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-reviewedCNJournalAdvanced Electromagnetics2026#ESGDOI
Research on the Impact and Transmission Path of ESG Information Disclosure on Corporate Accounting Robustness
S. M. Zhang, G. Z. Wang
This study empirically analyzes the impact of ESG information disclosure on accounting conservatism using data from 1,028 Chinese listed companies. ESG disclosure quality is measured via third-party ratings and an entropy-weighted index, wh…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalFinancial Sciences2026#ESGDOI
Are Non-Listed Companies Exposed to a Relevant Burden when Complying with the CSRD? A Study of Disclosures and Financial Performance in the Italian Context
Enrico Supino, Maurizio Marano
This study analyzes voluntary sustainability disclosures of 99 large Italian unlisted companies using a 94-item CSRD-aligned grid, finding that compliance burden is substantial and uneven. Governance, planning, and performance disclosures a…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEuropean Management Review2026#ESGDOI
Environmental disclosure and environmental performance: The role of climate governance and ESG controversies
Hussain Muhammad, Mohamed Aman
Using panel data from STOXX Europe 600 firms, this study finds a positive association between environmental performance and disclosure, strengthened by climate governance and weakened by ESG controversies. Credible disclosure requires stron…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalBusiness Strategy and the Environment2026#ESGDOI
Beyond Linear ESG Effects: Configurational Pathways to Superior Profitability Among Environmental Proactive Firms
Daniel Yeung, Lingju Chen, Qingliang Tang
This study re-examines the ESG-financial performance link using a configurational approach. Analyzing 1,380 environmentally mature firms (CDP score ≥ B) with fsQCA, it identifies five equifinal pathways to high profitability (ROA). Strong E…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalFinance & Economics2026#ESGDOI
Does ESG Scoring Predict Lower Default Risks for Corporate Bonds in Developed Economies?
Zhen Chang
This study examines the relationship between ESG scores and default risk for corporate bonds in developed economies (US, UK, Eurozone, Japan) from 2018 to 2025. Using MSCI and Bloomberg ESG ratings, credit spreads, and probability of defaul…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalEconomics & Management Information2026#ESGDOI
The Influence of ESG Information on Investors’ Firm Preference in China’s Financial Market
Ruijun Ma
This study analyzes the impact of ESG disclosure on investor preferences using panel data of Chinese A-share listed firms from 2016-2023. Fixed-effects regressions reveal a significant negative association between ESG scores and excess retu…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSocial Responsibility Journal2026#ESGDOI
Sustainability assurance under ESG controversies: the role of governance mechanisms
Pierluigi Martino, Silvia Ferramosca, Marco Allegrini
This study examines how ESG controversies affect firms' decisions to obtain external assurance for sustainability reports, using panel data from European listed firms. It finds that firms facing ESG controversies are less likely to adopt as…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalMeditari Accountancy Research2026#ESGDOI
Statutory auditors’ readiness for mandatory sustainability reporting assurance: an institutional logics perspective
Joanna Krasodomska, Ewelina Zarzycka
Under CSRD, sustainability reporting assurance becomes mandatory, and in some countries only statutory auditors can provide it. Surveying 283 Polish statutory auditors in 2024, this study finds that those ready to provide assurance are driv…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalBusiness Strategy and the Environment2026#ESGDOI
Audit Committee and ESG Disclosure Quality: The Moderating Role of Female CEO Leadership
Mutalib Anifowose, Manirul Islam, Md Yousuf Ali +1
Using S&P 500 panel data (2010-2023), this study finds that stronger audit committee attributes improve ESG disclosure quality, especially in environmental and social dimensions, and that female CEO leadership amplifies this effect. Robust …
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalFinance research letters2026#ESGDOI
Substance over symbolism: ESG disclosure, pricing efficiency, and firm market power
Huijuan Sun, Ziming Wang, Fengyuan Xi
This paper empirically examines how ESG disclosure affects stock price efficiency and interacts with firm market power. It suggests that substantive disclosure matters more than symbolic gestures, offering implications for market participan…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalInternational journal of research and innovation in social science2026#ESGDOI
From Disclosure to Accountability: Integration Mechanisms in ESG Reporting and Implications for Malaysia's Transition to Mandatory Sustainability Disclosure
Z. Sanusi, Nur Aima Shafie, A. Ghazali +2
This conceptual paper addresses symbolic ESG reporting and proposes five integration mechanisms (board ownership, materiality discipline, target architecture, internal economic linkage, verification) that determine whether disclosure become…
🌍 GlobalDatasetZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#ESGDOI
Sustainability Reporting Practices: A Cross-Country Survey Dataset
Elena Fleacă, Theodora Mihaela Doltu, Irina Kostadinova +9
A cross-country survey dataset on sustainability reporting practices, collected within the STAR project. It includes variables on environmental and social performance, governance, ESG reporting maturity and quality, stakeholder involvement,…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management2026#ESGDOI
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Performance, Green Innovation, and Financial Performance: The Moderating Role of Financial Risk
Huimin Shao, Qing Jin, Jia Zhou +4
Using Chinese A-share listed firms from 2010-2024, this study finds that ESG performance enhances financial performance, mediated by green innovation and moderated by financial risk. Benefits are stronger for non-state-owned, high-disclosur…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalDinasti International Journal of Education Management And Social Science2026#ESGDOI
The Moderating Effect of Sustainability Commitment and ESG Disclosure on Corporate Credit Risk: An Analysis of the Banking Industry in Southeast Asia
Achmad Jaelani, Atik Budi Paryanti
Using panel data from Southeast Asian listed banks (2015-2023), this study examines how debtor firms' ESG disclosure affects bank credit risk (NPL ratio) and the moderating role of banks' sustainability commitment. Results show ESG disclosu…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalBusiness Strategy and the Environment2026#ESGDOI
Who Cares About Carbon Performance Strategy? Ownership Structure as a Driver for Carbon Performance
Thicia Stela Lima Sampaio, María Belén Lozano, Marcelle Colares Oliveira
This systematic review of 23 articles examines how ownership structure influences carbon performance, identifying 53 shareholding attributes and 294 relationships. It highlights entrenchment and alignment effects in climate governance, offe…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalOrganization & Environment2026#ESGDOI
Carbon Subsumption: How Governing Net Zero Makes Biodiversity Invisible in Corporate Sustainability
Siavash Alimadadi, Jonatan Pinkse
This viewpoint introduces 'carbon subsumption,' where sustainability governance privileges carbon as the dominant metric, making biodiversity visible only when convertible to carbon. It identifies three mechanisms: assimilation, subordinati…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalBusiness Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility2026#ESGDOI
Steering Sustainability: Empirical Insights Into Enhancing
ESG
Ratings via
CSR
Committees
Andrea Caccialanza, M. Cotugno, S. Perdichizzi +1
This study analyzes 2,202 listed non-financial firms across 11 G20 countries from 2010 to 2021, examining the impact of CSR committee presence and composition on ESG performance. Findings show that board size, gender diversity, and independ…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalCritical Perspectives on Accounting2021#ESGDOI
ESG practices and the cost of debt: Evidence from EU countries
Eliwa Y.
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of ESG practices on the cost of debt using firm-level data from EU countries. It suggests that firms with higher ESG scores may obtain more favorable borrowing conditions, underscoring the economic…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEuropean Journal of Risk Regulation2025#ESGDOI
Materiality in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities in Corporate Sustainability Reporting under the CSRD
Dunfjäll M.
This paper examines the evolution of materiality assessment in corporate sustainability reporting under the EU's CSRD, discussing challenges and opportunities of double materiality implementation and its impact on reporting practice.
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalSustainability2026#ESGDOI
Inclusive and Sustainable Local Development: A Systematic Review of Environmental Sustainability, Municipal Governance, and Stakeholder-Oriented Reporting
Konstantinos Georgantas, Michalis Skordoulis, Fotios Rizos +2
This systematic review (PRISMA 2020) examines how inclusive and sustainable local development is conceptualized and operationalized in municipalities, organizing evidence into three pillars: conceptual/theoretical approaches, governance/pol…