The Claim
Environmental textual disclosures by Chinese firms exhibit a systematic decoupling between the volume of rhetorical language and the quantity of substantive environmental actions, with rhetorical embellishment increasing as disclosure volume exceeds a threshold.
What the research says
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Chinese companies that publish more environmental statements tend to say more than they do, with their language becoming more exaggerated as the volume of their disclosures increases beyond a certain point.
See the scientific wording
Environmental textual disclosures by Chinese firms frequently contain greenwashing, evidenced by a decoupling between the volume of rhetorical language and the quantity of substantive environmental actions, with embellishment increasing as disclosure volume rises beyond a threshold.
When organizations produce large volumes of environmental language, the focus shifts from actual environmental action to creating the appearance of responsibility, leading to a growing gap between what is said and what is done.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Impact of excessive environmental information disclosure on stock price crash risk
Many Chinese companies write long environmental reports full of fancy words, but those words don’t mean they’re actually doing more to protect the environment. The more they write, the more their reports seem like empty promises—and this study proves it.
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