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<p>The paper addresses the imperative of empowering enterprises to achieve energy savings and emission reductions through digital development amidst the backdrop of peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality. This study integrates digital empowerment and enterprise carbon risk management into a unified analytical framework, utilising panel data from listed companies spanning from 2011 to 2020 as research samples. The empirical investigation aims to ascertain whether there exist carbon risks impacting the operational performance of manufacturing enterprises and whether digital empowerment can mitigate these risks. The findings reveal that carbon intensity exerts an inhibitory influence on the enhancement of enterprise performance, indicating the presence of carbon risk issues faced by enterprises. Furthermore, it is observed that these carbon risk challenges escalate over time, a trend supported by robustness tests. Digital empowerment emerges as an effective mechanism in slowing down the carbon risks encountered by enterprises, albeit exhibiting characteristics of time lag. The study identifies notable heterogeneity in the role of digital empowerment in mitigating the carbon risks of enterprises.</p>
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The paper addresses the imperative of empowering enterprises to achieve energy savings and emission reductions through digital development amidst the backdrop of peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality. This study integrates digital empowerment and enterprise carbon risk management into a unified analytical framework, utilising panel data from listed companies spanning from 2011 to 2020 as research samples. The empirical investigation aims to ascertain whether there exist carbon risks impacting the operational performance of manufacturing enterprises and whether digital empowerment can mitigate these risks. The findings reveal that carbon intensity exerts an inhibitory influence on the enhancement of enterprise performance, indicating the presence of carbon risk issues faced by enterprises. Furthermore, it is observed that these carbon risk challenges escalate over time, a trend supported by robustness tests. Digital empowerment emerges as an effective mechanism in slowing down the carbon risks encountered by enterprises, albeit exhibiting characteristics of time lag. The study identifies notable heterogeneity in the role of digital empowerment in mitigating the carbon risks of enterprises.

Digital Empowerment and Enterprise Carbon Risk Management: Evidence from Manufacturing Sector

Department of Integration of Industry and Education

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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The paper addresses the imperative of empowering enterprises to achieve energy savings and emission reductions through digital development amidst the backdrop...

Digital Empowerment and Enterprise Carbon Risk Management: Evidence from Manufacturing Sector

Publicado en línea: 10 jul 2024

Páginas: 193 - 202

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2024-0013

Palabras clave
carbon intensity, business performance, digital empowerment, carbon risk, manufacturing industry

© 2024 Yan Han, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Digital Empowerment and Enterprise Carbon Risk Management: Evidence from Manufacturing Sector

Publicado en línea: 10 jul 2024

Páginas: 193 - 202

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2024-0013

Palabras clavecarbon intensity, business performance, digital empowerment, carbon risk, manufacturing industry

© 2024 Yan Han, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
carbon intensity, business performance, digital empowerment, carbon risk, manufacturing industry