Corporate responsibility or corporate illusion? An integrative review analysis of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) shortcomings and greenwashing in Sub-Saharan Africa
企業責任か企業幻想か？サブサハラ・アフリカにおける環境・社会・ガバナンス（ESG）の欠陥とグリーンウォッシングに関する統合的レビュー分析 (AI 翻訳)
Prosper Mutswiri, Limkile Mpofu, Zamokuhle Mbandlwa
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
本研究は、サブサハラ・アフリカの企業におけるESG欠陥とグリーンウォッシュを分析した統合的レビューである。規制の隙間、自主的なコンプライアンス、自己報告に偏った開示がグリーンウォッシュを促進していることを明らかにし、強力なESG法制と独立した第三者監査の必要性を論じる。
English
This integrative review examines ESG deficiencies and greenwashing in Sub-Saharan African corporations. It finds that regulatory gaps, voluntary compliance, and self-reporting enable greenwashing, and calls for stronger ESG legislation, independent auditing, and digital monitoring to align corporate behavior with sustainability goals.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本企業にとって直接的な関連は薄いが、サプライチェーン上のグリーンウォッシュ防止や新興国投資におけるESGリスク管理の参考として価値がある。
In the global GX context
This paper underscores the decoupling between ESG disclosure and actual performance, reinforcing global calls for mandatory assurance and regulatory oversight, relevant to ISSB and CSRD frameworks.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides a thematic synthesis of greenwashing drivers in an understudied region, useful for comparative ESG research.
🏢実務担当者:Highlights the risks of selective disclosure and the importance of robust assurance mechanisms for companies operating in Africa.
🏛政策担当者:Offers evidence for strengthening ESG legislation and enforcement in emerging economies to curb symbolic compliance.
📄 Abstract（原文）
This study examines how environmental, social, and governance malpractices manifest as selective disclosure and weak assurance, enabling greenwashing across corporations in sub–Saharan Africa, and delineates governance and policy levers to curb these behaviors. Following integrative review standards, the study screens Scopus and Web of Science outputs and synthesizes 22 peer-reviewed studies published between 2014 and 2024 using a transparent PRISMA-informed pipeline and thematic coding to ensure replicability and analytic depth. The evidence shows that greenwashing is driven by regulatory gaps, voluntary compliance regimes, and narrative heavy self-reporting, while quality of integrated reporting is unevenly translated into real performance, signalling persistent decoupling between disclosure and outcomes; the preponderance of studies identifies governance weaknesses and selective disclosures as recurrent enablers across sectors including certification schemes and the built environment, corroborating the dominance of symbolic over substantive implementation in many African settings. The review argues for stronger ESG legislation, independent third-party auditing, and digital monitoring tools to restore investor confidence, protect public trust, and align corporate behaviour with the Sustainable Development Goals in sub-Saharan Africa
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- semanticscholar https://doi.org/10.36096/ijbes.v7i6.1038first seen 2026-05-15 18:27:55
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