Customer base environmental disclosure and supplier greenhouse gas emissions: A signaling theory perspective

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dc.creatorSong, Sining
dc.creatorLian, Jie
dc.creatorSkowronski, Keith
dc.creatorYan, Tingting (TTU)
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-17T19:49:27Z
dc.date.available2023-08-17T19:49:27Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Operations Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Association for Supply Chain Management, Inc. cc-by-nc-nd
dc.description.abstractAs suppliers' emissions contribute to a significant portion of the global environmental footprint, achieving supply chain wide carbon neutrality largely depends on suppliers' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. Although suppliers' customers are increasingly signaling their commitment to tackling climate change through environmental disclosure, whether this signal contributes to supplier emissions reduction remains a question. Using signaling theory, this research proposes an emissions-reducing effect of customer base environmental disclosure on a supplier's GHG emissions level. Using a 2010–2017 panel dataset from multiple sources, we find empirical evidence supporting the upstream emissions-reducing effect of customer base environmental disclosure. Further, we identify two customer-base characteristics that affect this relationship: customer base climate innovation and competition. These findings contribute to the sustainable supply chain management literature by illustrating the effects of the customer base on supplier emissions performance. Specifically, customers could motivate a supplier's engagement in emissions reduction by collectively signaling their environmental commitment through enhanced disclosure. However, the effectiveness of this signaling effect can be contingent on the green innovation and competitive dynamics of the customer base.
dc.identifier.citationSong, S., Lian, J., Skowronski, K., & Yan, T.. 2023. Customer base environmental disclosure and supplier greenhouse gas emissions: A signaling theory perspective. Journal of Operations Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1272
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1272
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/95653
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subjectenvironmental disclosure
dc.subjectGHG emissions
dc.subjectsignaling theory
dc.subjectsupply chain decarbonization
dc.titleCustomer base environmental disclosure and supplier greenhouse gas emissions: A signaling theory perspective
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