Agrawal Rohit, Priyadarshinee Pragati, Kumar Anil, Luthra Sunil, Garza-Reyes Jose Arturo, Kadyan Sneha
Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques, Indian Institute of Management, Bodhgaya, 824234, Bihar, India.
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (A), Hyderabad, India.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2025 Mar;32(12):7130-7148. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-26434-2. Epub 2023 Mar 18.
Increasing globalization and climate change have significantly affected business activities. Government and other stakeholders are creating pressure to have a sustainable business model for efficient resource utilization and minimizing negative environmental impact. Many organizations have started focusing on sustainable and cleaner production through the adoption of net-zero economy (NZE) practices. Certain technological advancements are required to put these concepts into practice. Firms have begun to adopt digital technologies (such as big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and internet of things), and have been widely used in practice to achieve NZE. Is digitalization unlocking the potential of sustainable practices in the context of a net-zero economy? This question is still unanswered; therefore, this study aims to identify and analyze the drivers of digitalization that ensure sustainable practices to achieve net-zero economy. Through an extensive literature review and experts' opinions, a list of drivers was identified. An empirical investigation was conducted to validate the identified drivers and further understand the influencing relationship among the drivers, Pythagorean fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (PF-DEMATEL) was employed. The findings of the study show that "high degree of automation," "enhancing the flexibility in the manufacturing process," and "real-time sensing capability" are the main influencer drivers among all cause group forces. The present study can be a source for industrial practitioners and academia that can provide significant guidance on how the adoption of digitalization can unlock the potential to achieve CE, which can lead us toward net-zero.
日益增长的全球化和气候变化对商业活动产生了重大影响。政府和其他利益相关者正在施加压力，要求建立一种可持续的商业模式，以实现高效的资源利用并将负面环境影响降至最低。许多组织已开始通过采用净零经济（NZE）实践来关注可持续和清洁生产。需要某些技术进步来将这些概念付诸实践。企业已开始采用数字技术（如大数据分析、人工智能和物联网），并已在实践中广泛应用以实现净零经济。在净零经济背景下，数字化是否正在释放可持续实践的潜力？这个问题仍然没有答案；因此，本研究旨在识别和分析确保实现净零经济的可持续实践的数字化驱动因素。通过广泛的文献综述和专家意见，确定了一系列驱动因素。进行了实证研究以验证所确定的驱动因素，并进一步了解这些驱动因素之间的影响关系，采用了毕达哥拉斯模糊决策试验与评价实验室（PF-DEMATEL）方法。研究结果表明，“高度自动化”、“提高制造过程的灵活性”和“实时传感能力”是所有原因组力量中的主要影响驱动因素。本研究可为工业从业者和学术界提供参考，就采用数字化如何释放实现循环经济的潜力提供重要指导，从而引领我们走向净零。
