The possible influence of the shipper on carbon emissions from deep-sea container supply chains: An empirical analysis

Global warming has become a growing concern for countries around the world. Currently, the direct way to solve this issue is to curb carbon emissions. Governments and enterprises should assume the social responsibility to conserve the environment. Under the background of carbon emission constraint, this article investigates the optimal decisions of closed-loop supply chains in the context of social responsibility, explores the impacts of constraints of carbon emissions and corporate social responsibility on recycling and remanufacturing decisions, and introduces the model of maximizing social welfare for further comparison and analysis. The results show that the coefficient of remanufacturing and emission reduction and the coefficient of government reward and punishment are inversely proportional to recycling rates and the total carbon emissions. Governments should formulate rational carbon emission caps for enterprises with different coefficients of remanufacturing and emission reduction. Additionally, corporate social responsibility has a positive effect on recycling rates, and a rise in its strength can lead to a fall in carbon emissions per unit product. In terms of product recycling and profit sources, the model of maximizing social welfare is superior to that of maximizing the manufacturer’s total profits, which provides new managerial insights for decision-makers.

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An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Foreign Trade and Carbon Emissions of China's High Tech Industries

Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Education, Management Science and Economics (ICEMSE 2017) ◽

10.2991/icemse-17.2017.15 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Hang Mi

Keyword(s):

Foreign Trade ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

High Tech ◽

The Relationship

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Fair Share of Supply Chain Responsibility for Low Carbon Manufacturing

International Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch012 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 235-266

Author(s):

Yu Mei Wong

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Accurate Information ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Embodied Carbon ◽

Carbon Emissions Reduction ◽

Consumer Responsibility ◽

Embodied Carbon Emissions ◽

Sharing Responsibility

Large amounts of carbon emissions and pollution are generated during the manufacturing process for consumer goods. Low carbon manufacturing has been increasingly enquired or requested by stakeholders. However, international trade blurs the responsibility for carbon emissions reduction and raises the questions of responsibility allocation among producers and consumers. Scholars have been examining the nexus of producer versus consumer responsibility among supply chains. Recently, there have been discussions on the share of producer and consumer responsibility. Both producer and consumer responsibility approaches have intrinsic shortcomings and are ineffective in curbing the rise of carbon emissions in supply chains. Shared responsibility based on the equity principle attempts to address these issues. This chapter relates a case study of carbon impact on China's export and economy with scenarios which show that the benefits of carbon reduction by producers can trickle down along the supply chain and motivate the sharing responsibility under certain circumstances. The share of producer and consumer responsibility for low carbon manufacturing can be enabled when embodied carbon emissions in goods and services are priced and such accurate information is available. A mechanism engaging the global participation is recommended. The author calls for further research on the system pricing embodied carbon emission, the universal standard to calculate the embodied carbon emissions and to disclose the information, and the way to secure global cooperation and participation.

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