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The growing adoption of ESG reporting among listed companies in Nigeria and South Africa has raised concerns about greenwashing, weak corporate governance, and the credibility of sustainability disclosures.
Stanley Samuel, Ochei Ailemen Ikpefan
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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The effect of CEO's compensation in driving corporate ESG greenwashing: Evidence from China. [PDF]
PLoS OneLi K, Lin TY, Zhu G.
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The Impact of Green Innovation and Green Finance on Corporate ESG Performance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid the transition towards a low‐carbon economy and the pursuit of sustainable development goals, ESG performance has become a key indicator of long‐term corporate sustainability. Drawing on data from Chinese A‐share listed companies between 2012 and 2022, this study examines how green innovation and green finance affect corporate ESG ...
Zhaoke Feng, Chaminda Wijethilake
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Greenwashing and Customer ESG Performance: The Moderating Effects of Corporate Transparency
The replication dataset (data.dta) contains a unbalanced panel of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2023. It includes variables on firms’ greenwashing behavior, customer ESG performance, financial characteristic, and DID treatment variables.
Tian, Ye
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate environmental communication has become an essential aspect of modern business practices, as stakeholders increasingly demand transparency and accountability regarding sustainability efforts. Within this context, we examine whether firms use environmental communication on X/Twitter to offset weaker relative environmental performance ...
Ivan Russo +3 more
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Benefits of hypocrisy: Do managers gain more from greenwashing. [PDF]
PLoS OneDong W, Yang Y, Chen Y.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although SMEs comprise over 90% of firms globally, research on their engagement with Scope 3 (value‐chain) greenhouse gas emissions remains limited. This PRISMA‐guided systematic review synthesises 49 SME‐relevant studies to develop a theory‐informed, practice‐oriented framework for more credible and sustained Scope 3 engagement.
Chidinma Uchendu +5 more
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Shareholder Coordination and Waste Management
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how shareholder coordination relates to corporate waste management. Drawing on 1059 firm‐year observations from S&P 500 firms between 2010 and 2022, we show that higher levels of coordination among shareholders correspond to reduced waste generation. This effect is more pronounced in firms whose coordinated shareholders are
Mohamed Khalifa
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How Supply Chain Transparency Shapes the Impact of Green Credit on Corporate Digital Responsibility
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on panel data from 4229 firm‐year observations of Chinese A‐share listed companies (2011–2022), this study investigates the relationship between green credit and corporate digital responsibility (CDR), focusing on the mediating role of supply chain transparency (SCT).
Muhammad Awais Gulzar +3 more
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