Developing SME sustainability disclosure index for Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) listed manufacturing SMEs in India

摘要

A robust small and medium enterprise (SME) sustainability disclosure index (SSDI) is developed to explore sustainability reporting (SR) practices across manufacturing SMEs listed in Bombay Stock Exchange, India. Content analysis is used to analyse the SR disclosures of twenty-nine manufacturing SMEs. The results indicate dearth SR practices particularly in the environmental and social dimension. A dimensional imbalance is identified where environmental and social disclosures are limited to purely descriptive narrations without any quantified information. The study tries to bridge the gap by providing SSDI as a mechanism to discharge and evaluate sustainability practices in SMEs. The authors recommend improving SR practices in SMEs (manufacturing) through strong policies and regulations.