GX Research Hub · English
GX & Decarbonization Research
This page provides an English interface to the gxceed GX paper corpus. The corpus aggregates papers from 13 open scholarly metadata sources and uses AI-assisted classification to identify signals related to measurement, policy narratives, outcomes, implementation, industrial adoption, and verification.
The goal is not only to discover papers, but to observe how GX research is distributed across research substance, implementation narratives, external expectations, implementation substance, and judgment formation.
Summaries are AI-assisted. Always refer to the original paper for authoritative conclusions.
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalRelevan : Jurnal Riset Akuntansi2026#GreenwashingDOI
Dari Transparansi Menuju ESG-Washing: Kajian Literatur Sistematis atas ESG Disclosure dan Financial Statement Fraud
Tryas Chasbiandani, Adam Zakaria, Marsellisa Nindito
This systematic literature review (PRISMA) examines the dual role of ESG disclosure in financial statement fraud: as a monitoring mechanism enhancing transparency and reducing fraud, and as a camouflage mechanism via ESG-washing that can co…
CN📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnergy Policy2026#GreenwashingDOI
Green illusions, enduring poverty: How geopolitical fragmentation fuels greenwashing and derails the just energy transition in the global South
Ping Chen
This paper examines how geopolitical fragmentation fuels greenwashing and hinders a just energy transition in the global South. It argues that fragmentation creates regulatory loopholes and enables corporate deception, perpetuating poverty.
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalInternational Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management2026#GreenwashingDOI
How does carbon emission trading affect the risk of enterprises’ greenwashing?
Zhang Z.M.
This paper examines how carbon emission trading schemes influence firms' greenwashing behavior. It finds that such mechanisms may increase the risk of false environmental claims as firms seek to justify compliance costs. Empirical evidence …
CN📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management2026#GreenwashingDOI
Combating
ESG
Greenwashing Through
AI
Models: Evidence From Disaggregated
AI
Technologies, Mechanisms, and Thresholds
Brahim Bergougui, H. G. Sulimany, Abdulrahman Atllah Alharbi
Using Chinese listed firm data (2012-2022), this study finds that AI language models reduce ESG greenwashing. Machine learning and planning-decision systems have the strongest effects, operating through workforce skill restructuring and per…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalBusiness Strategy and the Environment2026#GreenwashingDOI
Market Competition and Corporate ESG Greenwashing: A Perspective From New Entrants
Su Y.
This paper analyzes the impact of market competition on corporate ESG greenwashing from the perspective of new entrants, suggesting that new firms tend to exaggerate ESG claims under competitive pressure.
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnergy Research and Social Science2024#GreenwashingDOI
A slow and deceitful path to decarbonization? Critically assessing corporate climate disclosure as central tool of soft climate governance
Frisch T.
This paper critically examines corporate climate disclosure as a central tool of soft climate governance, questioning its effectiveness in driving decarbonization. It highlights the slow pace and potential deceitfulness of such disclosures,…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnergy Economics2023#GreenwashingDOI
Does green finance really inhibit extreme hypocritical ESG risk? A greenwashing perspective exploration
Zhang D.
This paper investigates whether green finance effectively inhibits extreme hypocritical ESG risk through the lens of greenwashing. It provides an empirical analysis of the risks posed by greenwashing and the actual effectiveness of green fi…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management2024#GreenwashingDOI
How do firms react to capital market liberalization? Evidence from ESG reporting greenwashing
Liu G.
This paper examines how capital market liberalization affects firms' greenwashing in ESG reporting. Empirical evidence shows that liberalization increases the tendency for firms to exaggerate their ESG performance. The findings highlight th…
CN📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalJournal of Applied Economics2026#GreenwashingDOI
Media attention, female directors and corporate greenwashing: evidence from China
Ma D.
This paper examines how media attention and the presence of female directors influence corporate greenwashing behavior in Chinese firms. The title suggests a focus on the role of corporate governance and external pressure on the credibility…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalSustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments2022#GreenwashingDOI
Do ‘green’ data centres really have zero CO2 emissions?
Wang F.
This paper critically examines the 'green' claims of data centers, questioning the effectiveness of renewable energy certificates and carbon offsets in achieving true zero emissions, highlighting issues of additionality and quality.
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEuropean Management Studies2026#GreenwashingDOI
ESG Greenwashing and Ownership Structure under Information Asymmetry
Luu Thu Quang, Nguyen Dang Hai Yen, Vo Thien Trang +1
This paper is the first to investigate how ownership structure influences ESG greenwashing under information asymmetry, using hand-collected data from Vietnamese listed firms (2020-2024). It finds that under high information asymmetry, mana…
CN📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnvironment, Social and Governance2026#GreenwashingDOI
Digital Carbon Management and ESG Greenwashing Risk: A Case Study of BYD's Sustainability Disclosure
Rongrong Zhang
This paper investigates the effect of digital carbon management on ESG greenwashing risk through a qualitative case study of BYD's Sustainability Report and textual analysis. Results show digital tools can reduce greenwashing via enhanced t…
🌍 GlobalPreprintZenodo2026#GreenwashingDOI
DETECTING THE FINGERPRINTS OF FRAUD: A FIVE-STAGE COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ESG VERIFICATION
Dr. Kalpana Mahesh Patil, Heten Mahesh Patil
This paper presents an AI framework integrating LayoutLMv3, ClimateBERT, and XGBoost to tackle ESG reporting fragmentation and greenwashing. Evaluated on 139 corporate reports, it achieves 95% CO2 extraction precision, 20% completeness impr…
🌍 Global📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalInternational Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering Management & Applied Science2026#GreenwashingDOI
Investor AI Monitoring Capability and ESG Disclosure Granularity: Evidence from East African Banking
Lydia Nyongesa, Christine Osinde, Brian Wakasala
This paper examines whether institutional investors' AI monitoring capability causes East African commercial banks to disclose ESG information more granularly. Using hand-coded ESG disclosure data from 31 banks and surveys of 418 investors,…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#GreenwashingDOI
CARBON-ADJUSTED HOUSING PURCHASE VALUE INDEX: MEASURING THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN GREEN PREMIUM AND LONG-TERM ENERGY SAVINGS
Hoang Van Thang, LUONG THI NHU QUYNH
This study develops a Carbon-Adjusted Housing Purchase Value Index (CAHPVI) to evaluate green premiums against long-term energy savings and carbon benefits. Analyzing 30 apartment projects (15 green, 15 conventional), green projects scored …
🇨🇳 China📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalSustainability2026#GreenwashingDOI
Climate Risk and Corporate Green Innovation Bubbles: Evidence from China
Xing Bao, Xi Zhang
This study finds that climate risk significantly increases corporate green innovation bubbles (decoupling between patent quantity and quality) among Chinese listed firms. The effect is driven by increased green investor attention, ESG ratin…
🇪🇺 Europe📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalSocial Science Research Network2026#GreenwashingDOI
The Greenwashing Trap: Legal Risks in the Gap Between SFDR Classifications and CSRD Reporting
Michal Wilczopolski
This paper argues that the implementation gap between SFDR and CSRD is a three-dimensional structural defect (temporal, structural, conceptual) exposing fund managers to greenwashing liability via four legal pathways. Based on empirical ana…
CN📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalSustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal2026#GreenwashingDOI
The impact of public environmental supervision on corporate greenwashing: empirical evidence from China’s 12369 environmental reporting platform
Tao Wang, Yucong Yan, Chen Chen +1
This study uses data from China's 12369 environmental complaint platform to examine whether public environmental supervision reduces corporate greenwashing. It finds a significant inhibitory effect, reinforced by formal government regulatio…
🇪🇺 Europe📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEuropean Business Law Review2026#GreenwashingDOI
Different Shades of Green: EU Corporate Disclosure Rules and Their Effectiveness in Limiting ‘Greenwashing’
Maria J. Nieto, C. Papathanassiou
This paper examines the EU corporate sustainability disclosure framework, including the Taxonomy, as a tool to combat greenwashing, with a focus on banks. It argues that credible implementation with penalties is crucial for effectiveness an…
CN📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalHumanities and Social Sciences Communications2026#GreenwashingDOI
How foreign institutional investors affect corporate greenwashing? Evidence from China
Jing Yang, Yalin Jiang, Wei Cai +2
This paper analyzes how foreign institutional investors influence corporate greenwashing in China. It provides empirical evidence on the role of investor monitoring and pressure on the credibility of environmental disclosures.