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Carbon reporting: evidence from the Czech financial sector
[Uhlíková stopa: Udržitelné výkaznictví českého finančního sektoru v ČR]

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  • Ladislava Volková

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This paper is a quantitative content analysis followed by qualitative analysis that aims to give evidence on carbon emissions disclosures of Czech banks and insurance companies in the period 2019-2021. It narrows literature review on Carbon accounting with focus on the Czech Republic. It further analyses carbon footprint reporting of the financial companies with focus on GHG emissions protocol and carbon financing. It tests hypothesis that large corporations and multinational firms have better ESG disclosure than small local Czech firms. It adds to the current knowledge how environmental reporting progressed in the past couple year. Additionally, it confirms previous findings that too many various standards for CO2 measurements are used and therefore, difficulty in comparability of reported data remains.

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  • Ladislava Volková, 2022. "Carbon reporting: evidence from the Czech financial sector [Uhlíková stopa: Udržitelné výkaznictví českého finančního sektoru v ČR]," Český finanční a účetní časopis, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2022(2), pages 69-87.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlcfu:v:2022:y:2022:i:2:id:578:p:69-87
    DOI: 10.18267/j.cfuc.578
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    Keywords

    ESG; nonfinancial reporting; CO2 footprint; Carbon Reporting; Climate risk disclosure; CSRD; SDG; uhlíková stopa; cíle udržitelného rozvoje;
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    JEL classification:

    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • M48 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects

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