GX Research Hub · English
GX & Decarbonization Research
This page provides an English interface to the gxceed GX paper corpus. The corpus aggregates papers from 14 contributing 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-reviewedJournalJurnal Akuntansi Bisnis2026#GreenwashingDOI
Does Corporate Governance Really Curb Greenwashing? The Moderating Role of ESG Report Assurance in Indonesia
Lidia Ning Cintiyas, Ardhana Reswari Hasna Pratista
Panel regression on 26 Indonesian listed manufacturing firms (130 firm-year observations, 2020–2024) examines how audit committees, CEO equity compensation, and board gender diversity affect greenwashing, with ESG report assurance as modera…
Peer-reviewedJournalBehavioral Research in Accounting2026#GreenwashingDOI
Corporate ESG Disclosures and Regulatory Mandates: The Role of Investors’ Perceptions of Greenwashing
Fanning K.
This study examines how corporate ESG disclosures and regulatory mandates shape investor behavior through perceptions of greenwashing. It focuses on how disclosure quality and regulatory enforcement affect investor trust. The work offers pr…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalComputational Economics2026#GreenwashingDOI
Climate Transition Risk and Corporate ESG Greenwashing: A Nonlinear Governance Perspective
Min Zhong, Ting Yi, Shulin Xu +1
Examines how climate transition risk shapes corporate ESG greenwashing through a nonlinear governance lens. Suggests transition-risk exposure alters disclosure behavior and ESG rating distortions. Method and data details unverified as no ab…
Peer-reviewedJournalJournal of White Collar and Corporate Crime2026#GreenwashingDOI
Systemic Greenwashing in Sustainable Finance: How EU Regulations Launder Carbon-Intensive Assets Into Sustainable Investments
Thomas Raymen
This article introduces 'systemic greenwashing,' showing empirically that EU-classified 'green' funds are far more carbon-intensive than funds with no sustainability objectives—despite no falsified disclosures. It argues greenwashing here s…
Peer-reviewedJournalActa Innovations2026#GreenwashingDOI
BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING: UNDERSTANDING GREENWASHING, LEGITIMACY MANAGEMENT, AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN INDONESIAN NON-FINANCIAL STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
Andi Silvan, Rudi Zulfikar, Lia Uzliawati +1
A qualitative multiple-case study of four Indonesian state-owned/controlled firms (PGE, PLN, PHE, Pertagas) examining 2020–2024 sustainability disclosures against operational evidence across emissions, energy transition, water/waste, and bi…
Peer-reviewedJournalJ-AKSI JURNAL AKUNTANSI DAN SISTEM INFORMASI2026#GreenwashingDOI
DIGITAL PUBLIC REACTIONS TO CORPORATE ESG DISCLOSURE : A NETNOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF ONLINE REPUTATION
Laras Angelia Nirwana Sari, Fayza Najeela Pakutandang, Wiwit Pawitri
Using netnography, this study analyzes how corporate ESG disclosures are interpreted across X, LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube and investor forums, and how online interaction shapes corporate reputation. Findings show ESG disclosure generates bot…
🇪🇺 EuropeJournal2026#GreenwashingDOI
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING IN SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING: A BIBLIOMETRIC REVIEW
Ivana Barbieri, Josip Čičak
A bibliometric review (WoS, Scopus, ProQuest, Lens) mapping research at the intersection of forensic accounting and sustainability reporting. It argues non-financial ESG information is also subject to manipulation, and that forensic account…
Peer-reviewedJournalIndian Journal of Information Sources and Services2026#GreenwashingDOI
Internal Audit Effectiveness in Reducing Greenwashing Risk Through ESG Internal Controls and Audit Committee Governance
Binh Khieu Huu
Survey of 420 practitioners tests how internal audit function (IAF) effectiveness reduces greenwashing risk via ESG internal control quality. IAF effectiveness raises ESG control quality (β=0.499), which in turn lowers greenwashing risk (β=…
Peer-reviewedJournalJournal of Economics, Management, and Accounting2026#GreenwashingDOI
Corporate Greenwashing: The Discrepancy Between ESG Narratives, Environmental Performance, and Debt Costs of Indonesian Issuers
Sugianto Sugianto, Diganta Hatiboruah, Nurfitri Ramadana +1
This study examines greenwashing as a disclosure–performance gap among environmentally sensitive non-financial firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, 2019–2024. Using textual analysis of environmental narratives and PROPER-based perf…
Peer-reviewedJournal2026#GreenwashingDOI
Beyond Detection A Conceptual Framework for a Disclosure Quality Index to Identify Greenwashing in Sustainability Reporting
Mehmet Günlük, Murat Özcan, Hakan BİLEN
This conceptual paper proposes a four-dimensional Disclosure Quality Index to distinguish genuine sustainability disclosure from greenwashing. It synthesizes legitimacy, signaling, and impression management theories into measurable dimensio…
Peer-reviewedJournalApplied Economics2026#GreenwashingDOI
Greenwashing or brownwashing? Green bond issuance and corporate environmental decoupling
Wang C.
This study examines the relationship between green bond issuance and corporate environmental decoupling. It asks whether green bonds drive genuine environmental improvement or merely produce 'greenwashing'—or conversely 'brownwashing' that …
Peer-reviewedJournalKorean Accounting Review2025#GreenwashingDOI
Do audit committee attributes influence esg disclosure and greenwashing?
Choi J.W.
An empirical study examining whether audit committee attributes (independence, expertise, size, meeting frequency) affect the quality of corporate ESG disclosure and the incidence of greenwashing. It focuses on how governance mechanisms sha…
JournalFigshare2026#GreenwashingDOI
Examining Corporate Sustainability Reporting to Address Greenwashing
Ismaila Saidykhan
This master's thesis compares sustainability reporting standards to assess which are more or less prone to greenwashing. It focuses on how differences in standard design shape corporate disclosure behavior and greenwashing incentives.
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEuropean Journal of Sustainable Development2026#GreenwashingDOI
Greenwashing and Carbon Offsets: An Unresolved Regulatory Intersection. Legal framework around Greenwashing using Carbon Offsetting
Prathiba Karthikeyan
This paper examines whether existing regulation adequately addresses greenwashing via carbon offsetting, comparing the EU and India. It analyzes the EU's Green Transition Directive, CSRD, ESRS, and India's 2024 Greenwashing Guidelines and C…
Peer-reviewedJournalOblik i finansi2026#GreenwashingDOI
The Role of an Accountant’s Professional Ethics in Preventing Greenwashing
V. Novodvorska, Victor Mazur
This paper examines accountants' professional ethics as an internal mechanism to prevent greenwashing in sustainability reporting. It identifies information asymmetry, measurement difficulty of non-financial metrics, management pressure, an…
Peer-reviewedJournalMehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi2026#GreenwashingDOI
Determinants of Greenhushing in Voluntary Sustainability Reports: Research on Borsa Istanbul Sustainability Index Companies
Filiz YÜKSEL
Using 2024 data from 82 firms on the BIST Sustainability Index, the study computes sustainability performance and disclosure scores, then classifies firms as 'green quiet' (greenhushing) or 'green parrot' by comparing the two. Logistic regr…
Peer-reviewedJournalJournal of Financial Reporting and Accounting2026#GreenwashingDOI
Narcissistic greenwashing: a cross-country evidence on the divergent paths to stock price crash risk
Setiawan Y.C.
This cross-country empirical study examines how corporate greenwashing relates to stock price crash risk. It argues that narcissistic managerial tendencies drive greenwashing, which then raises crash risk through information asymmetry and r…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalInternational Journal of Managerial Finance2026#GreenwashingDOI
Catering to climate-conscious investors: Does investor climate concern induce corporate greenwashing?
Jing-Yi Guan, Jia-Zhuo Wang, Pei-Xuan Chen
Using Chinese A-share firms (2008–2022) and textual analysis of earnings-call Q&A, this study tests whether investor climate concern induces corporate greenwashing. Higher investor climate concern increases greenwashing, mediated by executi…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalResearch Journal in Advanced Humanities2026#GreenwashingDOI
Saudi energy-industrial leadership rhetoric: A critical discourse analysis of metaphor, agency, and legitimacy in Aramco's 2024 sustainability reports
Khalid Abdullah Alotaibi, Safaa Sayed Mahmoud, Rami Abdulatif Sa'di +1
This study analyzes Aramco's Arabic 2024 Sustainability Report and Annual Report sections using critical metaphor analysis, transitivity, social-actor analysis, and legitimation theory. Leadership is built through journey, growth, architect…
Peer-reviewed🇯🇵 JapanJournalNatural Resources for Human Health2026#GreenwashingDOI
Detecting Greenwashing: An Analysis of ESG Disclosures and Regulatory oversight in India
Kaushik Jyoti Talukdar
Using survey data from 181 employees at ESG-reporting Indian firms plus BRSR/SEBI secondary sources, this study tests how ESG disclosure quality, transparency, regulatory oversight, and assurance affect perceived greenwashing and employee-r…