This book provides the latest research on zero carbon industry and its practical implications for eco-innovation and environmental sustainability for businesses in current scenario. In a zero-carbon industry, there would be profound, sometimes disruptive, changes in our economy compared to our current one. As the world approaches zero carbon industry by 2050, economic output will shift progressively (and permanently) toward those goods and services that do not emit greenhouse gases. Changes in these dynamics would ripple along entire value chains, transforming industries. Creating a zero-carbon industry will require fundamental changes in both our economies and societies. Taking eco-innovation and environmental sustainability seriously will be crucial to businesses, and companies are increasingly keen to signal this commitment. This book aims to illustrate a detailed exploration of the complex and interconnected domains of zero carbon industry, eco-innovation, and environmental sustainability. In addition to combining the academic expertise of emerging and established scholars from different academic fields, this book provides an integrated understanding of the topic on zero carbon emissions, eco-innovation, and environmental sustainability from a broader perspective by combining the work of established and emerging scholars. There is a need to fundamentally transform the zero carbon industry, eco-innovation ecosystem in order to achieve sustainability through the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of things, blockchain, and cloud technologies.

The book sheds light on various advancements in zero carbon industry, eco-innovation, and emerging technologies for the purpose of sustainability, and it aims to address the urgency of responding to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) as part of the global mandate.

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Dr. Rubee Singh (Ph.D.) is an assistant professor of HR at Institute of Business Management, GLA University, India. She is a post-doctoral researcher (D. Litt) at Kumaun University, Nainital, India. She holds a PhD in management from Noida International University India, and an MBA in HR from Dr A.P. J Abdul Kalam Technical University, India. She has published 20 academic books, and more than 75+ research papers in SCI, ABDC-A, Scopus & UGC index journals. Her areas of research are net zero, circular economy, digital CE, climate change, sustainability, digital HRM, sustainable HRM, Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence and CSR. She has been honoured with many prestigious awards, which include consecutive Best Researchers Award of the Year-2022-23, 2023-24 by GLA University, Child Ambassador Award of The Year 2022, Iconic Faculty Award 2019, International Young Researchers Award-2021, Best Managing Editor Award 2020, and Young Scientist Award 2020.

Prof. Amit Joshi (Ph.D) is an academician and a visionary thought leader in its true sense. With his exceptional critical thinking skills, he has been contributing his best efforts to the development of different fields and particularly commerce, management and academics. Currently, Prof. Amit Joshi is holding the position of the head of Department and professor at Department of Management Studies, Kumaun University, Nainital, (Bhimtal Campus) India, He has been on a great journey of exploring different fields and gaining a good amount of knowledge which he is achieving greatly so far.

Professor Walter Leal (D.Lit., Ph.D) holds the Chairs of Climate Change Management at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He directs the Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainability Development and Climate Change Management." His main research interests are in the fields of sustainable development and climate change, also including aspects of climate change and health. Professor Leal has been an author, co-author, editor, or co-editor in many publications on matters related to environment, sustainable development, and climate change issues. He has in excess of 700 publications to his credit, which includes 193 books, 102 book chapters, and over 430 papers.

Dr. Shahbaz Khan (Ph.D) is an assistant professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has published more than 80 research articles in many reputed journals including Scopus, SCI, and ABDC-A categories such as Business Strategy and Environment, Annals of Operation Research, Operations Management Research. He has an excellent research track record with 3000 citations on Google Scholar and H-index-30. He has obtained his PhD and M. Tech degree with specialization in Industrial and Production Engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia India. He is a gold medalist in M. Tech. He is a member of the International Association of Engineers, Thailand. His research interests are supply chain management, digital supply chain management, circular economy and sustainability, Industry 4.0, blockchain, artificial intelligence, benchmarking, and decision modeling for sustainable business. He has published five books including springer, Elsevier, Springer, and De Gruyter.

Inhalt

A Brief Introduction to Zero Carbon Industry, Innovation and business management.- Zero carbon production & innovation: New Waves of Industrialization.- Eco-innovation, Sustainable Businesses through Zero Carbon Supply chain.- Fostering human factors in zero carbon industry and environmental sustainability adoption.- Sustainable Business model for zero carbon industry for achieving excellence.- Modelling of barriers/drivers/critical success factors of zero carbon industry.- Drivers, barriers and critical factors of Innovation and environmental sustainability.- Supply chain decarbonization and their impact on environment and society.- Environmental sustainability and Zero Carbon Industry.- Industry 4.0 technologies for realising Zero Carbon Industry.- Performance assessment framework for Zero Carbon Supply chain.- Challenges and opportunities in zero carbon industry.- Strategic issues in adoption of zero carbon industry, Eco-innovation and Environmental sustainability.- Leadership issues and challenges for adopting Zero Carbon Economy, Eco-Innovation.- Darkside of Innovations and Environmental Sustainability in Developed and Developing Countries.- Case studies on zero carbon industry, Environmental Responsibility and Sustainable Eco-Innovation.