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Corporate ESG Greenwashing: Does Regulatory Proximity Matter?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) greenwashing undermines sustainable development, yet the influence of regulatory proximity on oversight is understudied. By introducing the “distance decay effect” from geoeconomics into ESG misconduct research and using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2022, this study reveals a ...
Weiqi Zhao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stock Exchange ESG Disclosure Guidance and Corporate Carbon Mitigation: International Evidence

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the tangible impact of the adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure guidance by stock exchanges on corporate carbon mitigation, focusing on six major frameworks: the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Task Force on Climate Related ...
Jiamian Yan, Le Luo, Nuraddeen Nuhu
wiley   +1 more source

Investor Perceptions of Climate Policy: Insights From the US Inflation Reduction Act

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper provides the first event study evidence on how the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) dedicated climate provisions reshaped equity valuations in the US carbon‐intensive sectors. Focusing on environmentally sensitive industries (ESI), we analyze cumulative abnormal returns around the four key IRA milestones in 2022–2023.
Laura Ferraro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESG Controversies in Global Firms: A Black Mark?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite increasing attention paid by companies to sustainability, there is still evidence of environmental, social and governance (commonly referred to as ESG) scandals. As research on this topic is scant, this paper aims to analyse the impact of ESG controversies on firms' sustainability practices, that is, ESG policies, as well as ...
Beatrice Bais, Guido Orzes, Marco Sartor
wiley   +1 more source

Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
wiley   +1 more source

ESG Measurement and Ratings Divergence: A Cross‐Jurisdictional Review of Institutional, Stakeholder, and Digital Accountability Perspectives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ESG ratings for the same firm‐year often diverge, shaping capital allocation and accountability. Drawing on a structured systematic‐narrative hybrid review, I synthesize evidence across the European Union, the United States, and China and develop a transnational accountability framework that traces divergence through the measurement pipeline ...
Gary Gang Tian
wiley   +1 more source

When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

open access: yesBusiness 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
wiley   +1 more source

Board Gender Diversity and Circular Business Performance: A Novel Moderated Mediation Framework in Emerging Economies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the influence of female directors on circular business performance (CBP), incorporating the mediating role of environmental orientation and the moderating roles of institutional pressure and stakeholder engagement. Drawing on Behavioral Agency Theory and the Natural Resource Based View, we argue that board gender diversity ...
Wu Ning   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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