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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Environmental Policy and Governance
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1385062
This article is part of the Research Topic Environmentally Just and Economically Sustainable Low-Carbon Transitions View all articles

Institutional Pressure and Low Carbon Innovation Policy: The role of EMS, Environmental Interpretations and Governance Heterogeneity

Provisionally accepted
Mu Yuning Mu Yuning 1*Huang Taozhen Huang Taozhen 1*Nayab Saleem Nayab Saleem 2*Abdul H. Hassan Abdul H. Hassan 3
  • 1 School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, Liaoning Province, China
  • 2 Institute of Management Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 3 National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Pakistan

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    As the global community deals with the urgent need for sustainable development, the formulation and implementation of effective low carbon innovation policies have emerged as a critical challenge. However, the extant literature is unclear in examining low carbon innovation policy. Underpinned by institutional theory, the current study addresses the role of institutional pressure in the development of low carbon innovation policies. Additionally, the study examines the role of environmental management systems as a mediation and environmental interpretations and governance heterogeneity as moderators. Methodologically, the data were collected from the manufacturing sector of Pakistan. The findings suggest that institutional pressure greatly influences low carbon innovation policies. Furthermore, the findings from environmental management systems strongly suggest that they significantly encourage institutional pressure on low carbon innovation. Additionally, the roles of environmental interpretations and governance heterogeneity have a significant effect on the relationship.

    Keywords: Institutional pressure, Environmental Management System, Low carbon innovation policy, Environmental interpretations, Governance heterogeneity

    Received: 12 Feb 2024; Accepted: 31 May 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Yuning, Taozhen, Saleem and Hassan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Mu Yuning, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, Liaoning Province, China
    Huang Taozhen, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, Liaoning Province, China
    Nayab Saleem, Institute of Management Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Punjab, Pakistan

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