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Greening the future: How green manufacturing shapes corporate environmental and ESG success

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  • Zheng, Yulan
  • Wu, Yifan
  • Zhang, Yaoli
  • Meng, Xiaoyu
  • Zhang, Pengdong

Abstract

This paper examines whether and how green manufacturing enhances corporate environmental performances. We find that the green manufacturing policy significantly improves firm environmental performance. Mechanisms analysis show that green manufacturing will affect corporate environmental performances through fostering corporate green innovation, relieving financing constraints, and promoting environmental information disclosure. The impacts of green manufacturing on corporate environmental performances are more pronounced in non-state-owned firms, firms with lower environmentally regulated level, heavily polluting firms, and large-scale companies. Finally, we find that the green manufacturing policy can also improve firm overall ESG performance. This paper contributes to the growing literature on firm environmental behavior and proposes tailored policy implications for the government to address the challenges of green development.

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  • Zheng, Yulan & Wu, Yifan & Zhang, Yaoli & Meng, Xiaoyu & Zhang, Pengdong, 2025. "Greening the future: How green manufacturing shapes corporate environmental and ESG success," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finana:v:100:y:2025:i:c:s105752192500081x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2025.103994
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    Keywords

    Green manufacturing; Environmental performance; Green innovation; Environmental information disclosure;
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    JEL classification:

    • L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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