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Environmental judicial reform and corporate greenwashing: evidence from China’s environmental public interest litigation pilot

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Environmental public interest litigation (EPIL) is an innovative judicial system for strengthening judicial protections and safeguarding social and public interests. However, the effect of EPIL on corporate greenwashing remains underexplored.
Jiacai Xiong, Zelin Yang, Lijuan Xiao, Yushu Zhu   +3 more
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Putting firms in the spotlight: does the mismatch between words and actions or suspicions of greenwashing drive stock risk premiums?

China Journal of Accounting Research
Prior studies define corporate greenwashing as inconsistent and exaggerated environmental disclosures compared with actual practices. This study explores how the stock market identifies and penalizes greenwashing risks, focusing on mismatches between ...
Xiaoying Bai, Zhongqi Wu, Minggui Yu
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Zero Deforestation Commitments and Industry 4.0 Enabling Technologies: An Analysis of Their Role in Mitigating Deforestation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of corporate zero‐deforestation commitments (ZDCs) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) enabling technologies in mitigating deforestation. Drawing on data from 110 companies included in the Forest 500 dataset, the research explores whether sustainability commitments and digital innovation influence firms' deforestation ...
Valentina Beretta, Eugenia Parodi, Celine Buschmann   +2 more
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The influence of public environmental concern on corporate greenwashing: an examination of companies listed in China

Environmental Research Communications
This study investigates the impact of public environmental concern on corporate greenwashing behavior, emphasizing the underlying mechanisms. Analysis of panel data from China’s A-share listed companies (2012–2022) indicates that public scrutiny ...
Hongbo Fu, Rajah Rasiah, Guangji Wang, Yi Zhang   +3 more
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How digital government influences corporate greenwashing

Cogent Business & Management
Amid growing sustainability concerns, corporate environmental disclosure has gained stakeholder attention. However, information opacity enables greenwashing.
Zhuoshan Yang, Arzigul Nizamdinova, Lutpulla Omarbakiyev   +2 more
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Green Ambiguity Shapes Sustainable Investing

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green Exchange‐Traded Funds (ETFs) have experienced strong growth in recent years, reflecting increasing investor attention toward sustainability. However, these funds rely on a wide range of environmental metrics that are often weakly aligned, raising concerns about the meaning of greenness in sustainable investing.
Rita Laura D'Ecclesia, Giacomo Morelli, Kevyn Stefanelli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Construction and analysis of corporate greenwashing index: a deep learning approach

EPJ Data Science
Environmental information disclosure serves as a critical indicator of corporate social responsibility. While the quantity of disclosures in this area continues to rise, strategic disclosure behaviors, particularly greenwashing, are increasingly evident.
Xiao Wang, Xukuo Gao, Meng Sun
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Do Governance Structures Drive Green Building Adoption? A Machine Learning Approach With Random Forests

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of firms' propensity to adopt green buildings in the Euro Stoxx 300 and the S&P 500 indices, during 2012–2023. Using random forest binary classifiers, we assess the relative importance of financial, sectoral, geographic, and climate governance predictors and uncover nonlinear relationships often overlooked ...
María del Carmen Valls Martínez, José Manuel Santos‐Jaén, María Estefanía Sánchez Pacheco, Fernando José Zambrano Farías   +3 more
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Corporate Governance and Greenwashing: The Moderating Role of Political Connection and Sensitive Industries

SAGE Open
Since 2016, the Malaysian Stock Exchange has mandated sustainability reporting for publicly listed firms, requiring them to disclose their environmental impact and sustainability efforts.
Siew Peng Lee, Mansor Isa, Mohammed Sharaf Shaiban   +2 more
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Who Really Controls Greenwashing? The Interplay of Ownership Concentration and Corporate Governance: Evidence from High-Environmental-Impact Sectors in Indonesia

Jurnal Dinamika Akuntansi dan Bisnis
This study examines whether ownership concentration reduces greenwashing and whether corporate governance strengthens this relationship. The sample consists of 752 firm-year observations from energy, basic materials, and industrial companies listed on ...
Zera Ayudiastika, Islahuddin, Yossi Diantimala   +2 more
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