Green Culture, Environmental Performance andCorporate Environmental Performance Disclosure

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on the cognitive behavior theory, this paper studies the influencing factors of the corporate environmental performance information disclosure from the perspective of the corporate culture. This paper analyzes the green cultural level of listed companies in 16 heavy pollution industries and the environmental performance information disclosed in their 2012~2016 annual reports and social responsibility reports, and empirically tests the influence of the green culture on the disclosure of enterprises' environmental performance information and on the relationship between the environmental performance and the environmental performance information disclosure. The results are as follows: the level of the corporate environmental performance information disclosure is positively affected by the green culture; the environmental performance can positively guide the level of the corporate environmental performance information disclosure; the green culture has a positive regulating effect on the relationship between the environmental performance and the environmental performance information disclosure. The results provide a new perspective and evidence for the impact of the green culture on the disclosure of enterprises' environmental performance information and enrich the research on the influencing factors of enterprises' environmental performance information disclosure. This paper also offers empirical evidence for the improvement of enterprises' culture construction and the further development of the green culture.

Key words: Environmental Performance Information Disclosure, Green Culture, Environmental Performance

摘要：

基于认知行为理论,从内部文化角度对企业环境绩效信息披露的影响因素进行探究。本文分析了我国16家重污染行业上市公司的绿色文化水平及其2012～2016年年报和社会责任报告中披露的环境绩效信息,实证检验绿色文化与环境绩效对环境绩效信息披露水平的影响。研究发现:企业环境绩效信息披露水平受绿色文化的正面影响;环境绩效能够正向引导企业的环境绩效信息披露水平;绿色文化在环境绩效对环境绩效信息披露的影响中具有正向的调节作用。研究结果为绿色文化对企业环境绩效信息披露的影响提供了新的视角和证据,丰富了企业环境绩效信息披露的影响因素研究,同时也为企业文化建设的完善、绿色文化的进一步发展提供经验证据。

关键词: 环境绩效信息披露, 绿色文化, 环境绩效

CLC Number:

F205
X196

ZHANG Changjiang, SHI Yuning, ZHANG Longping. Green Culture, Environmental Performance andCorporate Environmental Performance Disclosure[J]. , 2019, 35(6): 83-93.

张长江, 施宇宁, 张龙平. 绿色文化、环境绩效与企业环境绩效信息披露[J]. 财经论丛, 2019, 35(6): 83-93.

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