The environmental sustainability of BRICS nations is connected with green finance and national environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. However, the fundamental mechanisms that regulate this integration have not been thoroughly examined at a macro level. In a period marked by the...

Greenwashing undermines the trustworthiness and integrity of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. It undermines disclosure quality, confuses decision making, destabilizes financial markets, and reduces the probability that people will trust the supplied information. This...

This study aimed to determine how research has highlighted greenwashing in supply chains by identifying emerging themes and pinpointing gaps that must be addressed in combating greenwashing in global supply chains. Using the PRISMA framework, 58 papers published up to 2024 were critically...

Greenwashing is a generic term used for breaches and misleading claims about the sustainability credentials of various legal provisions, ranging from unfair competition, securities laws infringements and unethical advertising to wrong corporate disclosure. This paper focuses on the latter....

This study investigates whether family firms are less prone to corporate social responsibility (CSR) decoupling. By analyzing 34,588 firm-year observations across 41 countries (2006-2017) using panel regression on STATA 18 software, study finds that family firms exhibit significantly lower...

Since the surge of working in the 'home office' during the COVID-19 pandemic, information and communication technology has been seen as a problem solver for the global climate disruption, because it promises savings in emissions through digitalization. However, this is criticized for being a...

Greenwashing can be perceived as dishonest behavior that can threaten trust in business deals due to the current trend of an intensive scrutiny of sustainability-related messages from organizations. Drawing on the literature concerning managerial trust, our study analyzes how perceived...

The rising prevalence of greenwashing by firms has emerged as a major concern for regulatory authorities over the past decade. This paper examines the impact of regulation on firms' strategic decisions regarding greenwashing and environmental quality in an oligopolistic market. We model two...

We document how banks' voluntary climate commitments predict both their green lending practices and their borrowers' environmental investments. Using structured surveys of 644 bank CEOs and heads of credit across 33 low- and middle-income countries, we develop indices of banks' green management...

This thesis explores the strategic use of visuals in CSR reports, comparing companies in the EU and Switzerland. Using automated image classification and clustering, 11,455 images from sustainability reports were analyzed. The study finds that firms in environmentally or socially sensitive...

Since the surge of working in the 'home office' during the COVID-19 pandemic, information and communication technology has been seen as a problem solver for the global climate disruption, because it promises savings in emissions through digitalization. However, this is criticized for being a...

We document how banks' voluntary climate commitments predict both their green lending practices and their borrowers' environmental investments. Using structured surveys of 644 bank CEOs and heads of credit across 33 low- and middle-income countries, we develop indices of banks' green management...

Der vorliegende Bericht bietet eine systematische Aufarbeitung der Thematik "Umweltbezogene Aussagen über Produkte". Dabei wird, auf Basis einer ausführlichen Auswertung der vorliegenden Literatur das bestehende Spannungsfeld von vertrauenswürdiger Umweltinformation bis hin zu sogenanntem...

Greenwashing can be perceived as dishonest behavior that can threaten trust in business deals due to the current trend of an intensive scrutiny of sustainability-related messages from organizations. Drawing on the literature concerning managerial trust, our study analyzes how perceived...

This study examines the degree of alignment between the actual environmental performance and the ESG disclosures of 365 listed financial institutions in Europe for the fiscal year 2024. Although ESG reporting has become a standard practice in the financial sector, there are still concerns that...

This study aimed to determine how research has highlighted greenwashing in supply chains by identifying emerging themes and pinpointing gaps that must be addressed in combating greenwashing in global supply chains. Using the PRISMA framework, 58 papers published up to 2024 were critically...

The rising prevalence of greenwashing by firms has emerged as a major concern for regulatory authorities over the past decade. This paper examines the impact of regulation on firms' strategic decisions regarding greenwashing and environmental quality in an oligopolistic market. We model two...

Financial industry executives are sincerely concerned about the potential effects of greenwashing on their organizations. The primary objective of this research is to investigate the impact of board features on greenwashing and the strategies that executives may develop to mitigate the effects...

Greenwashing undermines the trustworthiness and integrity of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. It undermines disclosure quality, confuses decision making, destabilizes financial markets, and reduces the probability that people will trust the supplied information. This...

Many firms are making net-zero and carbon neutral pledges. In principle, these pledges should help consumers identify sustainable options, but often they do not correspond to meaningful actions. In response, both in the U.S. and in Europe, courts and policymakers are requiring firms to disclose...

Greenwashing is a generic term used for breaches and misleading claims about the sustainability credentials of various legal provisions, ranging from unfair competition, securities laws infringements and unethical advertising to wrong corporate disclosure. This paper focuses on the latter....

Many firms are making net-zero and carbon neutral pledges. In principle, these pledges should help consumers identify sustainable options, but often they do not correspond to meaningful actions. In response, both in the U.S. and in Europe, courts and policymakers are requiring firms to disclose...