Do pilot zones for green finance reform and innovation avoid ESG greenwashing? Evidence from China [PDF]
HeliyonAs ESG investments have grown, many companies are emphasizing them to impress capital markets and consumers with their responsibility and environmental consciousness. However, managers in unethical companies greenwashing ESG reports to keep clients.
Youxia Tong +2 more
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Governance of Corporate Greenwashing through ESG Assurance
SystemsThis study utilizes data from Chinese A-share listed companies from 2014 to 2022 to theoretically analyze and empirically test the governance effect of ESG assurance on corporate greenwashing behavior, as well as the role played by the legal environment ...
Meiwen Bu +5 more
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An optimized machine learning framework for predicting and interpreting corporate ESG greenwashing behavior. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe accurate prediction and interpretation of corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) greenwashing behavior is crucial for enhancing information transparency and improving regulatory effectiveness.
Fanlong Zeng, Jintao Wang, Chaoyan Zeng
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Interpretable predictive model for listed companies ESG greenwashing based on XGBoost and SHAP [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe prediction of ESG greenwashing among listed companies is crucial for ex-ante control of deceptive ESG information disclosures by companies and for early warning of ESG investment risks.
Zhang Jianfeng, Qi Tiantian
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Bank-firm relationships and corporate ESG greenwashing. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis study explores how bank-firm relationships and executives with banking backgrounds influence greenwashing among Chinese A-share listed firms, based on Institutional and Agency Theories.
Hongyu Liu
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Optimizing board structure for ESG integrity: Nonlinear size effects and diversity moderation on greenwashing. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis study examines the nonlinear relationship between board size and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) greenwashing and explores how board diversity moderates this association.
Jingzhuo Yu, Yong-Sik Hwang
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The politicization of ESG investing shows why ESG metrics cannot be depoliticized [PDF]
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThe growing political tension surrounding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is not simply a dispute over terminology. It reflects a deeper conflict over whether climate and social crises can be governed through financial metrics ...
Sibo Chen
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TAKING OFF THE GREEN MASK: A BIBLIOMETRIC REVIEW OF ESG DISCLOSURES, GREENWASHING MEASUREMENT, AND MARKET CONSEQUENCES [PDF]
Management of Sustainable DevelopmentEnvironmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure now sits at the centre of how capital is allocated, yet the spread of corporate greenwashing puts the credibility of that system at risk. This paper maps the greenwashing and ESG disclosure literature
Robert-Daniel OPRESCU +3 more
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Measures to Create an Eco-friendly Business Management Environment through Greenwashing Case analysis [PDF]
대한환경공학회지, 2023 As environmental problems such as climate and resource depletion are seriously occurring worldwide, the climate crisis and environmental problems are drawing attention throughout society.
Jeongmin Lee +4 more
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Does ESG Greenwashing Mislead Investors? Empirical Evidence from the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) [PDF]
المجلة العلمية للبحوث التجارية - جامعة المنوفيةEnvironmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting has increasingly become a central component of investment analysis, concerns about greenwashing raise doubts about whether such disclosures genuinely inform capital allocation decisions.
Ahmed Hamed Mahmoud AbdElhalim +2 more
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