Table 2 The results of the Coh-Metrix...

Table 2

The results of the Coh-Metrix analysis

		Letter to stakeholders			Environmental performance			Social performance
Coh-Metrix indicator		Before	After	Var. (%)	Before	After	Var. (%)	Before	After	Var. (%)
Word information
1	Concreteness for content words, mean [100;700]	365.74	360.33	−1	384.68	406.05	6	387.19	386.61	0
2	Imageability for content words, mean [100;700]	396.39	391.69	−1	399.83	415.23	4	407.74	409.39	0
3	Meaningfulness, content words, mean [100;700]	434.98	437.00	0	420.84	427.02	1	426.82	434.22	2
Syntax
4	Sentence length, number of words, mean	27.29	18.73	−31	24.44	35.82	47	29.20	27.73	−5
5	Sentence syntax similarity, adjacent sentences, mean [0;1]	0.09	0.08	−16	0.09	0.07	−22	0.07	0.07	0
6	Sentence syntax similarity, across paragraphs, mean [0;1]	0.07	0.08	8	0.08	0.07	−13	0.06	0.06	0
7	Number of modifiers per noun phrase, mean	1.22	1.08	−11	1.12	1.17	4	1.18	1.18	0
8	Left embeddedness, words before main verb, mean	7.57	3.91	−48	5.44	6.36	17	8.95	6.42	−28
9	Noun phrase density, incidence per 1,000 words	395.47	417.07	5	397.09	409.28	3	419.80	403.65	−4
10	Verb phrase density, incidence per 1,000 words	165.51	175.61	6	157.38	144.73	−8	121.52	145.16	19
Textbase
11	Noun overlap, adjacent sentences, binary, mean [0;1]	0.15	0.14	−7	0.61	0.77	26	0.57	0.46	−19
12	Noun overlap, all sentences, binary, mean [0;1]	0.16	0.10	−39	0.31	0.63	103	0.46	0.41	−11
13	Argument overlap, adjacent sentences, binary, mean [0;1]	0.50	0.57	14	0.61	0.82	34	0.58	0.51	−12
14	Argument overlap, all sentences, binary, mean [0;1]	0.50	0.57	14	0.34	0.68	100	0.51	0.46	−10
15	Content word overlap, adjacent sentences, proportional, mean [0;1]	0.05	0.07	40	0.10	0.12	20	0.10	0.06	−40
16	Content word overlap, all sentences, proportional, mean [0;1]	0.06	0.08	33	0.10	0.08	−20	0.15	0.06	−60
17	Lexical diversity, type-token ratio, content word lemmas [0;1]	0.27	0.26	−4	0.37	0.38	3	0.40	0.36	−10
18	Lexical diversity, type-token ratio, all words [0;1]	0.09	0.10	11	0.11	0.09	−18	0.11	0.10	−9
19	LSA given/new, sentences, mean [0;1]	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-
Situation model
20	All connectives incidence per 1,000 words	95.50	94.56	−1	89.12	75.00	−16	63.28	74.59	18
21	Causal connectives incidence per 1,000 words	79.84	84.07	5	85.39	79.94	−6	72.66	74.69	3
22	Temporal connectives incidence per 1,000 words	33.10	19.51	−41	39.95	26.16	−35	31.37	29.71	−5
23	Logical connectives incidence per 1,000 words	87.10	80.49	−8	87.17	85.65	−2	100.75	92.95	−8
24	Additive connectives incidence per 1,000 words	12.19	4.88	−60	21.79	8.86	−59	8.40	13.16	57
25	Adversative and contrastive connectives incidence per 1,000 words	31.36	26.83	−14	35.11	31.65	−10	40.65	30.99	−24
26	Temporal cohesion, tense and aspect repetition, mean [0;1]	0.63	0.71	13	0.85	0.80	−6	0.91	0.87	−4
27	Polysemy for content words, mean	3.66	3.75	3	3.72	3.53	−5	3.32	3.58	8
28	WordNet verb overlap [0;1]	0.66	0.59	−11	0.54	0.46	−15	0.49	0.51	4
29	LSA verb overlap [0;1]	0.09	0.06	−33	0.06	0.08	23	0.07	0.06	−14
30	Causal verb incidence per 1,000 words	22.65	24.39	8	24.21	18.57	−23	19.44	22.07	14
31	Causal verbs and causal particles incidence per 1,000 words	27.88	34.15	22	38.74	27.43	−29	27.40	29.71	8
32	Intentional verbs incidence per 1,000 words	22.65	21.95	−3	9.69	2.95	−70	10.60	8.06	−24
Genre
33	Word length, number of syllables, mean	1.81	1.86	3	1.86	1.87	1	1.85	1.77	−4
34	Noun incidence per 1,000 words	311.85	314.63	1	332.93	367.09	10	356.61	336.16	−6
35	Verb incidence per 1,000 words	99.30	104.88	6	122.28	113.92	−7	89.26	105.69	18
36	Adjective incidence per 1,000 words	95.82	100.00	4	85.96	86.50	1	90.15	93.80	4
37	Adverb incidence per 1,000 words	27.87	12.19	−56	38.74	34.18	−12	25.63	33.53	31
38	Pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	54.01	90.24	67	10.90	5.91	−46	10.16	7.64	−25
39	First person singular pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	5.23	4.88	−7	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-
40	First person plural pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	38.33	68.29	78	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-
41	Third person singular pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-	0.44	0.00	-
42	Third person plural pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	1.74	9.76	461	8.48	0.84	−90	6.19	3.40	−45
43	CELEX log frequency for all words, mean	2.99	2.91	−3	2.83	2.81	−1	2.91	2.95	1
44	CELEX log minimum frequency for content words, mean	1.17	1.11	−5	1.00	0.57	−43	0.95	0.93	−2
45	Age of acquisition for content words, mean [100;700]	399.63	400.00	0	386.06	386.57	0	416.17	407.25	−2
46	Familiarity for content words, mean [100;700]	554.42	555.20	0	555.39	549.50	−1	550.52	555.77	1

		Letter to stakeholders			Environmental performance			Social performance
Coh-Metrix indicator		Before	After	Var. (%)	Before	After	Var. (%)	Before	After	Var. (%)
Word information
1	Concreteness for content words, mean [100;700]	365.74	360.33	−1	384.68	406.05	6	387.19	386.61	0
2	Imageability for content words, mean [100;700]	396.39	391.69	−1	399.83	415.23	4	407.74	409.39	0
3	Meaningfulness, content words, mean [100;700]	434.98	437.00	0	420.84	427.02	1	426.82	434.22	2
Syntax
4	Sentence length, number of words, mean	27.29	18.73	−31	24.44	35.82	47	29.20	27.73	−5
5	Sentence syntax similarity, adjacent sentences, mean [0;1]	0.09	0.08	−16	0.09	0.07	−22	0.07	0.07	0
6	Sentence syntax similarity, across paragraphs, mean [0;1]	0.07	0.08	8	0.08	0.07	−13	0.06	0.06	0
7	Number of modifiers per noun phrase, mean	1.22	1.08	−11	1.12	1.17	4	1.18	1.18	0
8	Left embeddedness, words before main verb, mean	7.57	3.91	−48	5.44	6.36	17	8.95	6.42	−28
9	Noun phrase density, incidence per 1,000 words	395.47	417.07	5	397.09	409.28	3	419.80	403.65	−4
10	Verb phrase density, incidence per 1,000 words	165.51	175.61	6	157.38	144.73	−8	121.52	145.16	19
Textbase
11	Noun overlap, adjacent sentences, binary, mean [0;1]	0.15	0.14	−7	0.61	0.77	26	0.57	0.46	−19
12	Noun overlap, all sentences, binary, mean [0;1]	0.16	0.10	−39	0.31	0.63	103	0.46	0.41	−11
13	Argument overlap, adjacent sentences, binary, mean [0;1]	0.50	0.57	14	0.61	0.82	34	0.58	0.51	−12
14	Argument overlap, all sentences, binary, mean [0;1]	0.50	0.57	14	0.34	0.68	100	0.51	0.46	−10
15	Content word overlap, adjacent sentences, proportional, mean [0;1]	0.05	0.07	40	0.10	0.12	20	0.10	0.06	−40
16	Content word overlap, all sentences, proportional, mean [0;1]	0.06	0.08	33	0.10	0.08	−20	0.15	0.06	−60
17	Lexical diversity, type-token ratio, content word lemmas [0;1]	0.27	0.26	−4	0.37	0.38	3	0.40	0.36	−10
18	Lexical diversity, type-token ratio, all words [0;1]	0.09	0.10	11	0.11	0.09	−18	0.11	0.10	−9
19	LSA given/new, sentences, mean [0;1]	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-
Situation model
20	All connectives incidence per 1,000 words	95.50	94.56	−1	89.12	75.00	−16	63.28	74.59	18
21	Causal connectives incidence per 1,000 words	79.84	84.07	5	85.39	79.94	−6	72.66	74.69	3
22	Temporal connectives incidence per 1,000 words	33.10	19.51	−41	39.95	26.16	−35	31.37	29.71	−5
23	Logical connectives incidence per 1,000 words	87.10	80.49	−8	87.17	85.65	−2	100.75	92.95	−8
24	Additive connectives incidence per 1,000 words	12.19	4.88	−60	21.79	8.86	−59	8.40	13.16	57
25	Adversative and contrastive connectives incidence per 1,000 words	31.36	26.83	−14	35.11	31.65	−10	40.65	30.99	−24
26	Temporal cohesion, tense and aspect repetition, mean [0;1]	0.63	0.71	13	0.85	0.80	−6	0.91	0.87	−4
27	Polysemy for content words, mean	3.66	3.75	3	3.72	3.53	−5	3.32	3.58	8
28	WordNet verb overlap [0;1]	0.66	0.59	−11	0.54	0.46	−15	0.49	0.51	4
29	LSA verb overlap [0;1]	0.09	0.06	−33	0.06	0.08	23	0.07	0.06	−14
30	Causal verb incidence per 1,000 words	22.65	24.39	8	24.21	18.57	−23	19.44	22.07	14
31	Causal verbs and causal particles incidence per 1,000 words	27.88	34.15	22	38.74	27.43	−29	27.40	29.71	8
32	Intentional verbs incidence per 1,000 words	22.65	21.95	−3	9.69	2.95	−70	10.60	8.06	−24
Genre
33	Word length, number of syllables, mean	1.81	1.86	3	1.86	1.87	1	1.85	1.77	−4
34	Noun incidence per 1,000 words	311.85	314.63	1	332.93	367.09	10	356.61	336.16	−6
35	Verb incidence per 1,000 words	99.30	104.88	6	122.28	113.92	−7	89.26	105.69	18
36	Adjective incidence per 1,000 words	95.82	100.00	4	85.96	86.50	1	90.15	93.80	4
37	Adverb incidence per 1,000 words	27.87	12.19	−56	38.74	34.18	−12	25.63	33.53	31
38	Pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	54.01	90.24	67	10.90	5.91	−46	10.16	7.64	−25
39	First person singular pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	5.23	4.88	−7	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-
40	First person plural pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	38.33	68.29	78	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-
41	Third person singular pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	-	0.44	0.00	-
42	Third person plural pronoun incidence per 1,000 words	1.74	9.76	461	8.48	0.84	−90	6.19	3.40	−45
43	CELEX log frequency for all words, mean	2.99	2.91	−3	2.83	2.81	−1	2.91	2.95	1
44	CELEX log minimum frequency for content words, mean	1.17	1.11	−5	1.00	0.57	−43	0.95	0.93	−2
45	Age of acquisition for content words, mean [100;700]	399.63	400.00	0	386.06	386.57	0	416.17	407.25	−2
46	Familiarity for content words, mean [100;700]	554.42	555.20	0	555.39	549.50	−1	550.52	555.77	1

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