Promoting Supplier's Environmental Innovation via Emission Taxation

The article is devoted to the content of the concept of "environmental innovation" in the system of socio-economic relations of the green economy. The genesis of the origin of the category "green economy" and the specifics of its functional content are clarified. It is stated that in contrast to international legal documents in the legislation of Ukraine there is no clear and systematic separation of the green economy as an important segment of the national economy. The article emphasizes the idea that the central place in the green economy should be occupied by two system-forming categories. The first is ecological management, which can be implemented in both commercial and non-commercial forms. The second is environmental innovation, as a source of the green economy gaining the same level of profitability as the traditional economy, and over time, its significant growth. Various definitions of "environmental innovation" are considered, as there is no single definition today. The article emphasizes the prospects of environmental innovations and the green economy in general, emphasizes their profitability. It is believed that caring for the ecosystem in which we live is not only a modern trend, but also a guarantee of stability of the entire biosphere. These aspects pose a large number of challenges to the environmental and economic legislation of Ukraine, both in terms of institutionalization of these categories, and in terms of providing them with effective implementation mechanisms. An attempt has been made to identify in which legislative acts these issues could be resolved. It was emphasized that the legislator does not provide any benefits for the introduction of environmental innovations and environmental management. It is proposed to introduce certain incentives for businesses that use environmental technologies or attract other environmental innovations, in the form of tax benefits.

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What Should SMEs Consider to Introduce Environmentally Innovative Products to Market?

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11041117 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1117 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Daegyu Yang

Keyword(s):

External Information ◽

Environmental Innovation ◽

Technological Support ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

Innovative Products ◽

Managerial Implications ◽

Potential Factors ◽

The Government ◽

Develop Market ◽

Constrained Conditions

In recent years, companies are challenged not only to develop market competencies but also to deal with environmental issues. Unlike larger companies equipped with abundant resources and sustainable capabilities, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are under relatively constrained conditions to effectively deal with environmental concerns as well as market demands. This study attempts to examine a set of potential factors by which SMEs can overcome such limited conditions and bring novel and environmentally beneficial products to market through their innovative activities. Organization theories, such as organizational learning, social network theory, and new-institutional theory, provide a theoretical framework for this study that SMEs may utilize their resources and capabilities from internal, external, and institutional domains. The hypotheses are tested using the Korea Innovation Survey 2010. The analyses show that the likelihood of the market introduction of new and environmentally innovative products is increased not only when an SME makes more monetary investments on internal innovative activities and experiences more success in general innovation activities, but also when an SME inputs more monetary investments into the search for technological knowledge from the outside and utilizes more diverse external information sources. Interestingly, the findings demonstrate that monetary support from the government do not have significant impacts on an SME’s environmental innovation, while a non-monetary technological support system operated by government raises the likelihood of the market introduction of new and environmentally innovative products. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications are discussed.

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Configurations to Superior Environmental Innovation Strategy: A Both–And Approach

Organization & Environment ◽

10.1177/10860266211031623 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 108602662110316

Author(s):

Tiziana Russo-Spena ◽

Nadia Di Paola ◽

Aidan O’Driscoll

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Value Chain ◽

Critical Role ◽

Well Being ◽

Point Of View ◽

Future Generations ◽

Innovation Strategy ◽

Environmental Innovation ◽

Data Set

An effective climate change action involves the critical role that companies must play in assuring the long-term human and social well-being of future generations. In our study, we offer a more holistic, inclusive, both–and approach to the challenge of environmental innovation (EI) that uses a novel methodology to identify relevant configurations for firms engaging in a superior EI strategy. A conceptual framework is proposed that identifies six sets of driving characteristics of EI and two sets of beneficial outcomes, all inherently tensional. Our analysis utilizes a complementary rather than an oppositional point of view. A data set of 65 companies in the ICT value chain is analyzed via fuzzy-set comparative analysis (fsQCA) and a post-QCA procedure. The results reveal that achieving a superior EI strategy is possible in several scenarios. Specifically, after close examination, two main configuration groups emerge, referred to as technological environmental innovators and organizational environmental innovators.

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Can CEO education promote environmental innovation: Evidence from Chinese enterprises

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126725 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 126725

Author(s):

Mengling Zhou ◽

Fanglin Chen ◽

Zhongfei Chen

Keyword(s):

Environmental Innovation ◽

Chinese Enterprises

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Environmental innovation and the food, energy and water nexus in the food service industry

Resources Conservation and Recycling ◽

10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105350 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 166 ◽

pp. 105350

Author(s):

Fabricia Silva da Rosa ◽

Rogério João Lunkes ◽

Francesca Spigarelli ◽

Lorenzo Compagnucci

Keyword(s):

Service Industry ◽

Food Service ◽

Environmental Innovation ◽

Food Energy

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Are Environmentally Innovative Companies Inclined towards Integrated Environmental Disclosure Policies?

Administrative Sciences ◽

10.3390/admsci11010029 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 29

Author(s):

Isabel-María García-Sánchez ◽

Nicola Raimo ◽

Filippo Vitolla

Keyword(s):

Environmental Performance ◽

Voluntary Disclosure ◽

Environmental Innovation ◽

Environmental Disclosure ◽

Academic Field ◽

Environmental Actions ◽

Correct Representation ◽

Mediating Factor ◽

The Impact

In recent years, the correct representation of environmental performance has become increasingly important. In light of this, in the academic field, numerous researchers have examined the level and quality of environmental disclosure. However, in the context of studies relating to the determinants of environmental disclosure, little attention has been paid to the role of environmental innovation. This study, in the context of voluntary disclosure theory, aims to fill this important gap through the analysis of the impact of environmental innovation on the level of integrated environmental information disclosed by companies and the analysis of environmental performance as a mediating factor in this relationship. The results show a positive relationship between environmental innovation and integrated environmental disclosure. In addition, they show that environmental performance represents a mediating factor in this relationship. However, complementary analyses show that responsible firms adopt silent strategies in their environmental integrated disclosure policies in order to limit the knowledge by external users of the different environmental actions implemented.

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