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Generative AI, ESG Sensemaking, and Environmental Performance: an OIPT Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing enthusiasm for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in sustainability management, it remains unclear how such technologies translate vast ESG information into meaningful environmental outcomes. This study addresses this gap by investigating how ESG sensemaking capability mediates the relationship between GenAI integration
Surajit Bag, Gautam Srivastava, Susmi Routray, Andrea Chiarini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CEO’s childhood poverty experience and corporate greenwashing: Evidence from China

South African Journal of Business Management
Purpose: This study aims to elucidate the effect of chief executive officers’ (CEO) early-life poverty experiences on corporate greenwashing and the underlying channel mechanisms and seeks to explore the moderating effects of various factors.
Rong Xu, Bei Lyu
doaj   +1 more source

ESG Performance, Debt Financing, and R&D Output: Evidence From the Healthcare Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing calls for sustainability in the healthcare sector, this study examines how and under what conditions environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance influences research and development (R&D) output. Although existing studies suggest that ESG performance enhances R&D output, the financial mechanisms that enable or constrain
Sarmad Ali, Oriana Ciani, Simone Ghislandi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How the financial-industrial integration affects the “greenwashing” of heterogeneous property rights enterprises

International Review of Economics & Finance
Curbing corporate “greenwashing” is an essential part of promoting sustainable development. In recent years, the financial-industrial integration has increasingly become an important component of corporate strategic planning.
Yue Zhang, Pengliang Zhang, Yifan Dong, Xuyang Wang, Qingbin Meng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The determinants of hotels' marketing managers' green marketing behaviour [PDF]

, 2010
Little is known about the factors underlying the pro-environmental behaviour of marketing managers. This paper explores the determinants of green marketing practices in the Red Sea hotel sector in Egypt.
Aguilera R. V., Banerjee S. B., Batra A., Charter M., Crane A., Font X., Fuller D., Grant J., Hambrick D. C., Kirk D., Mohammed El Dief, Ottman J., Peattie K., Peattie K., Porter M., Pujari D., Shalley C. E., Utting P., Wasik J., Webster K., Welford R., Xavier Font   +21 more
core   +1 more source

ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Financial distress and corporate ESG greenwashing

International Review of Economics & Finance
Understanding the drivers of greenwashing is crucial for promoting genuine sustainability practices. This study uses data from A-share listed companies between 2009 and 2022, applying resource dependence theory to examine whether and how financial ...
Ruiqian Li, Chang Che, Tong Huang
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting the Relationship of CSR and Corporate Philanthropy by Using Alignment Theory [PDF]

, 2015
Both, CSR and corporate philanthropy are expressions of the interferences between the company and its societal environment. However, the question of the relationship between CSR and corporate philanthropy remains unclear.
Stühlinger, Sara, von Schnurbein, Georg
core  

Navigating the ESG Paradox: Strategic Pathways Between Innovation and Washing Under Stakeholder Scrutiny

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As firms increasingly incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns into their strategic agendas, stakeholder legitimacy—an audience‐conferred judgment of organizational appropriateness—has become pivotal. We theorize legitimacy as expanding a hybrid response portfolio in which firms may pursue substantive change (business ...
Min‐Jae Lee, Anna Pak, Donghwi (Josh) Seo, Taewoo Roh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Governance Role in Greenwashing and Firm Value Nexus

International Journal of Financial Studies
This study investigates how greenwashing affects firm value and whether corporate governance can mitigate its negative impact. The analysis is based on 760 companies in the energy, basic materials, and industrial sectors in Indonesia during 2020–2024 ...
Islahuddin Islahuddin, Yossi Diantimala, Zera Ayudiastika, Muhammad Putra Aprullah   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source