School of Modern Finance, Jiaxing Nanhu University, Jiaxing, 314001, Zhejiang, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar;31(11):16865-16883. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-31855-8. Epub 2024 Feb 7.
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) increasingly know the benefits of improving resource efficiency and closing loops. These benefits include lowering material costs, establishing competitive advantages, and gaining access to new markets. As a consequence of implementing new regulations, manufacturing companies, particularly those in the automobile industry, are compelled to modify and change their business practices related to the circular economy (CE). More stringent the implementation of environmentally responsible policies and strengthening environmental regulations. CE is the most important factor in improving environmental conditions since it reduces waste and boosts output. This facet calls for the attention of fresh academics and policymakers with years of relevant expertise. Recent studies have investigated how green logistics management might improve a company's overall performance in terms of environmental responsibility. However, we believe that the connection between environmentally responsible companies is not a direct one but rather one that is mediated by the practices of circular economies. We investigate the direct and indirect effects of the environmentally responsible impact of proper logistics management on organizations' overall environmental performance via the application of circular economy practices. Our theoretical underpinnings are the resource-based viewpoint and the resource dependence theory. This research also investigates whether or not the traceability of the supply chain has a mitigating influence on the connections. We evaluated the hypotheses using the PLS-SEM method, drawing on the empirical data provided by 245 Chinese factories considered modest or medium size. The results demonstrate that the management of green logistics has a constructive effect on circular economy practices and businesses' sustainability performance. In addition, although it greatly impacts circular economy practice among SMEs, supply chain traceability does not attenuate the connection between eco-friendly supply chain management and environmental impact. Green logistics management in SMEs is linked to improved sustainability performance via the circular economy practice. To further verify the efficacy of the mediation, we also ran the sober test. Our results strengthen knowledge of circular economy, environmentally friendly logistics management practices, and sustainability performance while advancing natural resource-based planning and the resource dependence theory, which are the two approaches. Given the scarcity of information research analyzing the interplay between these factors, our results are very significant.
中小企业（SMEs）越来越了解提高资源效率和闭环的好处。这些好处包括降低材料成本、建立竞争优势和进入新市场。由于实施新法规，制造公司，特别是汽车行业的公司，被迫修改和改变与循环经济（CE）相关的业务实践。环境责任政策的执行力度和环境法规的加强。CE 是改善环境条件的最重要因素，因为它减少了浪费并提高了产量。这一方面需要有多年相关专业知识的新学者和政策制定者关注。最近的研究调查了绿色物流管理如何提高公司在环境责任方面的整体绩效。然而，我们认为，对环境负责的公司之间的联系不是直接的，而是通过循环经济实践来调解的。我们通过应用循环经济实践来研究适当的物流管理对组织整体环境绩效的环境负责影响的直接和间接影响。我们的理论基础是基于资源的观点和资源依赖理论。这项研究还调查了供应链的可追溯性是否会对这些联系产生缓解影响。我们使用 PLS-SEM 方法评估了假设，利用了 245 家被认为规模适中或中等的中国工厂提供的实证数据。结果表明，绿色物流管理对循环经济实践和企业可持续性绩效具有建设性影响。此外，尽管它对中小企业的循环经济实践有很大影响，但供应链可追溯性并没有减弱环保供应链管理与环境影响之间的联系。中小企业的绿色物流管理通过循环经济实践与可持续性绩效的提高相关联。为了进一步验证调解的有效性，我们还进行了清醒测试。我们的结果加强了对循环经济、环保物流管理实践和可持续性绩效的认识，同时推进了基于自然资源的规划和资源依赖理论，这是两种方法。考虑到分析这些因素之间相互作用的信息研究稀缺，我们的结果非常重要。
