GREENWASHING IN CORPORATE CLIMATE DISCLOSURES A MACHINE LEARNINGBASED DETECTION APPROACH

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).10      10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).10      Published : Sep 2025
Authored by : Adeel Ahmad , SumairaRaza , Romaila

10 Pages : 110-124

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).10      10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).10      Published : Sep 2025

Greenwashing in Corporate Climate Disclosures: A Machine Learning-Based Detection Approach

    Corporate climate disclosures have come to the fore of measuring environmental responsibility, but worries about greenwashing of exaggeration or parts of the environmental performance of exaggerating or overselling environmental performance remain. This paper fulfills this crucial gap in establishing the validity of such revelations by offering the machine learning method of identifying possible greenwashing. It is probable that the mixed-methods design has been used, where the textual analysis of the composed corporate sustainability reports and supervised learning algorithms trained on labeled examples of misleading statements are supplemented. Through the implementation of natural language processing and classification algorithms, the model will recognise patterns that are suggestive of a lack or even exaggeration of commitment with regard to climate pledges. The findings can be used to illustrate industry-related patterns and important language indications linked to greenwashing.

    (1) Adeel Ahmad
    Masters in Data science, Department of Computer science, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia.
    (2) Sumaira Raza
    Teacher (M.A. Political Science), Department of Elementary Education, Master Trainer Pedagogy, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Romaila
    MPhil Scholar, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Ahmad, A., Raza, S., & Romaila. (2025). Greenwashing in Corporate Climate Disclosures: A Machine Learning-Based Detection Approach. Global Social Sciences Review, X(III), 110-124. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).10
    CHICAGO : Ahmad, Adeel, Sumaira Raza, and Romaila. 2025. "Greenwashing in Corporate Climate Disclosures: A Machine Learning-Based Detection Approach." Global Social Sciences Review, X (III): 110-124 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).10
    HARVARD : AHMAD, A., RAZA, S. & ROMAILA. 2025. Greenwashing in Corporate Climate Disclosures: A Machine Learning-Based Detection Approach. Global Social Sciences Review, X, 110-124.
    MHRA : Ahmad, Adeel, Sumaira Raza, and Romaila. 2025. "Greenwashing in Corporate Climate Disclosures: A Machine Learning-Based Detection Approach." Global Social Sciences Review, X: 110-124
    MLA : Ahmad, Adeel, Sumaira Raza, and Romaila. "Greenwashing in Corporate Climate Disclosures: A Machine Learning-Based Detection Approach." Global Social Sciences Review, X.III (2025): 110-124 Print.
    OXFORD : Ahmad, Adeel, Raza, Sumaira, and Romaila, (2025), "Greenwashing in Corporate Climate Disclosures: A Machine Learning-Based Detection Approach", Global Social Sciences Review, X (III), 110-124
    TURABIAN : Ahmad, Adeel, Sumaira Raza, and Romaila. "Greenwashing in Corporate Climate Disclosures: A Machine Learning-Based Detection Approach." Global Social Sciences Review X, no. III (2025): 110-124. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-III).10