Environmental Sustainability in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Nexus Between Green Product and Green Process Innovation

Abstract

The actual and virtual realms in the present economies are expending to respond well to technological evolutions. In fact, the emergence of fourth industrial revolution (4IR) has stimulated the organization to adopt innovations in the production and process with extensive integration of ecofriendly practices to ensure sustainability. The automation of work and emerging digitalization is known as the 4IR. This industrial revolution has several effects on person's career involvements. Still, the past literature in careers research and vocational psychology has been surprisingly quiet on this pattern up until now. In this regard, the present study examines the impact of industrial revolution factors on environmental and economic performance (ECP) in manufacturing small and medium enterprises in Malaysia. The results of structural equation modeling confirm that green product innovation and green process innovation have positively and significant impact on project innovation (PRI). Moreover, the results further confirm that PRI has positive and significantly impact on ECP and environmental performance (ENP). Finally, economic and ENP have a positive and significant impact on competitive advantage (COM). Therefore, it is recommended that 4IR factor is a source to enhance the economic and ENP of the firm which ultimately leads the COM.

Environmental Sustainability of Digitalization in Manufacturing: A Review

“…[58] CPS P, T +++ [68] Big Data P ++ + [69] Industry 4.0 P +++ [70] Cloud P ++ ++ [71] Big Data P ++ [72] CPS P +++ +++ [73] CPS P ++ ++ [74] Big Data T ++ ++ [75] Cloud, CPS, IoT P +++ ++ [76] Big Data P ++ [77] IAI, Big Data P ++ + [78] CPS P +++ ++ [79] CPS, VR, AR, IoT P ++ ++ [80] CPS P ++ [81] CPS P ++ [82] AM T [83] Industry 4.0 P ++ + [17] Big Data T + [84] Industry Big Data P ++ + [69] Industry 4.0 P +++ [70] Cloud P ++ ++ [71] Big Data P ++ [72] CPS P +++ +++ [73] CPS P ++ ++ [74] Big Data T ++ ++ [75] Cloud, CPS, IoT P +++ ++ [76] Big Data P ++ [77] IAI, Big Data P ++ + [78] CPS P +++ ++ [79] CPS, VR, AR, IoT P ++ ++ [80] CPS P ++ [ [68] Big Data P ++ + [69] Industry 4.0 P +++ [70] Cloud P ++ ++ [71] Big Data P ++ [72] CPS P +++ +++ [73] CPS P ++ ++ [74] Big Data T ++ ++ [75] Cloud, CPS, IoT P +++ ++ [76] Big Data P ++ [77] IAI, Big Data P ++ + [78] CPS P +++ ++ [79] CPS, VR, AR, IoT P ++ ++…”

Sustainability Outcomes of Green Processes in Relation to Industry 4.0 in Manufacturing: Systematic Review

“…As an example, Stock et al [146] deal only with factors that positively contribute to the environmental and social dimension of sustainability in the context of Industry 4.0. Similarly, Saudi et al [142] report a positive impact of Industry 4.0 on the environmental and economic performance of the SMEs and on the competitive position of the enterprise. Tsai and Lu [150] dealt only with the environmental and economic aspects of sustainability for the purposes of planning and controlling production with respect to the carbon footprint.…”

“…Banyai et al[152], Dev et al[157], Garcia-Muiña et al[158], Gupta et al[147], Kamble et al[139], Martin-Gomez et al[153], Muller et al[141], Munodawafa and Johl[143], Raut et al[149], Saudi et al[142] Economic development Braccini and Margherita[136], Jena et al[148], Munodawafa and Johl[143], Stock et al[146] Productivity and efficiencyBraccini and Margherita [136], Garcia-Muiña et al [156], Garrido-Hidalgo et al [159], Gupta et al [147], Jena et al [148], Kamble et al [139], Kannan and Arunachalam [155], Muller and Voigt [160], Munodawafa and Johl [143], Nascimento et al [145], Santos et al [162], Saudi et al [142], Senechal and Trentesaux [154], Thomas et al [144], Tsai and Lu [150], Yazdi et al [163], Zhang et al [151] Cost reduction Braccini and Margherita [136], Dev et al [137,157], Garcia-Muiña et al [156], Garrido-Hidalgo et al [159], Gupta et al [147], Chiarini et al [138], Kamble et al [139], Kannan and Arunachalam [155], Kumar et al [30], Martin-Gomez et al [153], Muller et al [141], Munodawafa and Johl [143], Raut et al [149], Thomas et al [144], Tozanli et al [161], Tsai and Lu [150], Yazdi et al [163] New business models Garcia-Muiña et al [156,158], Muller et al [141,160], Nascimento et al [145], Stock et al [146] Product and process quality Braccini and Margherita [136], Garcia-Muiña et al [156,158], Kamble et al [139], Thomas et al [144], Tozanli et al [161], Tsai and Lu [150] Supply chain integration Dev et al [137,157], Chiarini et al [138], Kamble et al [139], Martin-Gomez et al [153], Raut et al [149], Tozanli et al [161] Social Sustainability Outcomes Human resources development Garcia-Muiña et al [158], Kamble et al [139], Muller and Voigt [160], Stock et al [146], Thomas et al [144] Social welfare enhancement Braccini and Margherita [136], Dev et al [157], Garcia-Muiña et al [156], Garrido-Hidalgo et al [159], Kumar et al [30], Martin-Gomez et al [153], Muller et al [141], Raut et al [149], Senechal and Trentesaux [154], Stock et al [146] Workplace safety management Braccini and Margherita [136], Garrido-Hidalgo et al [159], Kamble et al [139], Moktadir et al [140]…”

“…Nascimento et al[145], Saudi et al[142], Stock et al[146], Thomas et al[144], Tozanli et al[161], Tsai and Lu[150] Social sustainability (S) Dev et al[137], Garcia-Muiña et al[156,158], Garrido-Hidalgo et al[159], Kamble et al [139], Kannan and Arunachalam [155], Kumar et al [30], Muller et al [141,160], Nascimento et al [145], Stock et al [146], Thomas et al [144] Sustainability Models Triple bottom line (TBL) Braccini and Margherita [136], Dev et al [157], Gupta et al [147], Kamble et al [139], Muller et al [141,160], Nascimento et al [145], Martin-Gomez et al [153], Raut et al [149], Senechal and Trentesaux [154] Circular economy (CE) Dev et al [137], Garcia-Muiña et al [158], Garrido-Hidalgo et al [159], Martin-Gomez et al [153], Nascimento et al [145] Other Sustainability Dimensions Sustainable supply chain and logistics Banyai et al [152], Dev et al [137], Martin-Gomez et al [153], Stock et al [146], Thomas et al [144], Tozanli et al [161] Organizational & technical sustainability Braccini and Margherita [136], Dev et al [137], Kamble et al [139], Garrido-Hidalgo et al [159] Sustainable development Garcia-Muiña et al [158], Muller et al [141], Munodawafa and Johl [143] Sustainable manufacturing Jena et al [148], Kannan and Arunachalam [155], Kumar et al [30], Muller and Voigt [160], Raut et al [149], Stock et al [146], Thomas et al [144], Tsai and Lu [150], Yazdi et al [163]…”

The Influence of Green Innovations on the Environmental performance of the Hotel Industry in Ghana: Does the Moderating role of Green Transformational Leadership Matter

“…Their study found that technological advancements, green products, processes, and organizational changes enhanced sustainability performance. A study by Saudi et al (2019) on Malaysian manufacturing enterprises concluded that developing environmentally friendly products and processes improved financial and environmental performance. Wang et al (2021) explored the impact of green product and process innovation on financial performance among 642 Chinese businesses.…”