Study of Factors of Low-carbon Operation (LCO) of Manufacturing Enterprises and Their Implementation Paths

Abstract

Low-carbon psychological consciousness, enterprise’s image expectation, cost and performance forecast, the context combining institution and technology and public guidance are five factors that have enormous influence on LCO pattern of enterprises. Among these factors, the first one belongs to the category of consciousness, the second and the third ones fall into the category of action while the last two deal with the environment. According to the correlations among awareness-circumstance—action, an integration model is set up and the mechanism between each factor to the low-carbon operation model is explored. The research also provides targeted policy thinking and implementation path for the enterprise low-carbon operation.