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Research Interests: Economics, Foreign Direct Investment, Urbanization, Environmental Pollution, Natural Resource Economics, and 11 morePolitical Marketing and Branding, Pollution, Place Marketing and Branding, Environmental degradation, Economics and energy, Crude Oil, Oil Pollution, Crude Oil Prices, Energy and Petroleum Economics, Short Run, and Panel ARDL
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted by all the United Nations member countries were to reduce the social and ecological outcome of businesses and governments across the globe, among others. Businesses can key into this agenda... more
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted by all the United Nations member countries were to reduce the social and ecological outcome of businesses and governments across the globe, among others. Businesses can key into this agenda by disclosing their economic, environmental and social impact in their financial reports. However, in Nigeria, the extent of sustainability reporting amongst firms is still low and not a listing requirement. Against this backdrop, this study investigated the influence of a diverse board on the extent of sustainability reporting in listed industrial goods firms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange from the period 2014-2018. We developed a sustainability disclosure index using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines to score the information content of annual reports relating to sustainability performance. Nationality, age and educational level were used to proxy diversity in the boardroom. The study also used descriptive and inferential statistics...