Impact of ISO 14000 on Energy Intensity of Manufacturing Plants in India

Bishwanath Goldar and Amrita Goldar ()
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Bishwanath Goldar: Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi 110007, India
Amrita Goldar: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), Pushp Vihar, Institutional Area, Saket, New Delhi 110017, India

Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), 2024, vol. 15, issue 02, 1-28

Abstract: Using plant-level data for 2008-2017, we examine the impact of the adoption of ISO 14000 by Indian manufacturing plants on their energy intensity. The propensity-score-matching difference-in-difference (PSM-DID) estimator is used to assess the effect. Our results show that the adoption of ISO 14000 tends to reduce energy intensity in Indian manufacturing plants, especially among the low and low-medium technology industries. ISO 14000 lowers energy intensity in industrial plants in energy-intensive industries, and the effect is stronger for the group of such industries covered under the Perform–Achieve–Trade (PAT) scheme of the Indian government, a market-based compliance mechanism for energy efficiency improvement.

Keywords: ISO 14000; energy intensity; Indian manufacturing; treatment effect; PSM-DID estimator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 M14 Q40 Q42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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