability disclosure among the malaysian commercial banks
topic Banking
Disclosure index
Global reporting initiative
Malaysia
Sustainability disclosure
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