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Digital Technologies, Green Supply Chain Integration, and Dynamic Capabilities: Pathways to Sustainable Supply Chain Performance

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Global supply chains are vital for sustainable development, yet firms often struggle to translate digital transformation into substantial environmental and social outcomes aligned with the SDGs. This study explores how digital technologies facilitate sustainable development through dynamic capabilities and green supply chain integration (GSCI). Using Dynamic Capabilities Theory, we propose and test a serial mediation framework with a two-wave, multi-country survey of senior supply chain and sustainability managers (n = 300), supplemented by archival ESG data from Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and CSMAR (2019–2023). Structural equation modeling shows that digital technologies contribute to sustainability outcomes only indirectly, by strengthening firms’ sensing, seizing, and transforming capabilities that drive internal and external green integration. Results suggest that policymakers should shift from hardware subsidies to ‘capability-oriented’ frameworks, incentivizing digital–green innovation hubs to help firms translate data into systemic sustainability integration.

Source: Sustainability

DOI: 10.3390/su18168539

Authors: Alpha Yayah Jalloh, Jiani Wu, Richard Samuel Freeman, Nabila Chouaib Kante, Haonan He

Institution: Chang'an University

Language: English

Topic: Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Responsible consumption and production, Climate action

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,896