Does corporate engagement in digital transformation influence greenwashing? Evidence from China

Z Lu, Y Lin, Y Li - Finance Research Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines how digital transformation (DT) influences corporate greenwashing
behavior. Using a sample of Chinese listed companies from 2011 to 2021, we show that DT …

The impact of vertical environmental regulation mechanism on greenwashing

YN Zhao, CC Lee - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
China is vigorously implementing carbon reduction actions, but greenwashing is a severe
obstacle to the realization of the “dual-carbon goal”. The central environmental protection …

Faking for fortune: Emissions trading schemes and corporate greenwashing in China

R Tan, Q Cai, L Pan - Energy Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Market-based environmental regulations are pivotal in facilitating the reduction of emissions.
This paper employs a staggered difference-in-differences (DID) strategy to investigate the …

Environmental, social, and governance performance and enterprise sustainable green innovation: Evidence from China

H Sun, T Bai, Y Fan, Z Liu - Corporate Social Responsibility …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable development is a common development model pursued by countries around
the world. The environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concept has garnered …

Green finance, green technology innovation, and wind power development in China: Evidence from spatial quantile model

B Xu, B Lin - Energy Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Renewable energy is an inevitable choice to address global climate change and energy
shortages. Wind power production has already ranked second in renewable energy …

How does new energy demonstration city pilot policy affect carbon dioxide emissions? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

X Gao, G Zhang, Z Zhang, Y Wei, D Liu, Y Chen - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy transition policies are of great significance in adjusting the structure of energy supply
and demand and coping with climate change. The new energy demonstration city pilot …

Social media attention and corporate greenwashing: Evidence from China

J Ren, P Wu, L Hou - Corporate Social Responsibility and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the effect of social media attention on corporate greenwashing using a
sample of Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2011 to 2021. We find that social media …

Managerial climate attention and corporate carbon emissions: Sincerity or disguise?

Y Zhang, Y Zhao, Q Zheng - International Review of Economics & Finance, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper empirically examines the impact of managerial climate attention on corporate
carbon emissions and related mechanisms using panel data of Chinese A-share listed …

Greening by digitization? Exploring the effect of enterprise digital transformation on greenwashing

S Wang, Y Lai, S Zhang - Business Strategy and the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Greenwashing has become an important strategy for enterprises to cope with the intense
pressure on environmental sustainability and to gain environmental legitimacy. Digital …

Institutional pressures and greenwashing in social responsibility: reversing the link with hybridization capability

O Can, D Turker - Management Decision, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Despite the ongoing scholarly interest in greenwashing, it is not well known the
impact of multiple institutional pressures on greenwashing in corporate social responsibility …