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.
CN📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalSustainability2026#GreenwashingDOI
Environmental Regulation and the Credibility of Corporate Climate Commitments: Evidence from China’s Net-Zero Transition
Aobo Yue, Kei Un Wong, Zongyu Song +1
This study uses China's Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan as a quasi-natural experiment to examine whether stringent environmental regulation reduces corporate greenwashing. Using a multi-period difference-in-differences mode…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalFood Science of Animal Resources2026#GreenwashingDOI
Carbon tunnel vision and sustainable meat production in the West: A disproportionate focus on dietary greenhouse gas emissions?
Frédéric Leroy, Ty Beal, Frank R. Dunshea +9
This paper critically examines the disproportionate focus on dietary greenhouse gas emissions in Western sustainable meat production discourse, arguing that this 'carbon tunnel vision' may neglect other important environmental and sustainab…
PreprintRISET2026#GreenwashingDOI
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF BOARD MEETINGS
Jazman Jakeem, Amrie Firmansyah
This study examines the influence of ESG performance and intellectual capital on earnings management, with board meeting frequency as a moderator, using a sample of 31 Indonesian healthcare firms (109 observations, 2020-2024). Findings show…
🌍 GlobalPreprintEcological Economics and Management2026#GreenwashingDOI
Green Economy and Greenwashing: A Critical Literature Review on the Paradoxes of Sustainable Transition
Javier Cifuentes-Faura
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 ev…
PreprintJurnal Manajemen Motivasi2026#GreenwashingDOI
Financial Performance and Greenwashing in Sustainability: Evidence on the Moderating Role of Institutional Ownership
Kartika Noviana Purwiyono, Wiwik Supratiwi
Using panel data from 109 Indonesian manufacturing firms (2017–2023), this study finds that stronger financial performance (ROA) reduces greenwashing (the gap between ESG disclosure and performance). However, high institutional ownership we…
Preprint2026#GreenwashingDOI
ESG Assurance and Greenwashing: The Effectiveness of Auditors in Validating Sustainability Reports
Ikeogwu, Sunny Nwachonimuya, Ph.D, Nwajei, Felix Liberty, PhD
This study examines the effectiveness of ESG assurance in curbing greenwashing among Nigerian oil and gas companies. It finds that environmental reporting without proper verification may enable misleading claims, while high-quality assuranc…
CNPreprintCrossref2026#GreenwashingDOI
Saving Face or Sustainability? Face Culture and ESG Decoupling in China
Kun Luo, Bo Qin, Daifei (Troy) Yao
This study examines how regional face culture influences ESG decoupling—the gap between ESG disclosure and performance—using 14,981 firm-year observations from Chinese listed firms. It finds that firms in stronger face-culture regions exhib…
🌍 GlobalPreprint2026#GreenwashingDOI
Corporate Greenwashing and ESG Claims in India: A Legal Analysis of Misleading Sustainability Disclosures
Albert Issac
This paper provides a legal analysis of greenwashing in India's ESG reporting landscape. It identifies critical flaws in current frameworks like BRSR and CCPA guidelines, including the lack of a statutory definition of greenwashing. The pap…
🌍 GlobalPreprintCrossref2026#GreenwashingDOI
<p>Learning the Language of Risk: A Critical Analysis of ‘Symbolic’ Sustainability Reporting in the Nigerian Banking Industry (2019–2023)</p>
Chinonso Victor Anidiobi
This paper critically analyzes symbolic sustainability reporting in Nigerian banks (2019-2023) using a new ESG Salience Index (ESI) to measure decoupling between philanthropy rhetoric and risk discourse. Findings show rhetorical fluency (UB…
PreprintAmerican Journal of Economic and Management Business (AJEMB)2025#GreenwashingDOI
Exploration of the Potential of Greenwashing in the Sustainability Report of Cement Companies in Indonesia
Nurul Widiana Amin, I Putu Sudana, I Gusti Ayu Nyoman Budiasih +1
This study examines greenwashing potential in sustainability reports of four Indonesian cement companies using legitimacy theory. Through content analysis comparing reports and media coverage, it finds all companies exhibit greenwashing: ma…
CNPreprintJournal of Management and Planning Research2025#GreenwashingDOI
How China’s Environmental Protection Tax Shapes ESG Greenwashing in High-Pollution Firms
Feng Gu, Jingze Du, Xinyi Gao
This study treats China's 2018 Environmental Protection Tax Law as an external policy shock and uses a DID design to examine its effect on ESG greenwashing in high-pollution firms. The tax significantly reduces greenwashing by increasing an…
PreprintIndo-Fintech Intellectuals: Journal of Economics and Business2025#GreenwashingDOI
GREENWASHING PERUSAHAAN DI INDONESIA: STUDI LITERATUR PERIODE 2015–2025
Darlin Aulia
This literature review examines greenwashing practices among Indonesian companies from 2015 to 2025, focusing on accounting, sustainability reporting, and public policy. It finds that greenwashing often takes the form of symbolic, selective…
🇪🇺 EuropePreprint2026#GreenwashingDOI
An examination of the relationship between long-term CSR commitment and greenwashing
Papadopoulos, Ioannis
This thesis examines the relationship between long-term CSR commitment and greenwashing, focusing on the moderating role of corporate governance (board function, structure, compensation). Using an unbalanced panel of EU firms in environment…
🇪🇺 EuropePreprint2026#GreenwashingDOI
Mirror or Membrane? Semantic Information, Collateral, and the Limits of Green Finance
alessandro maresca
This paper critically examines the informational framing of sustainable finance, arguing that financial viability (V1) and biophysical viability (V2) are semantically misaligned. Using Eurosystem collateral eligibility as a case, it shows t…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalFinance Research Letters2026#GreenwashingDOI
Impression Management in ESG Reporting: A Visual Salience Approach to Benchmarking ESG Commitment Shortfalls
Yaou Zhou, Yuyun Zhong, Yunsen Wang +1
This paper proposes a novel approach using visual salience in ESG reports to benchmark shortfalls in corporate ESG commitments. From an impression management perspective, it analyzes how visual elements in reports relate to actual performan…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalFinance Research Letters2026#GreenwashingDOI
Can Green Finance Foster Corporate Environmental Performance or Induce Strategic Greenwashing?
Yingjia Liu, Longfeng Liu, Shurui Li
This study examines whether green finance genuinely improves corporate environmental performance or merely encourages strategic greenwashing. Using empirical analysis, it distinguishes between authentic environmental improvements and superf…
🇪🇺 Europe📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalJournal of East-West Business2026#GreenwashingDOI
Beliefs, Efficacy, and Credibility: Predicting Consumer Responses to Corporate Greenhouse Gas and Air-Quality Claims in the Czech Republic
Ivan Balogh, Mohit Srivastava, Natálie Bruder Badie +1
This paper models consumer responses to corporate greenhouse gas and air quality claims in the Czech Republic. It examines how beliefs, efficacy, and credibility predict reactions, offering insights for greenwashing prevention and transpare…
🌍 GlobalPreprintJurnal Wahana Akuntansi2025#GreenwashingDOI
Greenwashing in ESG Disclosure: A Systematic Literature Review through Theoritical and Bibliometric Anaylisis
Mugisana, Radi, Eneng Nurdiana Septifani, Laras Angelia Nirwana Sari
This paper examines greenwashing in ESG disclosure via a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of Scopus articles (2019-2025), integrating legitimacy and stakeholder theories. Findings show greenwashing emerges when firms f…
🌍 Global📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnvironmental Research Letters2025#GreenwashingDOI
On the validity of corporate green bonds’ environmental claims: is the environmental reporting of corporate green bonds reliable?
Petucco C.
This paper examines the validity of environmental claims made by corporate green bonds, questioning whether their environmental reporting is reliable. It analyzes the accuracy of green bond disclosures and highlights risks of greenwashing.
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalHumanities and Social Sciences Communications2025#GreenwashingDOI
To label or not? A choice experiment testing whether labelled green bonds matter to retail investors
Saravade V.
This study uses a choice experiment to examine whether retail investors value labeled green bonds differently from unlabeled bonds. It tests the signaling effect of green labels and potential greenwashing concerns. Findings provide insights…