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CHAPTER IV FINDING AND ANALYSIS
A. General description of Research Object
This chapter presents and discusses the finding of the research conducted. The research is a descriptive study of environmental indicators in 42 sustainability reports which are compliant
with GRI G3. The cost of capital of the selected companies was compiled from the data from the annual  reports  of  the  companies  listed  in  Indonesia  Stock  Exchange  in  the  year  of  2009-2011.
The period 2009-2011 is choosen in order to fulfill the requirements of the research method. The hypothesis is tested by the simple regression method. The selection of the sample is chosen by
criteria of population that have been explained in research methodology in the previous chapter. 1.  Overview of selected companies
In  2009-2011,  the  companies  that  are  listed  in  Indonesia  Stock  Exchange  are  451 companies. The purposive sampling is used for choosing the samples.  From the 451 companies
listed,  there  are  only  14  companies  which  fulfill  the  criteria  in  the  time  series  of  3  years. Therefore, in total there are 42 sustainability reports and 42 annual reports of the companies.
The  reports  are  taken  from  the  company‘s  website.  As  an  independent  variable, environment risk management data are the environmental indicators in the sustainability report.
The  sustainability  reports  are  voluntarily  reported  by  the  companies.  The  14  companies  that present their reports are as follow:
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Table of 14 selected companies Name of Company
Sector
PT. Adaro Energy Energy
PT. Antam Mining
PT. Astra Agro Lestari Agriculture
PT. Astra International Automotive
PT. Holcim Indonesia Cement
PT. Bumi Resource Mining
PT. Petrosea Mining
PT. Bukit Asam Mining
PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Telecommunication
PT. Timah Mining
PT. Bakrie Sumatra Plantations Agriculture
PT. Bank Negara Indonesia Bank
PT. Perusahaan Gas Negara Energy
PT. United Tractors Machinery and mining
2.  Overview of business development 14 selected companies The 14 selected companies consist of 6 mining sector companies, 2 agriculture company,
2 energy company, 1 automotive company, 1 cement, 1 bank company and 1 telecommunication company. The reason that most of the companies selected are from the mining sector is because
the  mining  companies  have  direct  contact  to  the  natural  resources  and  care  about  the environment. Therefore, have a big responsibility to disclosure sustainability report.
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B. Analysis and Discussion