Green Economy and Greenwashing: A Critical Literature Review on the Paradoxes of Sustainable Transition
グリーン経済とグリーンウォッシング：持続可能な移行のパラドックスに関する批判的文献レビュー (AI 翻訳)
Javier Cifuentes-Faura
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
本レビューはグリーン経済とグリーンウォッシングの概念と矛盾を整理し、規制の弱さや報告基準の断片化が象徴的な実践を促進する構造を明らかにする。また、概念の標準化や縦断的実証研究の必要性など研究課題を特定し、デジタル技術やESGガバナンス、サステナブルファイナンスの将来方向を示す。
English
This critical review examines the green economy and greenwashing, highlighting how conceptual ambiguity and weak regulatory frameworks enable symbolic sustainability practices. It identifies research gaps in standardization, longitudinal evidence, and organizational drivers, and suggests future directions including digital technologies, ESG governance, and sustainable finance.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
本レビューは、グリーンウォッシングが移行の信頼性を損なう構造を分析し、日本がSSBJや統合報告に取り組む上で重要な示唆を提供する。標準化された報告と実質的な環境パフォーマンスの連動の必要性を強調する点で、日本のGX政策にも関連する。
In the global GX context
This review contributes to global debates on greenwashing by synthesizing its structural drivers and consequences. It underscores the need for robust regulation and standardized reporting, directly relevant to initiatives like CSRD, SEC climate rules, and ISSB standards.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Identifies key research gaps in greenwashing, providing a roadmap for future empirical and conceptual studies.
🏢実務担当者:Offers a framework to distinguish substantive sustainability practices from symbolic ones, helping firms avoid greenwashing risks.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights the need for stronger regulatory frameworks and standardized reporting to enhance credibility of green economy transitions.
📄 Abstract（原文）
This article provides a critical literature review of the green economy and greenwashing, examining their conceptual foundations, evolution, and inherent tensions within the contemporary sustainability transition. Drawing on interdisciplinary academic sources from economics, management, environmental studies, and public policy, the article synthesizes theoretical, empirical, and normative contributions to clarify how the green economy has been framed as a pathway toward sustainable development. At the same time, it highlights greenwashing as a structural challenge that undermines the credibility and effectiveness of this transition. The analysis shows that conceptual ambiguity, weak regulatory frameworks, and fragmented reporting standards have facilitated the proliferation of symbolic sustainability practices that do not correspond to substantive environmental performance. The article also identifies key research gaps, including the need for greater conceptual standardization, longitudinal empirical evidence, and deeper analysis of organizational and institutional drivers of greenwashing. Finally, emerging research lines related to digital technologies, ESG governance, regulation, and sustainable finance are discussed, offering directions for advancing more credible and transformative green economy practices.
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- openaire https://doi.org/10.53941/eem.2026.100007first seen 2026-05-14 21:34:34
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