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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Sustain. Cities
Sec. Urban Economics
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frsc.2024.1404732
This article is part of the Research Topic Financial Blueprint: Paving the Way for SDG Success View all articles

Mapping the Landscape of Green Banking Strategies: A Bibliometric Approach

Provisionally accepted
Sanjay Taneja Sanjay Taneja 1*Neha Bansal Neha Bansal 2Amar Johri Amar Johri 3*Mohammad Asif Mohammad Asif 3
  • 1 Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
  • 2 Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
  • 3 Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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    Green banking (GB) strategies are a set of financial practices and activities implemented by banks to encourage sustainability, environmental responsibility, and low-carbon impact. This bibliometric study examines the present state of research in this field by utilising the Scopus database for data retrieval and VosViewer for network analysis. A total of 149 researches were retrieved from the Scopus and analysed using the VosViewer software following the PRISMA guidelines.The study examines year-by-year publication patterns, top-cited articles, contributing countries, journals, co-citation analysis of authors, and co-occurrence analysis of keywords. Strategies such as online banking, solar ATMs, construction of green buildings, and making provisions for green loans are identified as the key GB strategies that can be adopted by the banks. Furthermore, the fundamental challenges banking organisations encounter while implementing GB strategies are underlined. The study suggests that "green brand image," "green audit," "environmental economics,"and "carbon footprint" can be considered as a area of interest in future. The study provides researchers, policymakers, regulators, and financial institutions with valuable insights by presenting the current state of green banking research and identifying emerging areas for further exploration.

    Keywords: Green banking, Green Banking Strategies, sustainability, bibliometric analysis, and VosViewer

    Received: 21 Mar 2024; Accepted: 04 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Taneja, Bansal, Johri and Asif. 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:
    Sanjay Taneja, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, 248 002, Uttarakhand, India
    Amar Johri, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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