Effects of Digital Transformation on Environmental Governance of Mining Enterprises

Evidence from China

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15475552
AutoresChaohui Xu (0000-0002-5008-3487, Hubei University of Science and Technology), Xingtong Chen (0009-0006-3115-3538, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Wei Dai (0000-0001-7097-9881, Hubei Polytechnic University, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume19
Fascículo24
Páginas16474-16474
Data de publicação2022-12-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph192416474
PMID36554353
OpenAlexW4311956707
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas15

Digitization offers fresh impetus to the transformation and upgrading of mining enterprises, while on the other hand, the rapid development and broad application of digital technologies make the environmental governance of mining enterprises the most important themes of theoretical research and practical exploration. In this paper, A-share companies listed between 2007 and 2020 are taken as samples to study the influence of digital transformation on the environmental governance of mining enterprises, and its relative acting paths. Our main research methods are multiple linear regression analysis, the panel fixed-effect model and the intermediary effect model. The results show that digital transformation significantly improves the environmental governance of mining enterprises, which is still tenable even after going through a series of endogeneity and robustness tests. It is found via the path test that, by strengthening the supervision of the media, the digital transformation performed in mining enterprises helps improve their environmental governance level, but the comparability of the accounting data shows no significant mediation effect between digital transformation and environmental governance. The heterogeneity test found that the promotion of digital transformation in environmental governance was significant only in non-state-owned enterprises, large-scale enterprises, and mature-growth enterprises. The findings enrich studies on the economic consequences and the environmental governance influences brought by mining enterprise's transformation based on advanced technologies. This provides an important reference and is of great heuristic significance in promoting digital transformation and strengthening the environmental governance of mining enterprises

Business · Corporate governance · Digital transformation · Digitization · Econometrics · Economics · Endogeneity · Environmental economics · Environmental governance · Industrial organization · Computer Science · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Sustainable Supply Chain Management