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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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SUSTAINABLE FINANCE: THE RISKS OF GREENWASHING

, 2022
reservedIn un mondo che mira alla sostenibilità, la finanza non è da meno. Tuttavia i rischi di incorrere in attività finanziarie non realmente sostenibili sono sempre più alti. In funzione di ciò, è necessario che istituzioni e singoli investitori
GOTTARDI, ELISA
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Funding Costs and Liquidity Creation: Does ESG Play Any Role?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how banks' funding costs affect liquidity creation and whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance shapes this relationship. Using panel data for 136 U.S. commercial banks from 2005 to 2022, we show that higher funding costs are associated with lower liquidity creation, indicating that more expensive ...
Sattam Bin Kowibeen, Ashraf Khan, M. Kabir Hassan   +2 more
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Green or Greenwashed?: Investigating Greenwashing through Media, Innovation, and Governance Lenses

Jurnal Riset dan Aplikasi: Akuntansi dan Manajemen
Purpose: investigates how media exposure, green innovation, and corporate governance influence corporate greenwashing. Method: The study employs regression analysis using a sample of companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2018 to ...
Dwi Indah Lestari, Patria Prasetyo Adi
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Default Effect in ESG Investment: When a Recommendation Goes a Long Way

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Individual investors display a positive attitude toward ESG investments but typically fail to act upon it. We report results from a preregistered online experiment testing a default option on 1050 US investors examining the mechanisms driving the effectiveness of default options in promoting ESG investments.
Sai Sravanthi Ramadugula, R. Prasantha Kumar, Luc Meunier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling the truth: greenwashing in sustainable finance

Frontiers in Sustainability
IntroductionGreenwashing in sustainable finance involves misleading portrayals of investment products as environmentally friendly. This study explores the prevalence of greenwashing, its forms, impacts, and potential remedies.
Juan Dempere, Ebrahim Alamash, Paulo Mattos   +2 more
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Greenwashing and the power of persuasion: an investigation on the use of language in sustainability narratives.

, 2023
reservedQuesto studio esplora il fenomeno del greenwashing e il ruolo del linguaggio persuasivo nelle narrazioni di sostenibilità. L'obiettivo è analizzare le strategie linguistiche utilizzate dalle aziende per comunicare in modo fuorviante il proprio ...
GEMINIANI, ANTONIO
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Greenwashing und (Unternehmens-)Strafrecht [PDF]

, 2023
Unternehmen bewerben ihre Produkte oder Dienstleistungen häufig mit Nachhaltigkeitsversprechen, die letztlich jedoch wenig mit der Realität zu tun haben und sich insb. auch kaum überprüfen lassen.
Wenk, Jan Daniel, Lehmkuhl, Marianne Johanna   +1 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Greenwashing and its Impact on Slovak Consumers

Littera Scripta, 2016
Greenwashing represents a barrier to economic development because people become more sceptical of environmental initiatives. It uses time and resources that could be better spent with a greater regard for the environment.
Margaréta Nadányiová
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