Corporate Environmental Performance and Disclosure: Implications for Sustainability—Second Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 6 July 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ESG; corporate carbon management; green finance; climate finance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue on "Corporate Environmental Performance and Disclosure: Implications for Sustainability—Second Edition", which aims to explore and advance our understanding of how corporate environmental performance and disclosure practices contribute to sustainability. We invite scholars and practitioners to submit their original research and insightful contributions to this important and timely topic.
The field of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research has gained significant attention in recent years. Within this domain, corporate environmental performance and disclosure play a crucial role in shaping the sustainability landscape and attracting green/climate finance. As businesses face increasing pressure to address environmental challenges, understanding the implications of their environmental performance and disclosure practices is essential for sustainable development. This Special Issue seeks to delve into the scientific background of this research area, highlighting its importance and providing a platform for rigorous exploration and analysis. The Special Issue welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives that integrate insights from fields such as environmental science, economics, finance, management, and policy.
Areas of interest may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Corporate environmental disclosure and environmental performance/carbon emissions;
- Environmental regulations/policies and corporate environmental practices and disclosure;
- Comparative analyses of environmental performance and disclosure practices across industries, regions, or countries;
- Corporate carbon disclosure and its implications on stock market and financial performance;
- The role of technology and innovation in driving environmental sustainability;
- The effectiveness of sustainability reporting frameworks and standards in promoting environmental disclosure and performance;
- Blockchain, smart contracts, and corporate environmental disclosure;
- The use of large language models (e.g., GPT) in corporate environmental disclosure;
- Corporate environmental performance and carbon neutrality;
- Corporate environmental disclosure and greenwashing;
- Carbon disclosure, verification, and climate finance;
- Other topics related to corporate environmental practices and disclosure.
Dr. Jianfu Shen
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- corporate environmental performance
- disclosure
- sustainability
- carbon emission
- ESG
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