Index of Environmental Disclosure (IDA): analysis of the application of indicator developed from The expert perspective in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Altoé, Stella Maris Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Panhoca, Luiz, Espejo, Márcia Maria dos Santos Bortolocci
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Catarinense da Ciência Contábil (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.crcsc.org.br/index.php/CRCSC/article/view/2402
• topic: Environmental Disclosure Index (IDA); Sustainability Report; Content Analysis.; Índice de Disclosure Ambiental (IDA); Relatório de Sustentabilidade; Análise de Conteúdo.

Companies are concerned with disclosing environmental information in order to convey to stakeholders an environmentally sound "image". The study aims to apply the Environmental Disclosure Index (IDA) to Sustainability Reports in the paper and pulp sector in Brazil. This indicator was developed by Bachmann, Carneiro and Espejo (2013), with Brazilian researchers in the area of sustainability, using the Delphi technique. Characterized as descriptive and exploratory, the content analysis was performed using the Atlas.ti software from the IDA categorization. The results show that Sustainability Reports include both the categories and the items that make up IDA, except for Cia. Melhoramentos de São Paulo, which failed to show excerpts from the environmental financial information. The findings indicate that Celulose Irani was the organization whose environmental disclosure was more aligned with the indicator proposed by Bachmann et al. (64%), followed by Fibria Celulose (64%), Klabin (50%) and Cia. Melhoramentos de São Paulo (36%). It is concluded that the results of this research strengthen the IDA, favoring the theoretical and empirical consolidation of the aspects of environmental disclosure, while proposing a wider range of international discussion on the validity of this indicator aimed at sustainability. Therefore, it is observed the relevance of organizations to develop projects, indicators and initiatives aimed at the disclosure of environmental information, considering that investments related to the reduction of environmental impacts are beneficial to the entity and all information stakeholders.