Technology- and logistics-induced carbon emissions obstructing the Green supply chain management agenda: evidence from 101 countries

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between technological innovation, logistics performance, economic growth, and carbon emissions. It assessed Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices across 101 countries from 2010 to 2018. The panel quantile regression's results confirmed the hump-shaped relationship between technology-induced carbon emissions and countries’ economic growth in different quantile distributions. Logistics-induced carbon emissions show an increasing relationship with economic growth obstructing GSCM's agenda at the entire quantile distribution. The impact of insurance and financial services (IFS) and industry value-added positively affects the per capita income of countries GSCM practices. The causal inferences exhibit a feedback relationship between technological innovation, carbon emissions, logistics performance, and economic growth. In contrast, industry value-added Granger causes economic growth and IFS across countries. The results indicate that carbon damage primarily obstructs GSCM practices worldwide.