Abstract
Global warming and the dreadful climate condition in China demands the sustainable energy transition and production that must be far away from coal-based energy production. The present article, thereby, intends to assess the effectiveness of environmental knowledge and green supply chain practices on sustainable energy production. The study also introduces green behavior and green leadership as a moderator to evaluate the proposed relationship. Primary data has been collected and assessed by PLS-SEM. The findings reveal that environmental knowledge, green purchases, and internal environmental management (IEM) have a positive association with sustainable energy production (SEP) in China. The outcomes also indicate that green behavior significantly moderates among environmental knowledge, green purchases, and SEP, and green leadership significantly moderates among IEM and SEP in China. The research guides the policymakers in establishing policies related to SEP using green behavior, GSC practices, and environmental knowledge.
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Abbreviations
- SEP:
-
Sustainable energy production
- IEM:
-
Internal environmental management
- GSCP:
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Green supply chain practices
- GL:
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Green leadership
- SD:
-
Sustainable development
- EP:
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Electric power
- ENK:
-
Environmental knowledge
- GP:
-
Green purchasing
- GB:
-
Green behavior
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This research is partly funded by Van Lang University, Vietnam. This research is partly funded by University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Vietnam. This research is funded by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) under grant number 502.02–2020.26.
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Chen, SL., Su, YS., Diep, G.L. et al. The impact of environmental knowledge and green supply chain practices in improving sustainable energy production: the moderating role of green behavior and green leadership. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 57017–57031 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26340-7
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