Green manufacturing and environmental productivity growth

Li, Yan ORCID: 0000-0002-9053-6233 and Zhang, Min (2018) Green manufacturing and environmental productivity growth. INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS, 118 (6). pp. 1303-1319.

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Abstract

<jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title> <jats:p>Due to stringent regulations on carbon emissions, green manufacturing has become a critical issue in manufacturers’ strategic planning. Manufacturers are greening production through carbon abatement activities. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence the effects of carbon abatement on environmental productivity growth.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title> <jats:p>Using data envelopment analysis with directional distance function, this study examines productivity growth associated with carbon abatement under regulated and unregulated production technologies. A pollution abatement index (PAI) is constructed for determining the effects of carbon abatement on environmental productivity growth. Panel data of 18 European countries in paper and pulp and coke sectors are collected for the analysis.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title> <jats:p>The empirical findings reveal that carbon abatement may positively or negatively affect environmental productivity growth which is dependent on the nature of technology in a sector, the innovation capabilities of a country and environmental regulations.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title> <jats:p>Conventional approaches in measuring productivity changes do not normally take undesired outputs (e.g. carbon emissions) into consideration. This study contributes to literature by constructing a PAI that considers productivity changes under a joint production technology (where both desired and undesired outputs are considered). The findings enhance current understandings on the effectiveness of carbon abatement activities and help managers establish corporate environmental strategies to adopt green manufacturing.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Data envelopment analysis, Green manufacturing, Carbon abatement, Environmental productivity
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	14 Jun 2018 06:34
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 01:32
DOI:	10.1108/IMDS-03-2018-0102
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3022541