The document analyzes the environmental reporting practices in the annual reports of 15 selected pharmaceutical and chemical companies in Bangladesh. It finds that:
1. On average, the sample companies disclosed only 9.97 environmental factors out of 74 possible factors in their annual reports. The company disclosing the most information was ACI Limited (18 factors), while Central Pharmaceuticals and AFC Agro Biotech Limited disclosed only one factor.
2. Environmental power had the highest average disclosure of factors (2.87), while environmental audit had the lowest (0.4). In terms of categories, environmental power and environmental products/process saw the most reporting.
3. There is significant variation in environmental reporting among the sample