The state of art of corporate social disclosure before the introduction of non-financial reporting directive: a cross country analysis

Andrea Venturelli, Fabio Caputo, Rossella Leopizzi and Simone Pizzi

Social Responsibility Journal, 2018, vol. 15, issue 4, 409-423

Abstract: Purpose - According to the Directive 2014/95/EU on non-financial information (NFI), from 2017 onwards, large companies of member states will be required to provide a series of social, environmental and governance disclosures. This paper, focusing on the evaluation of the quality of NFI in the UK and Italy before the implementation of the EU Directive, aims to investigate which factors affect the quality of NFI in the comparison between the UK and Italy. Design/methodology/approach - To evaluate the “state of the art” of NFI in corporate social disclosure of British and Italian listed companies, a non-financial score is created, based on specific items concerning the requirements of the EU Directive. To this aim, the authors analyzed the corporate disclosures of 343 large listed companies. Findings - Findings show that the UK is more compliant than Italy. So, regulation could be important to improve NFI in Italy more than in the UK. The results could represent relevant evidence for European policymakers of the action agenda “emphasizing the importance of national and sub-national CSR policies”. Originality/value - This research represents a preliminary analysis on the EU Directive and on its potential effects. Moreover, this study strengthens the previous literature on the quality of non-financial disclosure.

Keywords: CSR reporting; Non-financial information; Diversity information; EU Non-Financial reporting directive; Italy vs the UK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-12-2017-0275

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