An evaluation of environmental management accounting (EMA) practices and barriers to its implementation: a comparative study of Nigeria and South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorIredele, O.O.
dc.contributor.authorOgunleye, O.J
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12T04:49:18Z
dc.date.available2022-01-12T04:49:18Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionEMAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis is a comparative study on the level of environmental management accounting practices among listed firms in Nigeria and South Africa. The study specifically examined the level of EMA practices in Nigeria and South Africa and identified barriers limiting the practices. It utilised primary data through the administration of structured questionnaire, and a total of 44 accountants (22 from each country) participated. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics involving mean scores. The study found that the level of EMA practices are higher in South Africa (Mean score = 3.4609) than in Nigeria (Mean score =2.9258). The mean scores showed that institutional barrier (3.4148) was the major factor preventing EMA practices in Nigeria while EMA practices in South Africa was prevented mainly by financial barrier (3.5605). This paper concluded that the government and other stakeholders in Nigeria should participate actively in enforcing environmental management practices through the adoption of EMA by corporate organizations in order to overcome the institutional barriers to EMA practices with which Nigeria is faced. Also, given the long term benefits of EMA practices, the government of South Africa should introduce green tax incentives and other market-based environmental policy instruments as reward for environmental performance by firms. This will help ameliorate the short-term negative effect which EMA practices have on their financial performance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIredele, O.O & Ogunleye, O.J. (2018). An evaluation of environmental management accounting (EMA) practices and barriers to its implementation: a comparative study of Nigeria and South Africa. Crawford Journal of Business & Social Sciences (CJBASS) vol. 13 No. 1, march 2018: 96-113en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10117
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCrawford University,Ogun Stateen_US
dc.subjectBarriersen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental accountingen_US
dc.subjectComparativeen_US
dc.subjectInstitutionalen_US
dc.titleAn evaluation of environmental management accounting (EMA) practices and barriers to its implementation: a comparative study of Nigeria and South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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