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.
Preprint🌍 GlobalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#ESGDOI
Beyond Self Reporting: Rethinking Environmental Verification in ESG Compliance
Keileen Sophia Mendez Sanchez
This paper analyzes the structural limitations of self-reported ESG data and advocates for independent verification using satellite imagery and geospatial analysis. It argues that as global disclosure requirements intensify, a shift from st…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalEconomic Modelling2026#ESGDOI
How ESG promotes corporate low-carbon transformation: Evidence from China
Li Wang, Hanyu Zhou, Jing Liao +1
This paper empirically examines how ESG performance drives corporate low-carbon transformation using Chinese firm-level data. It finds that better ESG ratings reduce financing costs and spur innovation, leading to significant carbon emissio…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management2026#ESGDOI
Does Doing Good Pay Off? Mapping Disclosure Dynamics, Intellectual Structure, and Emerging Frontiers
Laxman Tandan, R. Pradhan, S. Samarakoon +1
This systematic literature review synthesizes the state of knowledge on ESG disclosure dynamics and its effects on firms' capital market outcomes. Using bibliometric and thematic analysis, it finds that ESG disclosure affects cost of capita…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management2026#ESGDOI
Investigating the Impact of
ESG
Practices on Corporate Value Creation Pathways
Haidong Bai, Miao Yu
This study examines how ESG engagement influences corporate value using large firm-level data through 2024. It finds that ESG raises valuation partly via green innovation and lower capital costs, with stronger governance and digital capabil…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalAdvances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences2026#ESGDOI
ESG Performance and Corporate Financing Costs: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
Ziyi Feng
This systematic review synthesizes theoretical mechanisms and empirical evidence on ESG performance and corporate financing costs, drawing from studies in China, the UK, and the US. It finds that superior ESG performance generally reduces b…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalJOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE2026#ESGDOI
The impact of ESG ratings on corporate performance
Zhao Xue
This paper systematically examines how ESG ratings affect corporate financial and non-financial performance, using stakeholder theory and resource-based view. It finds that superior ESG performance improves financial metrics and long-term c…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalInternational Journal of Finance & Economics2026#ESGDOI
Corporate Sustainability Practices, Governance, and Risk‐Taking: Global Evidence
Tanveer Bagh, Elie Bouri, Hammad Riaz +1
This study examines the effect of ESG performance on corporate risk-taking in a global sample of 8,492 firms across 52 countries (2011-2023). Higher ESG standards reduce excessive risk-taking, strengthened by strong governance. Mechanisms i…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalAdvances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences2026#ESGDOI
The Role of ESG and the Securities Market in Driving Green Sustainable Innovation in Carbon-Intensive Industries
Yuyi Pan
This paper examines how ESG ratings and securities markets drive green technology development in carbon-intensive industries. It analyzes the impact of ESG scores on financing costs and equity premiums, and tests their effect on R&D expendi…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalInternational Journal of Drug Delivery Technology2026#ESGDOI
A Study on Green Side of Digital Finance: How ESG and Fintech Are Converging
Dr. Hitesh G. Suthar, Dr. Ketan Rabhadia, Manish Gupta +2
This study examines how the convergence of ESG and fintech drives sustainability. It covers green fintech platforms, AI-driven ESG scoring, and blockchain-enabled traceability for green bonds. It highlights how regulatory pressures and cons…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalAsia Pacific Economic and Management Review2026#ESGDOI
ESG Integration and Long-Term Portfolio Performance: Evidence from International Markets
Jiale Cai
This paper analyzes how ESG integration improves long-term portfolio risk-adjusted returns through tail risk avoidance and cost of capital optimization. It finds significant heterogeneity between developed and emerging markets in excess ret…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalSocial Science Research Network2026#ESGDOI
ESG and Performative Responsibility: The Quantified Moral Governance of Business-Society Relations
Robert Stewart
This paper theorizes how ESG reshapes corporate responsibility through a three-part process: amoralizing ethical issues into financial categories, legitimating them via quantification, and institutionalizing them through audit-based governa…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalThunderbird International Business Review2026#ESGDOI
Navigating the
ESG
Maze: The Impact of Rating Divergence on Firm Performance in Emerging Markets
J. Dossa, Aamir Ali Gopang, Dara Thomas +3
Using panel data from Chinese A-share listed firms (2009-2022), this study finds that ESG rating divergence negatively impacts firm financial performance, especially for high-carbon firms and those with ESG disclosures. The 2021 CSRC disclo…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalJournal of Hunan University Natural Sciences2026#ESGDOI
Integrating Sustainability Accounting into Sustainable Financial Decision-Making to Enhance Corporate Value
Tasrim
This qualitative review of 2020–2025 peer-reviewed literature examines how sustainability accounting is integrated into financial decision-making and its impact on corporate value creation. While large firms in developed markets show progre…
🌍 GlobalConferenceProceedings of the 19th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 3: System Demonstrations)2026#ESGDOI
CLARIESG: An End-to-End System for ESG Analysis over Complex Tables in Corporate Reports
Marta Santacroce, M. Contalbo, Sara Pederzoli +4
This paper presents CLARIESG, an end-to-end system for extracting and analyzing ESG information from complex tables in sustainability reports. It combines robust table extraction with structured prompting for unit normalization and cross-do…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalGlobal Policy2026#ESGDOI
The Weaponization of ESG Infrastructures and the Future of Green Finance
Annika Stenström
This paper analyzes the weaponization of ESG infrastructures (reporting standards, investment practices, regulation) amid growing anti-ESG backlash. Contrasting recent cases in the EU and US—such as attempts to scale back sustainability rep…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalSocial Science Research Network2026#ESGDOI
Systematic Risk Embedded in Negative ESG Incidents
Soohun Kim, Jiyeon Seo, Aaron Yoon
This paper examines how negative ESG incidents increase firms' downside beta using RepRisk data. The effect is stronger for severe and novel incidents and after the Paris Agreement and SASB disclosure guidance. Findings suggest ESG contribu…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalJournal of Sustainable Economies2026#ESGDOI
ESG Metrics in Climate Risk Reporting: An Ethical Review of Corporate Responses to Net-Zero Targets
Shaji Thomas
This paper systematically reviews ethical challenges in ESG-based climate risk reporting and corporate net-zero commitments using the PRISMA framework. It identifies three main issues: reliability of carbon disclosures, alignment of ESG met…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalManagement of environmental quality2026#ESGDOI
Can ESG and green innovation investments contribute to reach carbon emission efficiency and enhance sustainable firm valuation
Ayse Hyusein, M. Seraj
This study examines the impact of ESG disclosure and green innovation on carbon emission efficiency (CEE) and firm valuation in energy-intensive and heavy-polluting industries. Using data from the London Stock Exchange Group Asset 4 Databas…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalBusiness Strategy and the Environment2026#ESGDOI
Powering Transparency: Global Drivers of Sustainability Reporting in the Electricity Sector
Alva Marasigan, M. Houqe, Warwick J. Stent +1
This study examines drivers of sustainability reporting quality (QSR) in the electricity sector using two dimensions: relevance and reliability. Using S&P Global Top 250 data, it finds that sustainability performance, GRI adoption, and inst…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalSustainability2026#ESGDOI
Insights into the Link Between Sustainability Disclosure and Financial Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analytic Approach
Valentin Burcă, Oana Bogdan, T. Cilan +4
This meta-analysis of 19 high-quality accounting journal articles (2014-2024) examines whether sustainability reporting (SR) moderates or mediates the relationship between corporate sustainability performance and financial performance. Resu…