Digital Transformation: A New Engine for Green Innovation in Manufacturing Enterprises

在实现“双碳”战略目标与资源环境压力持续加剧的背景下，制造业企业转型升级迫在眉睫。近年来，我国出台一系列政策推动企业进行数字化转型，从而提升资源利用效率、减少污染排放，实现绿色发展。本文选取2010~2023年中国沪深A股制造业上市公司数据，检验了数字化转型对制造业企业绿色创新的作用机制，并进行了一系列的稳健性检验和异质性检验。其结果表明：数字化转型能正向调节企业绿色创新；企业竞争地位的提高会削弱数字化转型对绿色创新的促进作用；在东西部地区的企业以及大规模的企业，数字化转型对绿色创新的促进作用更明显；并且数字化转型对国有企业的影响更显著。Against the backdrop of achieving the “dual carbon” strategic goals and the continuous intensification of resource and environmental pressures, the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing enterprises is urgently needed. In recent years, China has introduced a series of policies to promote digital transformation of enterprises, thereby improving resource utilization efficiency, reducing pollution emissions, and achieving green development. This article selects data from Chinese A-share listed manufacturing companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2010 to 2023 to examine the mechanism of digital transformation on green innovation in manufacturing enterprises, and conducts a series of robustness and heterogeneity tests. The results indicate that: firstly, digital transformation can positively regulate green innovation in enterprises. The improvement of the competitive position of enterprises will weaken the promotion effect of digital transformation on green innovation. The promotion effect of digital transformation on green innovation is more evident in enterprises in the eastern and western regions, as well as large-scale enterprises. And the impact of digital transformation on state-owned enterprises is more significant.