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The Explanatory Factors of Risk Disclosure in the Integrated Reports of Listed Entities in Brazil

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  • Fabio Albuquerque

    (ISCAL—Lisbon Accounting and Business School, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 1069-035 Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Eveline Monteiro

    (ISCAL—Lisbon Accounting and Business School, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 1069-035 Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Maria Albertina Barreiro Rodrigues

    (ISCAL—Lisbon Accounting and Business School, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 1069-035 Lisbon, Portugal
    Social Sciences and Technology Faculty, Universidade Europeia, 1500-210 Lisbon, Portugal)

Abstract

The gaps observed in entities’ traditional reports and accounts led to the emergence of the integrated report (IR), which includes several content elements, namely the component relating to risks and opportunities. Within this scope, the specific risks that may affect an organization’s capacity to create value are disclosed, among others, which is information of interest to the different stakeholders. This paper aims to identify the explanatory factors that influence the disclosure of risks in IRs. For this purpose, the IRs of entities listed on the Brazilian stock exchange for the year 2020 were assessed. The study was based on the explanatory theories of risk disclosure usually found in the literature, namely, the legitimacy, the agency, the signaling, and the upper echelon theories. Linear regression models were used with the disclosure rates of different types of risk as dependent variables. The size, profitability, indebtedness, independence, and gender diversity in the board of directors (BD), audit, and activity sector comprised the selected explanatory factors. Associations were found between some of the types of risks disclosed and the size of the entity, the existence of an audit, the independence of the BD, and the activity sector. The paper contributes to the literature about the explanatory factors of risk disclosure by exploring its analysis with different typologies and attributes, having the IR as a source of information, which is still little explored. The scientific contribution encompasses proposing a new risk analysis model in the IR. The innovative elements also comprise the classification of risks related to sustainable development (SD), including environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.

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  • Fabio Albuquerque & Eveline Monteiro & Maria Albertina Barreiro Rodrigues, 2023. "The Explanatory Factors of Risk Disclosure in the Integrated Reports of Listed Entities in Brazil," Risks, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-28, June.
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