Driving Environmental Sustainability: The Role of Knowledge Management and Innovation

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to identify and validate the antecedents and outcomes of the environmental sustainability in the context of Pakistan Green Manufacturing Sector. The antecedents (environmental sustainability enablers) in this study were KMP (Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Diffusion and Knowledge Application. Data was collected from 487 SMEs through online surveys and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The salient findings were: (1) among the Environmental Sustainability enablers, Knowledge Diffusion and Knowledge application play significant impact on Environmental Sustainability; and (2) innovation mediates the relationship between the KMP and Environmental Sustainability. This study contributes to the literature by: (1) providing a comprehensive framework that links Environmental Sustainability enablers, and KMP in Green Manufacturing Sector and (2) establishing innovation as a mediator between KMP and Environmental Sustainability.