SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE AND LEGITIMACY: AN INVESTIGATION OVER THE MAJOR BRAZILIAN BANKS.

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https://doi.org/10.9771/rc-ufba.v13i2.28368

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Banks, Brazil, Voluntary Disclosure, Legitimacy theory, SER.

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This paper analyzes the relationship between sustainability and financial performances of the six biggest banks in Brazil. Brazilian banks were analyzed regarding their socio-environmental and economic disclosure. We collected socio-environmental data from annual reports, available on banks websites and financial data at Economática® database. Although disclosure data are not audited, which represents a limitation, these banks conduct their business in accordance with sustainable development policies and regulations, and publish information about initiatives. Methodological procedures include a content analysis, canonical correlation analysis and panel data regression providing a relationship assessment between variables. Results in this paper mostly showed a positive relationship between socio-environmental responsibility (SER) and financial performances, even considering the impacts of Brazilian crisis. The objective of this voluntary disclosure lays on companies’ legitimacy as a dialogue mechanism with society.

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Juliana Costa Ribeiro Prates, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Mestranda em Contabilidade pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Raimundo Nonato Rodrigues, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Doutor em Controladoria e Contabilidade

Thierry Molnar Prates, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Doutor em Desenvolvimento Econômico

Alexandra Maria Rios Cabral, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Doutora em Engenharia de Produção

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2019-08-31

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Prates, J. C. R., Rodrigues, R. N., Prates, T. M., & Cabral, A. M. R. (2019). SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE AND LEGITIMACY: AN INVESTIGATION OVER THE MAJOR BRAZILIAN BANKS. Revista De Contabilidade Da UFBA, 13(2), 18–38. https://doi.org/10.9771/rc-ufba.v13i2.28368

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