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Corporate environmental disclosure in Libya: A little improvement, Prof. Nassr Ahmad and Dr. Fathi Mousa

Prof. Nassr Saleh Mohamad Ahmad, Dr. Fathi Ramadan Mousa
Academy of Graduate Studies
Libya
Email: Nassr_ahmad@hotmail.com/ framousa@yahoo.co.uk

DOI: 10.1108/20425961201000012

Abstract: The practice of corporate environmental disclosure (CED) has been in existence for more than a decade now, rising to prominence as a result of the upsurge in environmental accounting in the 1990s. Ahmad (2004), by studying in the period of 1998‐2001, found that there is no evidence of environmental disclosure either in term of its quantity or in term of its quality, especially if the health and safety category is excluded; more than 5 years passed now. Some key changes happened in Libyan context such as establishment of Libyan Stock Market and issue of Libyan environmental law no, 15 of 2003. These changes may push CED in Libya steps forward. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine to what extent current CED practice in Libya has been improved. Content analysis is used in this study to investigate CED practices by all the 18 largest industrial companies quoted on Industrial and Mineralisation Secretary (IMS) in Libya. The results of this study reveal that CED in Libya, both in term of its quantity and quality, has been developed over the period between 2001 and 2007. Such development was explained in the shadow of reciprocal direct and indirect accountability model of industrial companies within the main central authorities especially, the relationship with IMS.
Keywords: Corporate Environmental Disclosure; Libya; Libyan Stock Market; Libyan Environmental Law; Accountability Model; Industrial Companies; Industrial and Mineralisation Secretary.
Citation: Saleh Mohamad Ahmad, N. and Ramadan Mousa, F. (2010), "Corporate environmental disclosure in Libya: A little improvement", World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 6 No. 1/2, pp. 149-159. https://doi.org/10.1108/20425961201000012

 

WJEMSD V6 N1_2 2010 Ahmad_Mousa.pdf
WJEMSD V6 N1_2 2010 Ahmad_Mousa.pdf
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