Title: The impact of green supply chain management on sustainability performance in Chinese manufacturing companies

Authors: Tielin Gao; Xiaohan Dang; Donghai Xu; Zhaoxia Zhao; Tianxiang Liu; Yaning Zhang

Addresses: College of Business, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China ' College of Management, Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang, 050031, China ' College of Business, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China ' College of Business, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China ' Department of Public Administration of Law and Politics, Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang, 050031, China ' College of Public Administration, Hebei University of Economics and Business, Shijiazhuang, 050061, China

Abstract: This paper utilises technological innovation to investigate and examine the impact of GSCM on the sustainable development of companies. To achieve this objective, we conducted a survey among manufacturing companies in China and analysed data collected from 451 firms. We employed statistical software such as SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0. The Chinese manufacturing industry served as our research focus, and we conducted an empirical study on the effects of GSCM and sustainability performance, considering the mediating variable of technological innovation. Our findings revealed that technological innovation, acting as a mediator, has a partial mediating effect on the relationship between GSCM and sustainability performance. To continually enhance sustainable development, companies must persist in investing in scientific research, embracing cutting-edge technologies and talent, and reinforcing their competitiveness. The contribution of our research lies in expanding the GSCM framework by incorporating technological innovation into the theory, while offering valuable guidance through empirical evidence.

Keywords: green supply chain management; GSCM; technological innovation; sustainability performance; manufacturing companies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCSYSE.2023.132920

International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering, 2023 Vol.7 No.2/3/4, pp.199 - 210

Received: 07 Nov 2022
Accepted: 02 May 2023
Published online: 16 Aug 2023 *

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