This study determined whether sustainability environmental disclosure affect financial performance of oil and gas companies in Nigeria. Specific objectives include to; determine the effect of pollution control disclosure and on financial performance of oil and gas companies in Nigeria; evaluate the effect of recycling disclosure on financial performance of oil and gas companies in Nigeria and examine the effect of restoration disclosure on financial performance of oil and gas companies in Nigeria. Ex post facto research design was adopted for the study. The population of this study covered the nine quoted oil and gas on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Data were collected from annual accounts of these nine quoted oil and gas and the formulated hypotheses were tested using regression analysis with aid of E-view 9.0. The study found that Environmental protection disclosure has positive but not significant effect on financial performance of oil and gas companies in Nigeria; Pollution control disclosure has no positive and significant effect on financial performance of oil and gas companies in Nigeria; Recycling disclosure has positive but not significantly affect financial performance of oil and gas companies in Nigeria; Restoration disclosure has no positive and significant effect on financial performance of oil and gas companies in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others that firm should reduce their spending on environmental protection or make it cost effective in other to increase firms’ return on assets.
Environmental Disclosure, financial Performance, Pollution and recycling disclosure
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