Empowering or Constraining? The Impact of Corporate Digitalization on Green Management Practices

The relationship between corporate digitalization and green management practices has received increasing scholarly attention, but existing empirical findings remain inconsistent. To clarify this relationship, this research conducts a meta-analysis based on 94 effect sizes from 82 empirical studies, adopting a multivariable research framework to integrate existing findings and explore the factors that contribute to the generation of heterogeneity. The findings indicate that corporate digitalization facilitates green management practices, a conclusion robust across three key dimensions: environmental performance, green innovation, and green supply chain management. Furthermore, the findings show that digitalization exerts a stronger positive effect in non-manufacturing firms, non-heavy-polluting firms, and high-tech firms, while measurement approaches emerge as a critical factor influencing empirical outcomes. These findings provide integrated evidence on the digitalization–green management relationship, clarify its key boundary conditions, and offer practical implications for firms seeking to advance low-carbon transformation through digital technologies.