The Effect of Company Characteristics and Gender Diversity on Disclosures Related to Sustainable Development Goals

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Indah Fajarini Sri Wahyuningrum, Shanty Oktavilia, Sri Utami

2022 Sustainability (Switzerland) Vol. 14 Issue 20 Article Cited by 14 SDG 5SDG 12 Quartile

Abstract

A sustainability report is a means of conveying information related to the sustainable development goals that have been agreed by the nations of the world for the safety of humans and the environment. The existence of sustainability report is influenced by several factor such as profitability, leverage, firm size, industry type, and gender diversity. Therefore, this study is performed to examine empirically the effect of profitability, leverage, firm size, industry type, and gender diversity on sustainability reports. The population in this study comprises all manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2020. The sample was taken using the purposive sampling method, and 112 samples were obtained. The data analysis technique was multiple regression analysis performed using the SPSS. The result indicates that the variables of leverage, industry type, and gender diversity have a significant effect on sustainability reports, while profitability and firm size do not have a significant effect. © 2022 by the authors.

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Accounting Department, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, 50229, Indonesia; Economics Department, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, 50229, Indonesia

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