Can Digital Transformation Drive Green Innovation in China’s Construction Industry under a Dual-Carbon Vision?

Hui Li, Jiyu Liu (), Yulong Liu, Ge Yang, Lingyao Zhang and Xin Yang
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Hui Li: School of Civil Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Jiyu Liu: School of Civil Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Yulong Liu: School of Civil Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Ge Yang: School of Civil Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Lingyao Zhang: School of Civil Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China
Xin Yang: School of Civil Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710061, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 18, 1-23

Abstract: Against the backdrop of increasing global environmental pollution and energy consumption, green innovation is necessary to achieve green transformation. As an industry with a huge demand for resources and energy consumption, the construction industry shoulders the mission of the times to promote green innovation to enhance the ability of sustainable development. Digital technology provides new opportunities for green innovation in the construction industry. However, the impacts and mechanisms of digital transformation driving green innovation have not been thoroughly studied. In this paper, 121 listed companies in China’s construction industry are selected as a sample from 2011 to 2021, and a total of 1331 annual observations are obtained, and the impact and mechanism of digital transformation on construction enterprises’ green innovation are empirically analyzed by establishing regression models. The study indicates that digital transformation can facilitate green innovation in construction companies by enhancing corporate risk-taking and improving corporate governance. Compared with non-state-owned enterprises, state-owned enterprises have more endogenous incentives for green transformation based on multiple pressures, which to some extent weakens the driving role of digital transformation. The driving effect of enterprises’ digital transformation is more significant when the intensity of regional environmental regulation is high. This paper examines how the digitization of construction enterprises can lead to new greening ideas from the perspective of green innovation. It provides an important theoretical basis and decision-making reference to support the construction industry in its digital transformation and realize the goal of “dual carbon”.

Keywords: “dual-carbon”; digital transformation; green innovation; construction enterprises; mechanism testing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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