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Faking Sustainability, Facing Distress: Greenwashing and Corporate Default Risk

This paper explores whether and how greenwashing affects corporate default risk. Based on the data of US listed firms between 2013 and 2024, we find that enterprises with greenwashing behaviors have increased their risk of default.
Lu He, Adrian C. H. Lei
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Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
wiley   +1 more source

Benefits of hypocrisy: Do managers gain more from greenwashing. [PDF]

PLoS One
Dong W, Yang Y, Chen Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Digital Technology's Role in Circular Waste Management: A Systematic Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining circular economy ideas with digital tools offers a game‐changing way to tackle global sustainability problems. This paper focuses on how digital changes and circular economy models link up. A review has been conducted for 112 articles from 2021 to September 2025, using PRISMA‐2020 methodology. This study covered new tech like AI, IoT,
Reza Eslamipoor
wiley   +1 more source

“Supervision” or “Collusion”: The Impact of Heterogeneous Industrial Agglomeration on Corporate Greenwashing

With the increase in greenwashing, corporate greenwashing governance has become a crucial component of urban environmental management. Industrial clusters are a key form of urban economic organization, yet the mechanisms through which they affect ...
Hongqiao Gao, Xiaoqing Ai
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Policy and Market Mechanisms for Sustainable Finance: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable finance has emerged as a critical instrument for addressing the dual challenges of climate change and sustainable development. Nonetheless, a substantial financing gap persists, while the concept remains under‐theorized without a universally accepted definition, and empirical evidence of its effectiveness remains inconsistent and ...
Jihyung Joo, Byounguk Keum, Taewoo Roh
wiley   +1 more source

Greenwashing and Green Marketing on Social Media: Implications for Trust-Related Reactions in the Food Sector. [PDF]

Foods
Vukasović T, Trglavčnik M, Faganel A.
europepmc   +1 more source

How the Source of the Advertisement Influences Susceptibility to Greenwashing: The Roles of the Type of Ad, Perceived Ad Authenticity, and Environmental Concern

Companies are increasingly making eco-friendly claims, some of which mislead consumers about their true environmental impact: a phenomenon named greenwashing. This research investigates how the source of an advertisement—shared by a firm or its employees—
Goulart Natali, Nicole
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Too Complex to Control? How Firms Navigate Scope 3 Governance Under Institutional Uncertainty

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As Scope 3 emissions make up the largest share of many firms' carbon footprints, firms face growing pressure to manage emissions beyond their direct control. Ongoing revisions of the CSRD, the GHG Protocol, and the SBTi Net‐Zero Standard further increase regulatory and methodological uncertainty.
Victoria Fohrer, Alexander Stierstorfer, Florian Gilljam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The politicization of ESG investing shows why ESG metrics cannot be depoliticized. [PDF]

Humanit Soc Sci Commun
Chen S.
europepmc   +1 more source