This research article examines the impact of stock market capitalization on carbon emissions using forty high carbon-emitting countries from 1996 to 2018. This study adopts the Driscoll-Kraay method that simultaneously tackles heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and contemporaneous correlation issues. We find an inverted U relationship between stock market capitalization (SMC) and environmental degradation. We propose an extended environmental Kuznets curve based on SMC while energy intensity, industrialization, and urbanization increase emissions in sample countries. The quadratic method, SLM test, and derivative graphing detect the consensus of the inverted U relationship. The weak-negative SMC2 coefficient reveals that the dangerous impact of capitalization declines gradually and finally curbs the environmental degradation challenges. The relationship is strong in highly polluted countries with overvalued stock markets. The study catches no policy synergies between the growing stock market and increased carbon emissions. Stock market capitalization should be integrated into climate change adaptation strategies at national and regional levels, primarily to address the dark effect of environmental degradation.

This study focuses on the impact of environmental disclosure on financial performance. Moreover, the current study aims to explore the mediating impact of green innovation and provide novel evidence regarding this relationship using stakeholder and signalling theory. This study used a sample dataset comprising Chinese firms listed on Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange for the period of 2005–2016. In our measurement model, green innovation is the partial mediator between the positive relationship of environmental disclosure and firm performance. Empirical results show that environmental disclosure affects firm financial performance directly and positively influences it through green innovation in Chinese firms. The study suggests that Chinese firms have implications for improved performance by increasing environmental disclosure and green practices Este estudio se centra en el impacto de la divulgación de información medioambiental en los resultados financieros. Además, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo explorar el impacto mediador de la innovación verde y proporcionar evidencia novedosa con respecto a esta relación utilizando la teoría de las partes interesadas y de la señalización. Este estudio utilizó una muestra que comprende empresas chinas que cotizan en las bolsas de Shanghái y Shenzhen durante el período 2005-2016. En nuestro modelo de medición, la innovación verde es el mediador parcial entre la relación positiva de la divulgación ambiental y el rendimiento de la empresa. Los resultados empíricos muestran que la divulgación medioambiental afecta directamente al rendimiento financiero de la empresa e influye positivamente en él a través de la innovación verde en las empresas chinas. El estudio sugiere que las empresas chinas podrían mejorar su rendimiento aumentando la divulgación medioambiental y las prácticas sostenibles.

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