The study assesses the implication of compliance and enforcement of the NESREA Act, profitability, and Growth on environmental disclosure of cement companies in Nigeria. Secondary data comprising financial and non-financial information were source from annual accounts and reports of the sample companies, spanning a period of five years (2015 – 2019). Panel regression models were considered in assessing the implication of the variables under study. The findings reveal that NDI has a significant P-value which signifies that compliance with NESREA Act increases environmental disclosure by 2.9%. ROA also exerts a significant impact on environmental disclosure. This implies that a 1% increase in the profitability of the sample companies will increase environmental disclosure by 1.4%. Firm Size is also positive and exerts significant impact, by implication, the result suggested that an increase in the total revenue will lead to about 9% increase in environmental disclosure. Hence the study recommends among others that measuring, treatment, disclosure, and reporting of environmental activities need to be standardized and mandated to give a true and fair view of environmental management practices. These will not only protect the environment but will also enhance the firm's competitiveness and subsequently lead to high corporate performance.
Credit risk is the weightiest menace that banks encountered during their operations. Various banking crises have prompted banks to focus more on credit risk management activities, as it is critical for banks to maximize the wealth of their shareholders. The primary goal of businesses is to maximize shareholder wealth, as such DMBs are expected to engage in risk management operations if and only if it adds value to both the firm and the shareholders. Thus, this study seeks to establish the influence of credit risks on the profitability of listed Nigerian DMBs. The ex-post facto method was adopted and the researchers sampled eight (8) out of twenty-four (24) quoted DMBs on the Nigerian Group Exchange. Data was sourced from the audited annual accounts of the sampled DMBs for a period of four years, spanning from 2015-2019. OLS regression techniques revealed that non-performing loans (NPL) have an insignificant influence on the profitability of the sampled DMBs (=-0.141; p, 0.797). This implies that a 1% increase in NPL would lead to a 14% decrease in shareholders' value. Loan and advances (LAD) according to the regression models exert a significant influence on shareholders' value (=7.341; p, 0.004). This implies that an increase in LAD will leads to an increase in the shareholders' value. Nigerian banks should keep their loan and advance portfolios because it makes them more valuable to their shareholders.
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