Table 4 Mean page count of corporate social responsibility (CSR) related reports and the percentage of pages of each report content (environment, social activity, and other) in all companies listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2004–2012
Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | P for trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total pages (mean) | 34.19 | 34.08 | 37.48 | 39.27 | 39.72 | 38.65 | 40.09 | 40.66 | 43.05 | |
Proportion (%) of described pages in total | ||||||||||
Environment activity | 66.8 | 59.1 | 53.4 | 40.2 | 35.9 | 35.7 | 34.9 | 31.7 | 30.5 | p < .001 |
Social activity | 14.0 | 14.0 | 20.2 | 16.7 | 20.2 | 16.9 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 23.5 | p < .001 |
Occupational safety and healtha | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | p < .001 |
Other (not environment, not social activity) | 19.2 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 43.1 | 43.9 | 47.5 | 45.6 | 51.5 | 46.0 | p < .001 |