Understanding carbon footprint: An evaluation criterion for achieving sustainable development
December 2024
Excessive greenhouse gas emissions lead to global warming, which poses a critical challenge for human society. Worldwide consensus that carbon emissions must be reduced to achieve sustainable development...
Global greenhouse gas emissions in the 21st century: Complex network, driver pattern and economy-based interaction
June 2025
Achieving a reduction in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions requires collaborative efforts from the international community; however, a comprehensive understanding of the spatiotemporal characteristics...
China’s path to a global ecological civilization: Concepts and practices for sustainable development
September 2025
China actively fosters practical green cooperation to advance global sustainable development, and strengthens global environmental governance initiatives, including the implementation of the Sustainable...
Evolution of energy and metal demand driven by industrial revolutions and its trend analysis
September 2021
Industrial revolutions have a profound impact on energy and metal demand. Based on technological improvement, industrial transformation, and changes of energy and metal consumption in the United States,...
Promoting sustainable consumption and circular economy: the intention of Vietnamese youth consumers to purchase products made from recycled plastics
June 2024
Recycling is viewed as a key component in a circular economy and serves as an ideal solution for promoting sustainability. During the global plastic crisis, plastic recycling practices have been adopted...
Resource constraints and firm innovation: When less is more?
September 2023
This paper explores the relationship between resource constraints and innovation of new firms. Drawing upon the relevant literature, we incorporate resource constraints as the antecedent to the bricolage-innovation...
Cross-border e-commerce pilot zones and corporate carbon emissions reduction: A quasi-natural experiment from China
March 2026
Against the backdrop of accelerated development of new forms of trade, the question of whether rapid expansion of cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) can help to reduce carbon emissions among Chinese enterprises...
Analysis of the process and outcomes of the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement
June 2025
Global Stocktake is an important component of the global climate governance mechanism. The first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement in 2023 has clarified collective progress and identified the...
Strengthening e-waste governance: A decision framework for sustainable transboundary movements under the Swiss-Ghana Amendments
September 2025
The Swiss-Ghana Amendments to the Basel Convention mark a significant milestone in global e-waste (electronic waste) management, requiring Prior Informed Consent (PIC) for all transboundary movements...
Incorporating multiple scenarios and landscape ecological risk to optimize ecological security patterns: A Wei River Basin case study
March 2026
Under the influence of human activities, landscape fragmentation in the Wei River Basin (WRB) has become increasingly severe. Upstream development has intensified soil erosion, and industrial and agricultural...
Green supply chain management and low-carbon innovation spillover effects
December 2025
Supply chain partnerships are an essential component of business innovations. This study uses data on A-share listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2012 to 2022 to conduct...
Literature review on waste management of online food delivery industry in China
September 2023
Meituan Waimai, which was officially launched in November 2013, has created a huge market for food delivery in China. After years of development, China’s online food delivery market reached RMB 664.62...
Resource constraints and bricolage: The moderating role of entrepreneurs’ creativity cognitive style
June 2025
This study examines the moderating role of entrepreneurs’ creative cognitive styles in the relationship between resource constraints and bricolage. Drawing on insights from cognitive psychology and...
A stitch in time: Digital transformation, internal control and total factor productivity
September 2025
Digital transformation provides enterprises with new development momenta. Understanding the relationship between digital transformation and total factor productivity (TFP) is essential. This study employs...
Impact of banks’ ESG disclosure assurance on borrowers’ ESG performance: Evidence from China
September 2025
This study examines the impact of banks’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure assurance (BEDA) on borrowing enterprises’ ESG performance to investigate China’s bank-enterprise loan...
‘Isomorphic’ behavior of corporate greenwashing
March 2022
In the implementation of corporate environmental responsibility,‘greenwashing’ is a pseudo-social behavior which is theopposite of ‘genuine green’ behaviors. With the improvement of the public awareness...
Technological anxiety: Analysis of the impact of industrial intelligence on employment in China
September 2024
Employment is the greatest livelihood. Whether the impact of industrial robotics technology materialized in machines on employment in the digital age is an “icing on the cake” or “adding fuel to the...
Trends, drivers, and reduction pathways for food-related greenhouse gas emissions in China: 1961–2050
March 2026
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from China’s food system are a major environmental concern; however, studies quantifying their drivers and future projections remain limited. This study uses structural...
Exploring the unique characteristics of environmental sustainability in China: Navigating future challenges
March 2023
With the pace of global sustainable development, China has improved significantly in tackling environmental problems such as carbon emissions, climate change, air, water, and soil pollution, and wildlife...
Analysis of impact mechanism of the Yangtze River Delta integration upon county-level air pollution
March 2026
The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is one of China’s most economically dense regions with the most dynamic county-level economies. The YRD’s success in addressing air pollution at the county level directly...
Green human development in Indonesia: Role of renewable and nonrenewable energy
September 2025
As the world’s fourth most populous country, Indonesia presents challenges and opportunities for sustainable energy progress, offering a critical context to investigate green human development (GHD)....
Impact of carbon disclosure on debt financing costs
March 2024
Creditors, such as banks, often use disclosed environmental information to assess a company’s environmental risk and ensure the safety of debt funds. Consequently, carbon disclosures have become an...
Effect evaluation of carbon sequestration of grassland ecological compensation policy: Evidence from China’s Yellow River Basin
March 2026
The Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy (GECP) is a large-scale project that has been investing in China since 2011. Despite the significant investment and long duration of the GECP, its impact...
Comprehensive index of extreme climate risk in China and urban sustainable development
March 2025
Climate change severely challenges our ecosystem and society, affecting urban residents’ socioeconomic activities. Thus, assessing severe weather risk is crucial for evaluating urban sustainability;...
Climate change and China's coastal zones and seas: Impacts, risks, and adaptation
December 2021
This article provides an assessment of the changes in marine climate drivers (hazards), associated impacts, risks, and adaptation to the coastal China zones and seas since the mid 20th century. The...
