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Chen J, Wu Y, Wan Y, Cai Z. The impact of green credit on economic development quality: the mediating effect of enterprise innovation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:5928-5943. [PMID: 38133761 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31601-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Implementing green credit is a crucial step for nations looking to control social capital flows, improve environmental governance, and foster high-quality economic development in the context of the global low-carbon transition. This study analyzes the effects of green credit policy on high-quality economic development (HQED) from the perspective of enterprise innovation using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces. The data is from the period between 2011 and 2020. We use the benchmark regression and mediation effect models to analyze the relationship between green credit and HQED. The research results show that (1) green credit can directly and significantly raise the HQED. (2) Enterprise innovation mediates the relationship between green credit and HQED. Green credit can promote HQED through enterprise technical innovation, human capital innovation, stock market innovation, and incremental market innovation. (3) The most apparent mediating influence in enterprise innovation is played by human capital innovation. Our research provides policy implications for governments, banks, and enterprises to promote green transformation and achieve simultaneous economic and environmental development.
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- Jingpeng Chen
- International Business School, Hainan University, Haikou, 570100, China
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- School of Humanities and Arts, Hainan College of Economics and Business, Haikou, 571127, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- International Business School, Hainan University, Haikou, 570100, China.
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Asif M, Khan PA, Irfan F, Salim M, Jan A, Khan M. Is gender diversity is diversity washing or good governance for firm sustainable development goal performance: A scoping review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:114690-114705. [PMID: 37848790 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30211-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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In Industry 4.0, sustainability is the heart, and governance is the soul of the business, but diversity washing, greenwashing, and SDG washing are skeptical. This is due to the reactive/normative approach in dealing with sustainability and governance, which has created an amounting number of greenhouse gases, waste generation, and several business washing challenges. This study has explored the Scopus and Web of Science databases and searched for the keywords "Sustainable Development Goals" AND "Director," which provided 76 documents. However, when the authors added the third keyword, "ISO 37001-2021," along with the above two keywords, the database provided no study investigating the moderation role of ISO 37001-2021. Therefore, the study advocates the adoption of newly developed ISO 37000:2021 good governance standards for greenwashing, SDG washing, and diversity washing challenges without failing to contribute to the firm sustainable development goal performance and earning management. Secondly, the independent director attribute's role is vital due to the potential, power, position, and evidence to adopt ISO 37000:2021 standards. Thirdly, the scoping review study has proposed a conceptual model to extend the reporting discloser and transparency. It goes beyond mere compliance, contributes towards societal development, and promotes adopting sustainable development goal performance and reporting as a new non-financial parameter for evaluating the firm's performance. Lastly, this will boost firm sustainability and adopt the circular economic model, creating a unique competitive edge and green governance goodwill among the business's external stakeholders and attracting sustainably responsible investors.
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- Mohammad Asif
- Department of Finance, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, 11673, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Perak, Malaysia.
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- Department of Commerce and Business Management, Integral University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- School of Management and Marketing, College of Business and Public Management, Wenzhou-Kean University, Ouhai, China
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- Faculty of Commerce, KMCL University, Lucknow, India
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Wu J, Liew CY. Green finance and environmental, social, and governance: evidence from Chinese listed companies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:110499-110514. [PMID: 37792189 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30139-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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In recent years, academics have paid more attention to green finance, and public companies have reached a broad consensus on the concept of timely environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure. Due to the close relationship between green finance and ESG, this presents an opportunity to determine whether green finance compels companies to actively disclose ESG. The sample for this study consists of China's non-financial A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2021, and the empirical findings demonstrate that green finance can positively influence the ESG performance of listed companies. Through an analysis of heterogeneity, this study reaches the following conclusions: state-owned enterprises, heavy pollution companies, and companies in low-carbon pilot cities perform better in terms of green finance's role in promoting ESG scoring. This study also introduces market concentration and social trust as the moderating variables, enriching the green finance research framework. Through the analysis of moderating variables, the 'black box' effect of green finance on ESG is disclosed, providing theoretical support for the government and companies to better comprehend the policy effect as well as a reference for reform and experimental promotion of green finance.
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- Jing Wu
- Graduate Business School, UCSI University, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- School of Economics and Management, Huangshan University, Huangshan, 245041, Anhui, China
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- Faculty of Business and Management, UCSI University, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Cuesta L, Alvarado R, Ahmad M, Murshed M, Rehman A, Işık C. Institutional quality, oil price, and environmental degradation in MENA countries moderated by economic complexity and shadow economy. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:105793-105807. [PMID: 37721669 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29758-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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This paper aims to analyze the link between environmental degradation and institutional quality and the price of oil moderated by economic complexity and the underground economy. We use quantile regressions with annual panel data for 15 countries in the Middle East and North Africa during 1995-2021. The findings indicate that institutional quality, economic complexity, and output positively and heterogeneously impact environmental degradation. However, the square of production has a negative impact, confirming an inverted U relationship between production and environmental degradation. Likewise, we find that the price of oil and the underground economy have a negative and heterogeneous impact on environmental degradation. Based on our results, a potential recommendation for policymakers is that the institutional framework of Middle Eastern and North African countries should be accompanied by a more significant concern for the environment instead of prioritizing extractive growth that is detrimental to the environment's environmental sustainability. Likewise, economic diversification will mitigate environmental degradation and improve formal employment. Our findings are relevant to policymakers and researchers interested in promoting ecological sustainability.
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- Lizeth Cuesta
- Carrera de Economía, Universidad Nacional de Loja, 110150, Loja, Ecuador
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- Esai Business School, Universidad Espíritu Santo, 091650, Samborondon, Ecuador.
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- College of International Economics & Trade, Ningbo University of Finance and Economics, 315175, Zhejiang, Ningbo, China
- "Belt and Road" Bulk Commodity Research Center, Ningbo University of Finance and Economics, 315175, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Economics, School of Business and Economics, North South University, 1229, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Department of Journalism, Media and Communications, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- College of Economics and Management, Henan Agricultural University, 450002, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Anadolu University, Tepebaşı, Eskişehir, Türkiye
- Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
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Dam MM, Işık C, Ongan S. The impacts of renewable energy and institutional quality in environmental sustainability in the context of the sustainable development goals: A novel approach with the inverted load capacity factor. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:95394-95409. [PMID: 37544944 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29020-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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It is crucial to fulfill sustainable development goals in combating environmental pollution. Recently, there has been a growing literature on environmental pollution; however, while many proxies represent environmental pollution, few proxies represent environmental sustainability. In this paper, we examine the effects of institutional quality (SDG-16), economic growth (SDG-8), and renewable energy (SDG-7) on the inverted load capacity factor (SDG-13) in OECD countries from 1999 to 2018. The objective is to ensure environmental sustainability within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. In this respect, the study differs from the existing literature by approaching the sustainable environment literature from a broader perspective. Long-term empirical estimates from the PMG-ARDL technique have shown that institutional quality, reel income, and population increase the inverted load capacity factor, that is, decrease environmental sustainability. However, on the contrary, renewable energy decreases the inverted load capacity factor. Therefore, renewable energy consumption helps reach SDG-7 and SDG-13 in OECD countries. In addition, it is found that economic growth is significant both in the long run and in the short run, and the impact of economic growth on the environment is greater in the short run than in the long run. This result supports the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for OECD countries. The panel causality test results find a bidirectional causality relationship from renewable energy and population to inverted load capacity factor and a unidirectional causality relationship from institutional quality to inverted load capacity factor. This study argues that policymakers should concentrate on deploying environmentally friendly technology to slow down environmental degradation, increase the usage of renewable energy sources, and promote sustainable development in line with the SDGs.
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- Mehmet Metin Dam
- Department of International Trade and Finance, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Nazilli, 09800, Aydin, Türkiye
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- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Anadolu University, Tepebaşı, Eskişehir, Türkiye.
- Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
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- Department of Economics, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
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