Department of Economics, Superior University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Department of Economics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Feb;29(9):13238-13252. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-16383-z. Epub 2021 Sep 28.
This study aims to focus on Pakistan's fertilizer industry and investigate the causal relationships among environmental consciousness (ECO), green creativity (GCR), green mindfulness (GMD), and energy efficiency (EE), which are all essential mechanisms as well as circumstances that control the situation in well-developed manners. This study consists of a sample regarding four hundred and four (404) employees from seven companies by using partial least squares (PLS) and structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. The results indicate that environmental consciousness significantly and positively affects employee energy efficiency directly and indirectly in the presence of green creativity as a mediator. Moreover, the moderating effect of green mindfulness persisted only in the association between energy efficiency and green creativity. In the appropriate literature, this empirical investigation is the first of its kind which does not only provide an organized way to examine the effects of environmental consciousness on energy efficiency but also recommend the most effective means for employees and associations to embrace the best policies. This study has important policy implications for promoting clean production, clean environment, and sustainable development for developed and developing economies.
本研究旨在聚焦巴基斯坦的化肥行业，并探讨环境意识（ECO）、绿色创造力（GCR）、绿色意识（GMD）和能源效率（EE）之间的因果关系，这些都是至关重要的机制，也是以良好方式控制局面的情况。本研究通过偏最小二乘法（PLS）和结构方程建模（SEM）方法，对来自七家公司的四百零四名员工进行了抽样调查。结果表明，在绿色创造力作为中介的情况下，环境意识对员工的能源效率具有直接和间接的显著正向影响。此外，绿色意识的调节作用仅在能源效率和绿色创造力之间的关系中持续存在。在适当的文献中，这项实证研究是首例，它不仅提供了一种有组织的方式来检验环境意识对能源效率的影响，还为员工和协会提出了采取最佳政策的最有效手段。本研究对促进发达和发展中经济体的清洁生产、清洁环境和可持续发展具有重要的政策意义。
