The Impact of the Digital Transformation of Focal Firms on Carbon Emission Reduction in Supply Chains
焦点企業のデジタル変革がサプライチェーンにおける炭素排出削減に与える影響 (AI 翻訳)
Yanan Li, Dan Shi, Xiaojiao Qiao, Yuting Huang
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日本語
中国A株上場企業の2009-2023年のデータを用いて、焦点企業のデジタル変革が上流サプライヤーと下流顧客の炭素排出原単位を有意に削減することを実証。サプライチェーン集中度とパートナーのデジタル化が部分的な媒介効果を持ち、デジタル能力の波及が排出削減に寄与することを示す。効果は高生産性企業、汚染産業、小規模企業で顕著。
English
Using data from Chinese A-share listed firms (2009-2023), this study shows that focal firms' digital transformation significantly reduces carbon emission intensity of upstream suppliers and downstream customers. Supply chain concentration and partner digitalization partially mediate this effect, indicating digital capability diffusion as a key channel. Effects are stronger for high-productivity partners, heavily polluting industries, and smaller firms.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本ではSSBJ開示やScope3算定が進む中、サプライチェーン全体の排出削減が課題。本研究成果は、デジタル化が取引先の排出削減に波及するメカニズムを示し、日本企業のScope3削減戦略やサプライヤーとの協働に示唆を与える。
In the global GX context
This study provides empirical evidence on how digital transformation creates environmental spillovers along supply chains, relevant to global Scope 3 disclosure and supply chain decarbonization efforts under ISSB and CSRD. It highlights the role of focal firms in facilitating partner emission reductions, offering insights for multinational corporations managing supply chain emissions.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides empirical evidence on digital transformation's spillover effects on supply chain carbon emissions, contributing to literature on digitalization and decarbonization.
🏢実務担当者:Highlights how focal firms' digital initiatives can reduce partners' emissions, informing supply chain engagement and Scope 3 reduction strategies.
🏛政策担当者:Suggests that policies promoting digital transformation may have indirect benefits for supply chain decarbonization, relevant for climate and industrial policy.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Although digital transformation is increasingly regarded as a vital pathway toward corporate decarbonization, its environmental impacts can spread beyond the boundaries of the undergoing firms. This study explores whether digital transformation implemented by focal firms affects the carbon emission intensity of their upstream suppliers and downstream customers. Using data from Chinese A-share-listed companies over the period of 2009–2023, we find that focal firms’ digital transformation significantly reduces the carbon emission intensity of upstream and downstream partners. Supply chain concentration and partner digitalization partially mediate this relation, indicating that changes in supply chain structure and the diffusion of digital capabilities constitute important channels through which carbon reduction effects are transmitted. The effect is stronger for partners with higher total factor productivity, demonstrating that the efficacy of digital spillovers depends partly on firms’ productive efficiency and absorptive capacity. Further analysis shows that such effects are more prominent with heavily polluting industries, among smaller firms, and in industries with weaker competition. The results remain robust to alternative variable measurements, model specification, and treatments for potential endogeneity. These findings show that digital transformation generates environmental spillovers through vertical supply chain relationships and highlight the role of focal firms in facilitating supply chain carbon emission reduction.
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