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Green Innovations and the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 11317

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Vincent Tawiah

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Guest Editor
DCU Business School, Dublin City Univeristy, Dublin, Ireland
Interests: environmental sustainability; green innovations
Dr. Abdulrasheed Zakari

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Guest Editor
School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Interests: environmental economics; environmental sustainability; green innovations; health economics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The rise in temperature and its concomitant natural disasters have been topical issues for politicians, business leaders, and the general public. Many strategies and regulations have emerged to mitigate our environmental footprints (Tawiah, 2022). Chiefly among these are green innovations (Zakari et al., 2022). Indeed, green innovation has become a key ingredient in any new product or service to be successful. Governments of most countries have incentivised firms through tax credits or grants to support the development of green innovation and technologies. Some studies suggest that green innovativeness increases firm access to capital at the firm level. All the evidence points to the direction that green innovation could drive the attainment of agenda 2030, zero-net emissions; however, OECD data on green innovation highlight wide variations across different countries (OECD, 2021). Moreover, there is little evidence on how green innovation affects environmental sustainability and sustainable development. The OECD statistics provide comprehensive data on green innovations across different countries. Therefore, this Special Issue seeks contributions on topics relating to green innovation and attainment of sustainable development with special attention to:

  1. Factors influencing green innovation at the country level
  2. Politics on green innovation
  3. Consequences of green innovation at both firm and country level
  4. Green innovation and energy efficiency
  5. Green innovation and carbon emission
  6. Green innovation and environmental sustainability
  7. Green innovation and green growth
  8. Green innovation and waste management at the firm level
  9. Green innovation on sustainable production and consumption
  10. Green innovation and inclusive growth
  11. Green innovation and human well-being

Dr. Vincent Tawiah
Dr. Abdulrasheed Zakari
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • green innovation
  • sustainability
  • green growth
  • sustainable development
  • environmental politics
  • energy efficiency
  • carbon emission
  • environmental sustainability
  • SDGs
  • Agenda 2030

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Does Ethical Behaviour Affect Sustainable Development? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
by Hui Wang, Haiming Chen and Vincent Tawiah
Sustainability 2023, 15(13), 10246; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310246 - 28 Jun 2023
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This paper examines the relationship between ethical behavior and green growth for a large sample of 109 countries, comprised of developed and developing countries. We applied panel corrected the standard error (PCSE) and system generalized moment of method (S-GMM) to achieve the set-aside [...] Read more.
This paper examines the relationship between ethical behavior and green growth for a large sample of 109 countries, comprised of developed and developing countries. We applied panel corrected the standard error (PCSE) and system generalized moment of method (S-GMM) to achieve the set-aside objectives. We use the recent data from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED). Our results show that high ethical behavior is associated with an increase in green growth, suggesting that the ethical standard plays a significant role in achieving sustainable development. We also find that the relationship between ethical behavior and green growth is more pronounced in developed countries than in developing countries. This is attributed to the ethical standard laid down in most of the developed countries. The results are unaffected by alternative variable measurements and econometric estimations. Our findings highlight the need for policymakers to consider non-economic and technological factors such as ethics to achieve growth that is both environmentally and economically sustainable. Full article
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Can Local Government Debt Decrease the Pollution Emission of Enterprises?—Evidence from China’s Industrial Enterprises
by Hai Xie, Weikun Zhang and Hanyuan Liang
Sustainability 2023, 15(11), 9108; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15119108 - 5 Jun 2023
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The rapid growth of local government debt size in China has aroused the attention of academia and policy circles due to its impact on environmental pollution. This paper aims to explore the impact of local government debt size on corporate pollution emissions and [...] Read more.
The rapid growth of local government debt size in China has aroused the attention of academia and policy circles due to its impact on environmental pollution. This paper aims to explore the impact of local government debt size on corporate pollution emissions and its mechanism. This paper uses the China Local Government Debt Database, Industrial Enterprise Database, and Industrial Enterprise Pollution Database from 2006 to 2013, and adopts the two-way fixed effect model and difference-in-differences method to conduct an empirical analysis of industrial enterprises in 31 provinces of China. The results show that the local government debt size has a significant positive impact on corporate pollution emissions, and each unit increase in the local government debt size leads to an increase of 0.002 units in corporate pollution emissions. Further mechanism tests show that this effect is realized through the expansion of regional fixed asset investment and the reduction of enterprise R&D investment. In addition, there is significant heterogeneity among enterprises of different ownership, location, and industry. This paper provides practical references for local governments and micromarket actors to improve environmental protection and debt governance in the new era. Full article
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Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Industrial Structure Upgrading: The Mediating Role of Reverse Green Technology Innovation, the Moderating Role of R&D Investment and Environmental Regulation
by Guangyuan Xing and Hao Dong
Sustainability 2023, 15(11), 9062; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15119062 - 3 Jun 2023
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Based on the provincial panel data from 2004 to 2019, this paper constructs a more comprehensive industrial structure upgrading coefficient and uses a moderated mediation model to verify the mechanism of OFDI reverse green innovation technology on industrial upgrading. It is found that [...] Read more.
Based on the provincial panel data from 2004 to 2019, this paper constructs a more comprehensive industrial structure upgrading coefficient and uses a moderated mediation model to verify the mechanism of OFDI reverse green innovation technology on industrial upgrading. It is found that OFDI has a reverse green technology innovation effect, which can positively promote China’s industrial upgrading. From the perspective of a moderated mediating effect, the increase of domestic R&D investment is conducive to shortening the technological gap with developed countries, and the enhancement of domestic environmental regulation also encourages multinational enterprises to implement green technology cooperation. Both of them strengthen the reverse green technology innovation effect of OFDI, and correspondingly have a greater promoting effect on the upgrading of industrial structure. The reverse green technology innovation of OFDI mainly promotes strategic green innovation of noninvention types, but the enhancement of R&D capability and the improvement of environmental regulation can strengthen the reverse substantive green innovation of OFDI. After endogenous processing and replacing the core explanatory variables, the results are still significant. Full article
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Competition between Green and Non-Green Travel Companies: The Role of Governmental Subsidies in Green Travel
by Jun Tu, Juan Du and Min Huang
Sustainability 2023, 15(9), 7712; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15097712 - 8 May 2023
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The problem of carbon emissions in transportation is an increasing concern, and consumers need to be encouraged towards green modes of travel to achieve low-carbon travel. To compete with non-green travel companies, green travel companies have considered implementing expensive green efforts to attract [...] Read more.
The problem of carbon emissions in transportation is an increasing concern, and consumers need to be encouraged towards green modes of travel to achieve low-carbon travel. To compete with non-green travel companies, green travel companies have considered implementing expensive green efforts to attract consumers. Decisions on travel prices, the green efforts of green travel companies to maintain their competitiveness, and the role of governmental subsidies in promoting green travel must be thoroughly investigated. To consider travel competitiveness and the role of governmental subsidies that support the increased expenses of green travel, this study defined four different decision-making scenarios. The Nash game model without governmental subsidies and the Stackelberg–Nash game model with governmental subsidies were built and solved to understand the effects on the pricing and green efforts of travel companies. The equilibrium results and the role of governmental subsidies were analyzed theoretically and numerically. The results showed that governmental subsidies could boost green efforts while increasing green and non-green travel prices. The competition between green and non-green travel companies both undermined the role of the governmental subsidies and reduced the green and non-green travel prices. A sufficiently large cost-sharing coefficient from the government caused the green travel demand to be higher than the non-green travel demand. Full article
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Green Bonds and Sustainable Green Energy: Evidence from the Last Fifteen Years (2007–2022)
by Ayman Abdalmajeed Alsmadi, Manaf Al-Okaily, Najed Alrawashdeh, Anwar Al-Gasaymeh, Amer Moh’d Al-hazimeh and Abdulrasheed Zakari
Sustainability 2023, 15(7), 5778; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15075778 - 27 Mar 2023
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Organizations are shifting their focus towards utilizing green energy in the business process to enhance environmental sustainability. Similar to other business roles, the managerial team in the financial sector has also engaged in environment-friendly operations. A green bond is a new financial approach [...] Read more.
Organizations are shifting their focus towards utilizing green energy in the business process to enhance environmental sustainability. Similar to other business roles, the managerial team in the financial sector has also engaged in environment-friendly operations. A green bond is a new financial approach integrating the protection of the ecosystem into economic profits. This paper analyzes green bonds’ intellectual structure, publication, and networking. The bibliometric statistics utilized in the green bonds emerged from the Scopus database. The research examines published works from the most resourceful nations, institutions of higher learning, scholars, and high-profile publications on green bonds. Additionally, the study maps bibliographic coupling and co-citation to visualize the knowledge network. Full article
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Internet, Green Innovation and Industrial Upgrading
by Lei Tong and Yafei Rong
Sustainability 2022, 14(20), 13687; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013687 - 21 Oct 2022
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The internet and green innovation are important driving forces to promote industrial high-quality and sustainable development at present. Studying their independent and interactive effects on industrial upgrading is of great practical and theoretical significance. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in [...] Read more.
The internet and green innovation are important driving forces to promote industrial high-quality and sustainable development at present. Studying their independent and interactive effects on industrial upgrading is of great practical and theoretical significance. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2006 to 2019, this paper constructs a spatial error model based on four weight matrices to study independent and interactive effects of the internet and green innovation on industrial upgrading. The results show that the internet, green innovation, and industrial upgrading have significant spatial correlation, with all showing high–high and low–high agglomeration trends. Both the internet and green innovation contribute to industrial upgrading, and their interaction effect is more significant for enhancing industrial upgrading. The heterogeneity analysis finds that green innovation has a greater impact on industrial upgrading in eastern China, and the internet in the central and western regions has a greater impact on industrial upgrading. Few previous studies put the internet, green innovation, and industrial upgrading into the unified framework. This paper expands and enriches the research on the relationship among the three to analyze the independent and interactive effects of the internet and green innovation on industrial upgrading by spatial metrology. We also promote the construction, promotion, and application of the internet and optimization of the green innovation environment, taking the “Internet plus green innovation” strategy as the foothold and implementing differentiation and a dynamic strategy that provides a reference for how to realize the transformation and upgrading of China’s industrial structure through the internet and green-innovation strategy. Full article
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