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Risk Disclosures and Non-Financial Reporting: Evidence in a New European Context

Manuel Rejón López, Lázaro Rodríguez Ariza, Diego Valentinetti and Francisco Flores Muñoz
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Manuel Rejón López: Universidad de Granada
Lázaro Rodríguez Ariza: Universidad de Granada
Diego Valentinetti: Università "G. d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara
Francisco Flores Muñoz: Universidad de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business (continues Analele Stiintifice), 2023, vol. 70, issue 4, 547 - 565

Abstract: The objective of this research is to determine the extent and current characteristics of risk disclosure in Europe in the context of corporate non-financial reporting practices. A multivariate linear regression analysis on risk disclosure behaviour is performed on a sample of companies included in the EURO STOXX 50 Index, whose data were collected from their annual financial reports. Additionally, a first longitudinal exploration is carried out with respect to the GRI standard. It was possible to detect which risk items are more frequently reported by the selected corporations, and which corporate documents are most likely to contain relevant risk information. It was also possible to establish a link between specific industries, countries and company financial profiles and levels of risk disclosure. This empirical research is particularly relevant in the current scenario where several events converge: the gradual evolution, since 2017, of the NFRD (Non-Financial Reporting Directive) to a new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD); the subsequent legal requirements for 2020 and 2021 of the ESEF (European Single Electronic Format) to support the disclosure of annual corporate reports; the pandemic and the new war scenario in Europe. This empirical work provides novel insights into risk disclosure and non-financial information in a particular setting, i.e., pre- and post-pandemic Europe, against a backdrop of growing concern about a new war scenario.

Keywords: risk disclosure; , non-financial reports, European Single Electronic Format, Global Reporting Initiative. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.47743/saeb-2023-0039

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