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Tax-avoiding firms more likely to greenwash, analysis of 391 ASX companies suggests

Businesses today face growing dual pressures to deliver strong financial performance while also demonstrating environmental and social responsibility. New research from Murdoch University published in Business Strategy & Development has found that companies that aggressively avoid tax are also more...

Tax-avoiding firms more likely to greenwash, analysis of 391 ASX companies suggests
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Businesses today face growing dual pressures to deliver strong financial performance while also demonstrating environmental and social responsibility. New research from Murdoch University published in Business Strategy & Development has found that companies that aggressively avoid tax are also more likely to engage in "greenwashing"—exaggerating how environmentally responsible they are.

Originally published at Phys.org

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