Era Of Low-carbon Economy Research Articles

Carbon emission trading scheme and corporate labor cost: Evidence from China

In the low-carbon economy era, the impacts of government environmental policies on the corporate labor force have received increasing attention. This study empirically examines the effects of the carbon emission trading scheme (ETS) on corporate labor costs using a sample of Chinese A-share listed companies in the industrial sector from 2007 to 2020. Empirical analysis shows that the ETS significantly increases corporate labor costs, and this finding is further supported by various robustness tests. Further analysis reveals that the ETS primarily affects labor costs by promoting the upgrading of the human capital structure, and the impact of the ETS on labor costs is more significant in enterprises in China's eastern region, those with higher labor intensity, and state-owned enterprises. Additionally, the effects of the ETS on corporate labor costs manifest mainly in the increase in the labor costs of ordinary employees. We contribute to the existing literature by enhancing the current understanding of the policy implications of the ETS and shedding light on the dynamics of corporate labor costs under the low-carbon economy.

Research on Enterprise Green Accounting Information Disclosure under the Background of Low-carbon Economy

In order to explore the low carbon economic background of green accounting information disclosure, understand the industry how to adapt to the sustainable development and environmental trends, the article from the overview of the low carbon economy, analyzes the low carbon economy of home appliance enterprise green accounting information disclosure requirements, after according to the current home appliance enterprise green accounting information disclosure problems put forward the specific solutions, including encouraging home appliance enterprise voluntary disclosure of social responsibility information, improve the home appliance enterprise green accounting information disclosure constraint system, improve the home appliance enterprise green accounting information disclosure content, etc. Research shows that the green accounting information disclosure in the home appliance industry plays a key role in the era of low-carbon economy, and helps to improve the sustainability, transparency and credibility of enterprises. However, there are still some challenges, in order to achieve a greener and more sustainable economic development, home appliance enterprises need to further improve their green accounting information disclosure practices to meet the growing demand for environmental protection.

Green supply chain innovation management strategy based on the combination of low carbon economy and e-commerce with big data technology

Abstract In recent years, cloud computing, Internet of Things, mobile Internet and other emerging technologies have emerged and developed continuously, prompting various kinds of data to gradually show an explosive growth trend, and the resulting impact has penetrated into all levels of industry, scientific research, education, family and society, which marks that mankind has entered the era of big data comprehensively. At the same time, with the arrival of the era of big data, the concept of decarbonizing and greening of the supply chain is deeply rooted in the hearts of people, and it has become an inevitable trend for enterprises to promote the development and innovation of green supply chain. The supply chain of e-commerce is inseparable from big data technology. This paper intends to effectively combine low carbon economy and e-commerce from the perspective of big data-based application, and explore the green supply chain innovation management strategy based on the combination of low carbon economy and e-commerce under big data technology, so as to effectively promote the innovation and development of green supply chain management strategy in the era of low carbon economy.

Short wet-steaming low-carbon cleaner pad dyeing of cotton/polyamide/lyocell fabric with reactive dyes

Cotton/polyamide/lyocell three-component fabrics are usually dyed by the traditional dip dyeing technology with two kinds of dyes, which has the disadvantages of long process, high energy consumption and high cost. In this research, the short process cleaner pad dyeing technology for cotton/polyamide/lyocell fabric was developed. The optimal dyeing conditions were that the pH value of initial dye solution was 3–4, the reactive red 195 dye concentration was 10 g/L in the preliminary dye bath, the concentration of NaOH and Na2CO3 were 10 g/L in the alkaline fixing solution, and the steaming time of acid solution and alkali solution was 4 mins. The dyeing effects and fixation rate indicated that short wet-steaming technology was the optimum method. The developed short wet-steaming low-carbon cleaner pad dyeing technology of cotton/polyamide/lyocell fabric not only ensured the color yield, reproducibility, dyeing uniformity and permeability, but also saved dyes and chemicals, shortened dyeing time by 17.4 %, reduced power and heat consumption by 27.1 % and 15.1 %, and decreased carbon emission by 24.6 % compared with traditional dyeing. The K/S values of the dyed samples by short wet-steaming pad dyeing technique indicated that bifunctional reactive dyes with monochlorotriazine and vinyl sulfone sulfate groups (M-type) were superior to the other three kinds of reactive dyes. In the era of low-carbon economy, short wet-steaming low-carbon cleaner pad dyeing of cotton/polyamide/lyocell fabric with reactive dyes is an advanced short process dyeing technology worth of promotion for dyeing a variety of industrial crops and products.

Supply chain decision-making and coordination for joint investment in cost and carbon emission reduction

AbstractIn the era of low-carbon economy, it is an important measure for enterprises to respond to changes in the external environment by actively investing in various low-carbon technologies to reduce their carbon emissions. However, in real life, simply focusing on one kind of technology investment may not be able to perfectly achieve the established goals of enterprises, and more often, enterprises will adapt a strategy of multiple technology investment. Therefore, in view of this practical activity, this paper considers that manufacturers invest in two innovative activities: reducing production costs and improving emission reduction. The results of this study show that the increase in the carbon trading price will stimulate the motivation of enterprises to carry out low-carbon technologies innovation, which is conducive to the realization of the government’s carbon emission reduction target. Under centralized decision-making, the R&D investment of enterprises will not achieve immediate results, and the carbon emissions of enterprises under centralized decision-making are relatively high compared with those under decentralized decision-making. The improvement of consumers’ low-carbon awareness will enhance the driving force of enterprises’ low-carbon technologies innovation, although it will not reduce the total carbon emissions of enterprises.

Analysis and Countermeasure Research on the Development Status of Guangdong Culture Tourism Industry

In the era of low carbon economy, culture tourism industry has gradually become the “green sunrise industry” that major countries in the world give priority development to. Guangdong has always invariably place a high premium on the development of culture tourism industry. However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 has greatly impacted the previously prosperous cultural tourism industry, which directly led to a sharp decline in the revenue of cultural tourism industry. Now, China’s management of COVID-19 has been downgraded to the less strict Category B from the current top-level Category A, meaning the culture tourism industry will usher in new development opportunities. Herein, we analyze and study the policy orientation, key projects, regional cooperation, intelligent construction and other aspects of Guangdong’s cultural tourism industry, put forward targeted countermeasures and suggestions on the development status and existing problems of Guangdong’s culture tourism industry by comparing the development modes of culture tourism industry in other cities.

Lauric arginate/cellulose nanocrystal nanorods-stabilized alkenyl succinic anhydride pickering emulsion: enhancement of stabilization and paper sizing performance

Biodegradable colloidal particle materials are becoming attractive candidates as eco-friendly chemical additives in the low-carbon economy era. However, developing cheap, stable, and efficient paper-sizing agents is still a challenging issue for both the paper-making academic community and industry. Here, an easy-fabricating, stable, and high-performance alkenyl succinic anhydride (ASA) paper-sizing emulsion that is stabilized by lauric arginate (LAE)/cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) nanorods is developed. Furthermore, the partial hydrophobization between ASA and LAE/CNCs can be adjusted due to the partial hydrophobization between ASA and LAE/CNC nanorods, resulting in improved stability of the ASA-sizing emulsion. This novel paper-sizing emulsion is shown to have a small droplet size (0.8 μm), high hydrolysis resistance, and a high paper-sizing degree (300 s) along with a remarkable hydrophobicity contact angle of 110° for long-term storage. This work enables the realization of an interfacial self-assembled Pickering-stabilizer, which leads to an environmentally friendly, pervasive and cost-effective emulsification technique for next-generation paper-sizing additives.

Analysis on Green Accounting Information Disclosure of Chemical Enterprises Under Low-Carbon Economy

In the current era of low-carbon economy, environmental governance and energy conservation have become major issues, in which chemical enterprises with high pollution and consumption have naturally attracted much attention. The disclosure of green accounting information is indispensable to the continuous development of chemical enterprises and even the whole society. Therefore, based on existing research results, this paper analyzes the existing problems and causes of green accounting information disclosure of chemical enterprises in China under low-carbon economy, and puts forward suggestions for solutions.

In the era of low-carbon economy, how will the new energy automobile industry develop

With people paying more and more attention to energy, low-carbon and environment-friendly lifestyle has become the main direction pursued by modern people. With the continuous improvement of people's quality of life, the demand for automobiles is growing,Combined with people's emphasis on energy conservation, developing new energy automobile industry is the necessary trend of modern economic and social development. At present, the development of China's new energy automobile industry is still in the primary stage, and it will face many problems, such as the related technologies of new energy automobile, which need to be further improved, and there is still a certain lack of capital investment in the new energy automobile industry,All these problems need to be further optimized and adjusted by enterprises and the government according to the actual situation. This article will mainly take this as the topic and discuss the related contents.

Accounting ERP Costing System of Electric Energy Enterprise Based on Energy Saving and Emission Reduction

The paper proposes an accounting cost accounting system for power plants based on energy conservation and emission reduction. It is found that the factory needs to improve the cost control system including environmental costs, and incorporate various subjects such as carbon trading, carbon emission reduction, and carbon tax. The cost control in the era of low-carbon economy is to determine the optimal exhaust gas temperature value under each load to further reduce the coal consumption of the generator set. At the same time, in order to reduce energy loss, the paper also proposes a costing method based on elastic network algorithm, which will amortize the environmental cost of power generation in power companies, and then calculate the cost of the project to realize the power generation of power companies.

Exploring the “Green” Transformation Planning of Industrial Parks in the Era of Low Carbon Economy

The core function of the low carbon economy is to change the economic development trend of the whole society. It is necessary to carry out industrial transformation and upgrading according to the concept of sustainable development and to realize integrated technological innovation and efficient economic development without violating the law of ecological and environmental development. In the era of the low-carbon economy, industrial parks should solidly promote the green transformation planning process. Relying on the basic logical framework of green transformation of industrial parks, it can build a green development quality evaluation system of industrial parks and formulate a green planning mechanism and green economic cycle development model in line with the background of the low-carbon economy.

A dynamic model for generation expansion planning based on Conditional Value-at-Risk theory under Low-Carbon Economy

Realizing low-carbon development of power system is one of the most urgent issues among power industry, especially under the era of Low-Carbon Economy. Generation expansion planning (GEP) plays a key role in reducing carbon emission. In this paper, after revealing the impact of uncertainties on GEP, simulating the uncertainties of fuel price, carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction technology and carbon price, considering high grid integration of micro-grids, a dynamic model for GEP based on Conditional Value-at-Risk theory is proposed. On the basis of traditional GEP, the model analyzes the investment decisions which are made by generation company in different risk scenarios and considers the constraint of the risk of uncertainties. An actual case is studied based on a provincial grid in China by applying the proposed model, and the results prove it to be more adaptable and effective for the sustainable development of future power system.

Research on the enterprise management innovation ability assessment under low carbon economy circumstances with hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic information

With the advent of the era of low-carbon economy, China enterprises urgently need for innovation in enterprises management if they want to occupy a place in the fierce market competition environment in the era of low-carbon economy, which puts forward the new requirements for energy conservation an d emissions reduction to enterprises. To enterprises, promoting the management innovation under low carbon economy circumstances has the very vital significance, which can enhance the management ability and management level, and always possess a leading position in the market competition. In this paper, inspired by the method of traditional I-CG operator, we have proposed the induced hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic correlated geometric (IHFULCG) operator. Next, we exploited the IHFULCG operator to design some approaches to tackle the hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic multiple attribute decision making issues for evaluating the enterprise management innovation ability under low carbon economy circumstances. In the end, an example to estimate the enterprise management innovation ability under low carbon economy circumstances is given.

The Development Status, Problems and Countermeasures of China’s Carbon Financial Market

In recent years, the global climate governance is not just for a global environmental problem of climate change, more involved in international politics, economy, investment, technology and other fields, and involves the transformation of production and life style. Accompanied by global energy and technology revolution, the development of low carbon is our inevitable requirement. Recently, China submitted to UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) the Secretariat of the national independent contribution plan and set emission reduction targets: carbon dioxide emissions reach the peak in 2030 and strive to reach the peak as early as possible; carbon emission intensity decreased by 60% - 65% compared with that in 2005. This means that our government will intensify its efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In the past, our target was to reduce carbon emissions intensity, but now our country is to realize the reduction of total carbon emissions, or “absolute reduction”. Carbon finance is an important breakthrough in the development of low carbon economy and the promotion of carbon emission reduction. This paper focuses on the analysis of the development status of China’s carbon financial market, the problems and the opportunities and challenges faced, and finally, the relevant countermeasures and suggestions are given from the perspectives of policy, talent, mechanism, international cooperation and so on, in order to promote the development of carbon financial market innovation, to seize the commanding heights of the era of low-carbon economy.

Research on Techniques of Reducing the Life Cycle Carbon Emission at Building Design Stage

Constructing low carbon building is inevitable at low carbon economy era. Design is a dominating influence in building life cycle. To design low carbon buildings, this article studies some reasonable design techniques. The article analyses relevant professions of design and puts forward the main techniques and methods during building design stage for reducing carbon emission. These techniques are critical to building life cycle.

Design Research of Environmental Protection Clothes Based on Low-Carbon Concept

The current situation of environmental protection clothes under low-carbon economy era is analyzed, and the design methods of environmental protection clothes are discussed by starting from three elements of clothing design: clothing styles, materials and colors. On the one hand, the damage of clothing production to the environment will be solved; on the other hand, long-term sound development of the industry will be realized. To realize the change of clothing product from the aspect of design, so as to gradually change the production modes, further to make it fit the requirement of environmentalism.

Study on the Development of Low Carbon Tourism in the Era of Low Carbon Economy

Under the new environmental advocacy, the world economy entered the era of low carbon economy, low carbon tourism as a part of low carbon economy era, a new form of tourism, which is fundamental to achieve sustainable tourism development. Although there have been some achievements in the aspects of low carbon tourism, problems still exist in some aspects that include system, environmental technology and tourists low carbon awareness. This paper expounds on the background of low carbon economy, serving as the "smokeless industry" of tourism industry will decide on what path to follow, and has put forward to build sustainable development strategic planning, strengthen technological innovation strategy and step up publicity and other strategies to achieve tourism. This paper focuses on the application level, hoping to enrich the connotation of low carbon tourism, discusses the realization mechanism of low carbon Tourism.

The Platform of SCRP and the Construction of Low-Carbon Supply Chain

In order to achieve effective enterprise resource and energy consumption in the era of low-carbon economy, Chinas enterprises need to build SCRP (Supply Chain Resource Planning) platform system which serves the whole process of information sharing and resource sharing of supply chain, and thus to construct the low-carbon supply chain. A systematic structure of SCRP platform system has been provided in this study. Currently, it is important to improve the social acceptance and concept recognition of low-carbon supply chain and SCRP platform. It is also necessary to lower carbon dioxide emissions in whole supply chain.

Establishment of CSR Matter-Element Evaluation Model in Perspective of Low Carbon Economy in China

With the development of CSR concept, more and more enterprises begin to bring CSR into practice. Especially in the era of low-carbon economy develops quickly, CSR practice is going to mature. In order to make a scientific evaluation on CSR and promote the comprehensive development of CSR, this study develop a new CSR evaluation model under requires of low-carbon economy development. This CSR evaluation model combined G1 weighting method with the Matter-Element Model and finally verified by an example. What we do in this study will provide a good guidance for the development of CSR evaluation and practices.

Carbon Efficient Supply Chain Management: Literature Review with Extensions

In low carbon economy, carbon emissions permit has become a kind of resource; in the market economy system, new economic relations between enterprises have appeared, these characteristics make enterprise operation cost structure and profiting pattern changed. The paper reviews the previous literature on carbon footprint, production optimization theory individual enterprise and supply chain operation management with carbon emissions constraints. Then the paper put forward four worth further research directions: Carbon emission cost distribution and scientific measurement in supply chain; supply chain operation based on consumer behavior in Low Carbon Economy Era; optimizing the allocation of carbon emissions permit in supply chain; Dynamic Multi-period operation optimization of carbon efficient supply chain.