International evidence of changing assurance practices for carbon emissions disclosures
Purpose The market for the assurance of carbon emissions disclosures is showing intensive
growth. However, due to the largely voluntary nature of carbon reporting and assurance,
there are currently no clear standards or guidelines and little is known about it. The purpose
of this paper is to examine the reporting and assurance practices for carbon emissions
disclosures. Design/methodology/approach This study provides evidence on this market,
with a sample that includes 13,419 firm-year observations across 58 countries between …
growth. However, due to the largely voluntary nature of carbon reporting and assurance,
there are currently no clear standards or guidelines and little is known about it. The purpose
of this paper is to examine the reporting and assurance practices for carbon emissions
disclosures. Design/methodology/approach This study provides evidence on this market,
with a sample that includes 13,419 firm-year observations across 58 countries between …
Purpose
The market for the assurance of carbon emissions disclosures is showing intensive growth. However, due to the largely voluntary nature of carbon reporting and assurance, there are currently no clear standards or guidelines and little is known about it. The purpose of this paper is to examine the reporting and assurance practices for carbon emissions disclosures.
Design/methodology/approach
This study provides evidence on this market, with a sample that includes 13,419 firm-year observations across 58 countries between 2010 and 2017 from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) database.
Findings
The results show that the demand for carbon emissions reporting comes mainly from North America, the UK and Japan. Recently, markets such as South Africa have also shown increased demand for carbon reporting. The data also shows that more firms are seeking assurance for their carbon emissions reports. Legitimacy, stakeholder and institutional theories are used to explain the findings of this study.
Research limitations/implications
The results have important implications for firms that produce carbon emissions disclosures, assurance service providers, legislators, regulators and the users of the reports and there should be more specific disclosure guidelines for level and scope of reporting.
Originality/value
Amongst the firms that do provide assurance on their carbon emissions reports, a majority do so using specialist assurance providers, with only limited assurance being provided. The results further show that a myriad of assurance frameworks is being used to assure the carbon emissions disclosures.
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