September 18, 2025SustainabilityOpen Access

Uncovering Greenwashing: Investigating Impression Management Gap in Corporate Reporting

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AŠAgnė ŠneiderienėVytautas Magnus University RLRenata LegenzovaVytautas Magnus University

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This analysis finds significant impression management gaps in sustainability reports, indicating potential greenwashing practices and regulatory challenges.

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Significant impression management gaps were identified in tone, clout, and analytics, indicating possible greenwashing.
Evidence shows that the gaps did not decrease despite stricter regulatory pressure on corporate reporting.
High likelihood of greenwashing was found particularly in the Services and Manufacturing sectors, shaping stakeholder perceptions.
Textual analysis can effectively detect greenwashing, underscoring the need for improved reporting standards.

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Šneiderienė et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d461cb31b076d99fa612e1 https://doi.org/10.3390/su17188342

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This analysis finds significant impression management gaps in sustainability reports, indicating potential greenwashing practices and regulatory challenges.

Uncovering Greenwashing: Investigating Impression Management Gap in Corporate Reporting

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Uncovering Greenwashing: Investigating Impression Management Gap in Corporate Reporting

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