Frontiers in Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Dec. 11, 2024
Green
innovation
serves
as
a
driving
force
for
enterprises
to
enhance
their
competitiveness
and
may
offer
an
effective
pathway
reducing
carbon
emissions.
This
study,
using
data
on
green
emissions
from
publicly
listed
companies
between
2000
2022,
examines
the
impact
of
enterprise
its
specific
transmission
channels.
The
findings
reveal
that:
1)
significantly
reduces
emissions,
this
inhibitory
effect
remains
robust
across
series
stability
tests.
2)
Mechanistically,
primarily
decreases
through
improvements
in
energy
efficiency
specialization
management.
3)
Compared
application
utility
model
patents,
invention
patents
is
more
emission
reduction
found
be
pronounced
non-state-owned
compared
state-owned
enterprises.
Furthermore,
when
comparing
pollution
intensity
technological
complexity
industries,
suppressive
stronger
operating
highly
polluting
technologically
complex
industries.
study
provide
empirical
evidence
support
promotion
facilitating
low-carbon
transition
manufacturing
developing
countries.
Energy Informatics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
8(1)
Published: Feb. 14, 2025
Climate
change
has
become
an
increasingly
pressing
issue,
underscoring
the
urgent
global
need
for
energy
conservation
and
emission
reduction.
As
one
of
largest
emitters,
China
is
actively
advancing
comprehensive
efforts
to
reduce
emissions
in
pursuit
sustainable
development,
with
enterprises
playing
a
key
role
aligning
economic
growth
environmental
sustainability.
Digital
Transformation
(DT)
emerged
as
crucial
enabler
low-carbon
development.
This
study
utilizes
data
from
publicly
listed
companies
China,
spanning
period
2000
2021,
employs
two-way
fixed-effects
model
assess
impact
corporate
DT
on
Carbon
Emissions
(CE).
The
findings
reveal
that:
First,
significantly
contributes
reduction
CE;
Second,
CE
varies
across
regions,
industries,
firm
characteristics;
Third,
positive
effect
driven
by
mechanisms
such
technological
advancement,
innovation
promotion,
resource
optimization,
improved
output
efficiency.
These
results
provide
both
theoretical
insights
empirical
evidence
supporting
fostering
green,
enterprise
