Environmental and Social Disclosures of Public Listed Companies in Malaysia: A Dataset

Published: 20 July 2023| Version 5 | DOI: 10.17632/dv3yxsnhcg.5
Contributors:
Nor Syazwani Rosman, Wai Kee Ho, Susela Devi K. Suppiah, Hafiza Aishah Hashim, Shenba Kanagasabapathy, Jaspal Singh Joginder Singh

Description

This dataset comprises the level of environmental and social information disclosure of the top 100 Malaysian companies from 2018 to 2020.

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This study employed content analysis, to analyze the publicly available reports of listed companies in Malaysia. The reports were thoroughly analyzed following the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. The binary scoring system was utilized to extract environmental and social information, with a score of 1 denoting the presence of such attributes and 0 indicating their absence. Scores were aggregated based on the metrics used to determine the scoring of each dimension and theme for each company.

Institutions

  • Sunway University

Categories

Sustainability

Funders

  • Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) provided by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.
    Grant ID: [FRGS/1/2020/SS01/SYUC/02/7]

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