Green Technology Investment Research Articles

Green financing and renewable resources for China's sustainable growth: Assessing macroeconomic industry impact

How green finance and renewable resource efficiency support China's sustainable development goals. China prioritizes sustainable development due to its fast growth and environmental issues. This research explores how green finance and renewable resource efficiency affect China's sustainable development goals. Economic and environmental changes from 1988 through 2020 are analyzed. A linear regression model assesses the macroeconomic industry's influence on China's sustainable development. The model analyzes how green technology investments, renewable energy use, and environmental legislation affect China's sustainable economic trajectory. China's sustainable development ambitions depend on green financing and renewable resource efficiency. Green technology investments are linked to sustainable economic growth. Wind and solar energy use also support China's long-term sustainable economic development. This research highlights the relevance of green finance and renewable resource efficiency in China's sustainable development goals. According to the study, environmental concerns in economic policies and practices help countries reconcile economic progress with environmental sustainability.

Impact of regulatory intervention on green technology and innovation investment of the NEV automaker

In response to the government’s call for sustainable development, many manufacturers invest in green technologies to reduce emissions in the production process. However, many energy-using products, such as electric vehicles, would also generate an environmental impact in the use stage. Meanwhile, previous studies on regulatory intervention only investigate how to limit emissions in the production process ignoring environmental benefits in the use process. Driven by these problems, this paper studies the new energy vehicle (NEV) automaker’s green technology investment to reduce emissions in the manufacturing process and green innovation investment in reducing environmental impacts in the use stage. Moreover, this paper also analyzes the impact of regulatory intervention on green investment. Our results show, firstly, only when the direct subsidy to the consumer is small, green innovation subsidy is superior to product subsidy in increasing innovation investment. Moreover, when the emission-reducing subsidy rate is large, the emission-reducing subsidy is superior to cap-and-trade regulation in terms of increasing green technology investment. Secondly, when the subsidy to the NEV automaker is in the middle, the green innovation subsidy can reach an equilibrium from the perspectives of economic benefit, consumer surplus, environmental benefit, and social welfare. Thirdly, from the perspective of environmental benefit, emission-reduction subsidy is always better than cap-and-trade, while from the perspectives of economic benefit and social welfare, cap-and-trade is the best choice in most cases.

Sustainable production-inventory system for perishables under dynamic fuel pricing and preservation technology investment.

In the production and inventory management of perishables, environmental considerations are gaining prominence. By reducing carbon emissions from various supply chain processes, such as production, transportation, warehousing, and waste disposal of perishable items, the present study aims to minimize the overall cost to the manufacturer through an optimized investment in green technology. Additionally, cycle time and preservation technology investment are optimized to decrease deterioration and revenue loss in order to minimize cost. The originality of the present research lies in the following considerations. Due to an increase in fuel price, the transportation cost of every subsequent order will also increase, thus resulting in an increase of average delivery cost in a production cycle. We investigate the impact of changes in fuel prices on transportation costs and production inventory model policies due to the volatile nature of fuel prices. The function of transportation cost can be used to calculate transport costs in the future. The deterioration rate is a random variable with a double triangular distribution. Precisely, the demand for any product depends on the product's price; therefore, linear price-dependent demand is considered. Per unit production cost is a function of direct material cost, tooling cost, and manpower cost. Taking into account all the aforementioned parameters, this paper simultaneously optimizes green technology investment, preservation investment, and cycle time. To achieve the solution of the proposed sustainable production system, an optimization technique for the nonlinear function is employed. Finally, numerical experiments are conducted to validate the model. A special case of a numerical example demonstrates that the expected value of the total average cost is reduced by 10.723% when investments are made in both green and preservation technology, whereas investments in green technology alone result in a cost reduction of only 2.15%. Then, managerial implications and a discussion of findings are proposed after a sensitivity analysis that examines the model's response to key parameter variation. The study concludes with a discussion of the limitations of current work and possible future scopes.

Management of green investment of countries in terms of their technological development

In the conditions of technological development and informatization of social relations, the formation of effective organizational support for the processes of investing in green technologies is becoming more and more actualized. The object of the research is the management processes of green investment of the countries of the world by various stakeholders in the conditions of increasing movement and development of productive forces towards Industries 4.0 and 5.0. Among the problems that need to be solved, the following should be noted: – low level of management decision-making and implementation of green investment in countries with transition economies and developing countries; – high level of divergence in technological development among the countries of the world in the system of technological structures. Effective organizational and economic support for green investment at the level of the state, investor, manufacturer, and client should be included among the tools for solving these problems. A comparative analysis of green investment of the countries of the world was carried out. The factors of positive and negative impact on the green investment management process in countries with different levels of economy and technological development were formed. Modern trends in the development of green investment were investigated. The effects of the implementation of green technologies by companies of the world were noted. The benchmarking approach has been improved, with regard to the selection of constituent countries-leaders, which can be used in the management of green investments. The criterion indicators of the SWOT analysis of the green investment management system were formed on the example of the innovative project of the university. The necessary conclusions have been drawn based on the research results. The obtained results are explained by the possibility of their application in the system of implementation of projects and programs regarding investment in green technologies (solar stations, wind stations, sewage treatment system, landscaping and greening of territories, geothermal energy). Practical implementation is possible in various countries of the world under the conditions of sustainable technological development from Industry 3.0 to Industry 5.0.

The Impact of Green Technology Investment Levels on Competitive Supply Chain Integration Decisions

The current study focuses on vertical supply chain integration, with a special emphasis on the competitive environment of green investment markets and green investments. The current study investigates the relationship between the final product’s green service level and integration and non-integration methods within two separate supply chain models, namely the Nash competition and Stackelberg game models. To attain its goals, the study utilises an inverse derivation technique and comparative analysis. The current study investigates the best integration approach depending on the level of environmental investment in the supply chain’s final product. The findings revealed that the inter-chain rivalry in green investment and the sensitivity coefficient associated with green investment impacted the integration decisions of competing chains in the Nash competition. Furthermore, when the coefficient of the sensitivity to green investment was greater than 0.375, the choice to integrate logistics service supply chains in a horizontal Nash competition was independent of the amount of service competition intensity. In such cases, taking a different strategy than the rival chain might potentially increase the grade of eco-friendly services provided by one’s own chain.

How Effective Is Reverse Cross-Docking and Carbon Policies in Controlling Carbon Emission from the Fashion Industry?

The present consumer behavior is manipulated by “fast fashion”, where purchasing new, trendy, affordable clothes is preferred over recycling old ones. This changing mannerism has escalated the GHG emissions from the fashion industry. Energy-intensive raw material production, preparation, and processing contribute to considerable emissions. The management of the returned goods from the primary market and further processing through the secondary outlets indulge in reverse logistics. In this paper, efforts are made to minimize the total cost and the carbon emission amount during the process of managing the return articles from the primary market to the reverse distribution center, further processing of the articles at the secondary outlet, and the return of the unsold or excess articles from the secondary outlet. Reverse cross-docking has been implemented in managing the return articles, while environmental concerns over GHG emissions have been addressed by investing in green technology under a strict carbon cap policy. In this research, return articles from the primary and secondary markets, rework of the returned articles, and disposal of the impaired returned articles have been considered. The carbon emission cost at all stages of transportation, rework, or disposal has also been incorporated into this model. A constrained mixed integer linear programming model is proposed and solved considering green investment. A numerical example has been formulated to investigate the effect of green technology on the total cost. The results portray that, though the total cost increases by nearly 2% due to investment in green technology, it ensures a considerable drop of 23% in the carbon emission amount. Also, the result is successful in establishing that reverse cross-docking is a better option than traditional warehousing in terms of minimizing the cost.

A sustainable supply chain coordination model with an investment in green technology and electric equipment

This paper proposes a new mathematical model to examine a solution to a sustainable supply chain problem by investing in green production technology and electrical equipment for transportation and warehousing. This study integrated an inventory model involving a single vendor, a single distributor, and multiple retailers. The carbon emissions involving emissions from a vendor and retailers are incorporated in this paper. An algorithm solution is proposed to minimise the total cost to determine the optimal decision variables, i.e. the lot size, number of deliveries, safety factor, lead-time, and emissions. A numerical example is illustrated to validate the proposed model and provide insight into the relevant industry. The life cycle cost assessment of the electrical equipment is also discussed for managers to inform their decision-making. From the comparison results, the integrated scheme comprising electric-powered with green investment is lower than without green investment, fossil-fuel with green investment, and fossil fuel equipment only with a total cost saving of 0.68%, 3.28%, and 3.59%, respectively; lower-emissions of 39.69%, 42.22%, 27.46%, respectively; and lead-time reduction of 1.80%, 25.23%, 23.78%, respectively.

Cap-and-trade mechanisms, green technology investment, and shadow insurance in a black swan environment

This study aims to evaluate an insurer's equity during a black swan event by developing a capped call option model. The capped call captures the lending-borrowing relationship by integrating the credit risk from the carbon emission reductions of the carbon-intensive borrowing firm with the insurer's shadow insurance in an imperfectly competitive life insurance market. We show that the borrowing firm invests significantly in green technology, increasing its equity value and the insurer's interest margin, but harms policyholders. Increasing shadow insurance enhances the insurer's interest margin and firm equity. Moreover, we find that stringent cap regulation of the cap-and-trade scheme decreases the insurer's interest margin when the black swan impact becomes significant. This strict cap regulation helps policyholder protection, but harms borrowing firm equity. We suggest that the government shrink the cap of the cap-and-trade scheme, contributing to insurance stability. Colossal black swan increases the insurer's interest margin, policyholder protection, and borrowing firm equity. In conclusion, we show that the capped call option model is relevant to green finance for an insurer-borrowing firm.

Closed-loop supply network of electrical and electronic equipment under carbon tax policy.

Waste electrical and electronic equipment is one of the essential pollutants with significant negative impacts on the environment and human health. In this study, a multi-period mixed-integer linear programming model is developed to design a closed loop supply network for the management of electrical and electronic equipment by explicitly considering the economic and environmental sustainability with a budget constraint. Different recycling options like refurbishing, disassembling, remanufacturing, and disposal centers are considered in the design of the network. The model minimizes the total costs of the network and the total carbon emission tax. The literature review shows that the introduced model is more comprehensive than the other existing models because it simultaneously determines the location of facilities, the capacity of facilities, type of manufacturing technologies, variety of vehicles, and the allocation and transportation of materials and products. The model was applied to a real-life case study in Iran and could provide a profit of IRR 245,509,165M during the planning periods. The carbon tax policy with different echelons is applied to control the environmental impacts in which the carbon tax increases as carbon emissions increase. The results show a nearly linear relationship between the total costs of the network and the carbon tax. The carbon tax of equal to or more than 10,800 IRR/t CO2 can be a deterrent factor for the electrical and electronic equipment manufacturer in Iran to diminish emissions through investment in green technologies.

Green technology and energy consumption efficiency in Zimbabwe

Environmental pollution is one of the major problems that has become an increasing area of concern globally, leading to the emergence of green energy technology. Research has been conducted on green technology adoption mainly in developed countries. However, there is noticeably limited knowledge about technology adoption and energy consumption in developing countries, for example, Zimbabwe. Thus, this paper seeks to analyze the impact of green technology adoption on energy sector performance in Zimbabwe. The results established that green technology adoption, energy pricing, energy sector investment, and capital structure significantly influence energy consumption efficiency. These results showed a positive relationship between green technology adoption and energy consumption efficiency based on the argument of the substitution possibility effect between green technology and energy demand. The study recommends adopting and identifying the type of green technology to utilize and the timing of investment in green technology. In addition, alternative estimation methods can be adopted to test the robustness of the findings.

A sustainable supply chain coordination model with an investment in green technology and electric equipment

ABSTRACT Statement of Removal Due to a technical issue, this article incorrectly published in the International Journal of Systems Science instead of the International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics. Therefore, this article has been removed from International Journal of Systems Science and republished in the International Journal of Systems Science:Operations & Logistics. The article is now available in the link: https://doi.org/10.1080/23302674.2023.2221078 Article title: A sustainable supply chain coordinationmodel with an investment in green technology and electricequipment Authors: I. D.Wangsa, I. Vanany & N. Siswanto Journal: International Journal of Systems Science Version of Record Published Online: 03 May 2023 DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/00207721.2023.2208114

Priorities for creating a decarbonised world

Annual investment in green technologies will need to more than triple to $3.5 trillion in the next decade Electricity systems across the globe will need to be substantially expanded New distribution and transmission networks must be planned ahead, rather than built reactively Balancing supply and demand for electricity is a major challenge around the world Decarbonisation could create hundreds of thousands of new jobs in the UK alone

Being green first: Simultaneous vs. sequential abatement decisions

We investigate the effect of the timing of green technology investment in a polluting duopoly facing environmental regulation. We consider a three-stage game where (i) firms sequentially choose their investment in the first stage, (ii) the regulator sets the optimal emission fee in the second stage, and (iii) the polluting good is produced in the third stage. When free-riding incentives are strong the leader enjoys a first-mover advantage, investing less in abatement than the follower, as in sequential public good games. We also show that sequential investment decisions achieve higher abatement than simultaneous decisions, and identify in which settings such a difference is the largest.

Налоговое стимулирование инвестиций в зеленые технологии: опыт отдельных стран

The relevance of the research topic is due to the need to solve the problems of fiscal support for investment in the context of increasing environmental and climate risks that push countries to form the fiscal policy under the influence of the climate agenda, capable of ensuring the financial interests of governments and investors. The main objective of the article is to characterize the processes of transformation of national fiscal policy under the influence of the global climate agenda and tax incentives for investments in green technologies. The authors analyze the sources of investment financing mobilized by developed countries, the main of which are carbon taxes and energy taxes. Changes in the tax policy of the Russian Federation aimed at stimulating the best available technologies and R&D are exposed. The following conclusions are made. Developed countries are actively implementing fiscal measures to support investment in green technologies; the topic of tax transformation has moved from a discussion format to the plane of practical application, although not always successful. Today countries introduce new incentives, use preferential environmental taxation of innovative activities of the energy-intensive sector and voluntary tax agreements of authorities with investment companies, form ratings based on unified comparable indicators. The Russian Federation lags behind developed countries in mobilizing financial resources for green economic growth and in the development of fiscal tools that have proven effective. The problem today is tax regulation of technological development, which covers investment incentives and disincentives to environmental pollution. The next promising action could be the formation of a financial basis for green economic growth, investment in green technology.

Profitability and pricing decision-making structures in presence of uncertain demand and green technology investment for a three tier supply chain

We develop generalized game theoretic analytical models involving a manufacturer, a supplier, and a retailer entity considering both collaboration and leadership-based paradigms of decision-making within a supply chain (SC) considering pricing and profitability as two key economic dimensions. Both centralized and Stackelberg game-based structures are developed considering green technology investments by both the supplier and the manufacturer with an aim to reduce accompanying carbon emissions. The evolved analytical models also integrate uncertainties associated with customer demand (sensitive to carbon emission) represented as fuzzy variable. In such settings, we ascertain the optimal pricing, profitabilities, carbon emissions levels etc. for the pertinent SC entities for both the centralized and decentralized supply chain structures. To investigate the influence of green technology investment and carbon emission sensitivity on economic objectives such as profitability of individual entities and entire supply chain, we also carry out sensitivity analysis. We also examine both the individual and cross effects under both centralized and decentralized SC structures. The study augments extant supply chain literature in terms of comprehensive pricing-profitability models under both decentralized and centralized supply chain structures considering three-tiered SC structure. Novel findings are also reported based on the numerical and sensitivity analysis. For instance, though retailer dominant SC is most environmentally supportive and price friendly for the customer amongst decentralized scenarios, increase in fuzziness associated with emissions leads to jump in net emissions only marginally, but significant surge in retail price. Counterintuitively, from an emission reduction point of view, retailer dominant SC is identified as best scenario for the manufacturer.

Impact of Investments in Green Technologies on Energy Security and Sustainable Development in the Future

One of the key areas of technological development in the world is the development of the so-called green technologies, which allow to ensure the required level of economic growth without creating additional environmental risks. In recent years, green investments in general, and green bonds, in particular, have become an effective tool for financing green projects. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of the development of green technologies on energy security and sustainable development of energy technologies. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were solved: the essence and main directions of development of investments in green technologies in the modern investment space were determined; the volume of investments in green technologies in the world was estimated; possible directions of influence of investments in green technologies on energy security were outlined. It is established that green bonds and green investments in general can attract investors and create prerequisites for effective ensuring a sufficient level of environmental safety. It is also noted that ESG criteria are increasingly penetrating the financial sector. The emergence of green investments is associated with growing requirements for environmental friendliness of production and corporate social responsibility. According to market participants, over the next five years, many of the world's largest companies will add ESG ratings to traditional credit ratings and metrics. In general, analysing the effectiveness of investments in green technologies will help to make informed decisions and choose optimal development strategies that help to reduce the negative impact on the environment and increase the competitiveness of companies in the global market. The study concluded that investments in green technologies have potential opportunities for companies in various industries, but the success of such investments depends on a thorough financial assessment, risk management, and long-term development strategy.

Environmental impacts of energy indicators on ecological footprints of oil-exporting African countries: Perspectives on fossil resources abundance amidst sustainable development quests

In the wake of the ongoing debate on global energy dynamics and environmental concerns, the calls for collective action for environmental protection have intensified even as the quest for sustainable economic growth continues to shape the decisions of policymakers and authorities among nations. As such, this study examines the environmental impacts of energy indicators on the ecological footprint of mainly oil-exporting African economies from the perspective of the interaction between fossil energy resource rents and its consumption, while controlling for the roles of urbanization and globalization among the countries for the period between 1990 and 2016. The adopted Augmented Mean Group (AMG) estimator produced very insightful information in the study and offers the additional advantage of exploring country-specific outcomes in the empirical analyses that were subsequently corroborated by the Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) and Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square (FMOLS) approaches. Firstly, fossil energy resource rents and their consumption significantly contribute to environmental deterioration through rising ecological footprint among the countries. Secondly, economic growth and globalization also aggravate the pressure exerted on the environment alongside the observed undesirable environmental impacts of rapid urbanization among the countries. Thirdly, the inverted U-shape income-footprint relationship depicting the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis was rejected for the panel of all countries, while minimal evidence of its validity was only upheld for Egypt and Nigeria on a country-specific basis, thereby reflecting the roles of individual country's specific differences. Hence, strategic energy transition plans, economic diversification policies, green technology investments, and improved environmental regulations were recommended as necessary ingredients for policy directions toward achieving environmental sustainability alongside relevant development goals (SDGs-8, 11, & 13) in the understudied economies.

Application of improved meta-heuristic algorithms for green preservation technology management to optimize dynamical investments and replenishment strategies

In this study, an application of green preservation technology to obtain optimal pricing and replenishment policies is developed. The decreasing value in waste is considered along with retailer dynamic promotional and green preservation technology investments under a price-promotion model with ramp-type demand. To maximize total profits, the study aims to clean the environment while simultaneously optimizing selling price, replenishment schedule, order quantity, green preservation technology investment, and dynamic investment rate. Pontryagin’s maximum principle is adopted to obtain the optimal dynamic investment rate for waste reduction. Additionally, simulated annealing, particle swarm optimization, and BAT algorithms are individually applied to obtain an optimal decision for waste reduction via green preservation technology. Results showed that the investment rate in promotion is significantly affected by price changes and that the investment in green preservation technology is affected by the nature of the product. Extensive computational experiments are performed to validate the proposed model. Under Ramp-type demand, price differentiation is more rewarding than the uniform pricing of the retailer. Results demonstrate the significant role of dynamic investment strategy. It has invested more based on the low-price sensitivity in the second period, and the optimal investment follows a reverse trend.

Effect of green investment to reduce carbon emissions in an imperfect production system

Climate change is a serious hazard to human life today, and the greenhouse effect is its key cause. The production sector is one of the biggest contributors to climate change as it accounts for a large part of greenhouse gas emissions. Many nations have created ecological policies and regulations to prevent industries from emitting excessive amounts of carbon emissions (CO2) into the ecosystem. Industry experts believe that green technology might aid in making a more sustainable future as a result of the current climate crisis. Investments in green technologies are rising rapidly which may allow more nations to adopt green technology and transition away from non-renewable resources. This research explores the viability of investing in green technology to achieve a sustainable production scheduling considering an uncertain amount of CO2 during the processes of production, transport, and storage, and thus offers managerial insights for policymakers to reduce both CO2 and overall cost. This study assumes an imperfect production process where a fraction of the items is faulty, and the firm employs a rework approach to rectify the faulty items. The firm invests in green technology to significantly cut CO2 and support innovation to address the climate crisis and benefit communities. The main point of the study is to develop a solution procedure of the problem associated with the amount of CO2 where all the CO2 factors might increase or decrease fuzziness. According to the skills gained by the decision maker we fuzzify all CO2 factors as trapezoidal fuzzy numbers, and we use a signed distance method to defuzzify the model. The results imply that the production sector’s outsize ecological CO2 can be reduced without compromising quality by designing optimal production strategies. The findings also confirm that green investment is the greatest economical method for reducing CO2 and overall costs.

Creating Designs for Clothing Accessories Inspired by Amazigh Jewelry by the concept of Sustainability

With the increasing prevalence of concerns related to pollution, climate change caused by human activity, and biodiversity losses, the world has moved to adopt more sustainable policies and procedures at the present time, by implementing sustainable business practices and increasing investment in green technology. Aesthetic artistic and the second part is the intellectual and civilized appearance of clothing complements, special and distinctive features, as it is a plastic language through which art can be practiced, as it allows the person in charge of it to produce pieces that have utilitarian functions besides the artistic value. The wearer's cultural awareness is also considered a requirement of elegance and the interest in the Amazigh heritage would work to confirm the national identity of the peoples of that region of the Arab and Islamic world, especially in the time of freedoms and democracy and the development of communications and information technology that helped preserve the traditions and customs of peoples. Several plant, animal and geometric shapes. In this context, many studies have dealt with Amazigh art as a fertile source of inspiration for the designer of clothing accessories, with its aesthetic values and artistic features. Statement of the problem : The research problem can be formulated in the following questions: 1 - What are the characteristics of the art of Berber jewelry and their symbolic significance? 2- What is the possibility of employing the art of Berber jewelry in making accessories for women's fashion using the recycling of cutting waste? 3 - What are the opinions of specialists in the proposed designs inspired by the art of Berber jewelry using the recycling of cutting waste? 4- What are the opinions of female consumers about the proposed designs inspired by the art of Berber jewelry using the recycling of cutting waste? Objectives : The research aims to: 1 - Studying the artistic features and plastic elements that distinguish the art of Berber jewelry and their symbolic Significance : The importance of research lies in: 1 - It deals with one of the branches of science related to the field of designing clothing accessories, and discusses new sources for design. 2 - Employing the concept of sustainable fashion through the recycling of cutting waste in the proposed designs. 3 - Producing environmentally friendly clothing supplements in all stages of production. Methodology : The research follows the historical approach to study the historical origins of the Amazigh society and its related arts. The research also follows the analytical descriptive approach with the work of applications. The descriptive approach: to explore the opinions of both female consumers and specialists (academics, experts in the field) in the proposed designs. Analysis: An analysis of Amazigh jewelry and its symbolic significance. Experimental work: Design proposals for multi-use women's clothing accessories inspired by the art of Berber jewelry, while achieving sustainable fashion in light of the concept of sustainability and recycling. Delimitations : 1 - Selections from Berber jewelry in (Morocco) and the reason is due to the fact that the Berber language has become an official language in Morocco, in addition to the fact that the Moroccan Berbers make up 26% of the total population of Morocco and are concentrated in three main regions (the northeastern region - the Middle Atlas region - Souss Plain regions). 2- Presenting design proposals for supplementing women's clothing from the age of 25: 35 with the concept of sustainable fashion and recycling, suitable for the morning period and keeping pace with fashion trends. 3 - Use the remnants of cutting organic cotton. Results : The results of the search revealed positive opinions of specialists towards the proposed designs, which obtained percentages ranging between (59.2%: 98.2%) and between (53.84%: 95.38%) by female consumers. By analyzing the results, we found that there is an agreement between the opinions of both the specialists and the female consumers on a number of points, as follows: 1 - The designs are modern and suitable for the age group under study. 2 - The designs are consistent and keep up with the prevailing fashion trends. 3 - The designs are distinct, and the reason is due to the non-traditional source of inspiration that was reflected in the designs. 4 - The designs are easy to use and care for. 5 - The use of recycled materials in the designs presented distinct and sustainable design ideas.