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Strategic environmental investment under intergovernmental regulatory competition: An evolutionary game approach 政府间监管竞争下的战略环境投资：一个进化博弈方法

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101646

Lu Zhang , Yan Song , Ming Zhang

Competitive pressures among local governments have become an increasingly important factor shaping environmental governance. By integrating the Porter Hypothesis and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis within a unified analytical framework, this study develops an evolutionary game model involving local governments, external governments, and firms to examine how intergovernmental competition in environmental regulation influences corporate environmental investment behavior. Numerical simulations are conducted to explore the evolutionary trajectories of each actor’s strategy under different parameter settings. The results reveal that: (1) Firms are more likely to adopt environmental investment strategies when both levels of government effectively enforce stringent environmental regulations. However, as external governments tend to relax regulatory intensity, firms become more inclined to evade regulation rather than pursue innovation-driven investment. (2) Well-designed reward and punishment mechanisms further encourage firms to engage in environmental investment, whereas excessive growth in environmental subsidies weakens the enforcement capacity of local governments. (3) Strengthening penalties imposed by higher-level governments and increasing the weight of environmental quality indicators in performance evaluations enhance local environmental regulation and stimulate firms’ proactive environmental behavior.

地方政府之间的竞争压力已成为影响环境治理的日益重要的因素。本文将波特假说和污染避风港假说整合到一个统一的分析框架中，建立了一个涉及地方政府、外部政府和企业的演化博弈模型，以考察环境监管中的政府间竞争对企业环境投资行为的影响。通过数值模拟，探讨了不同参数设置下各行为体策略的演化轨迹。结果表明：(1)当两级政府有效执行严格的环境法规时，企业更有可能采取环境投资策略。然而，由于外部政府倾向于放松监管强度，企业更倾向于逃避监管，而不是追求创新驱动的投资。(2)合理的奖惩机制进一步鼓励企业参与环境投资，而环境补贴的过度增长削弱了地方政府的执法能力。(3)加大上级政府的处罚力度，提高环境质量指标在绩效评价中的权重，加强地方环境监管，激发企业积极主动的环境行为。

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Measuring performance and productivity of G20 Nations in the industrial sector: Enhancing environmental energy efficiency using the global Malmquist–Luenberger DEA approaches 衡量G20国家工业部门的绩效和生产率：利用全球Malmquist-Luenberger DEA方法提高环境能源效率

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101647

Vishal Chaubey , Kshitish Kumar Mohanta , Rajkumar Verma

The implementation of strategies aimed at reducing

{CO}_{2}

emissions and minimizing energy consumption are crucial approaches that significantly contribute to enhancing environmental energy efficiency, and the G20 countries employ a wide range of policies to foster sustainable development by promoting environmental protection, addressing social inequalities, and ensuring economic stability. This article employs the general directional DEA model to evaluate the environmental energy efficiency of the G20 nations by minimizing energy consumption, maximizing economic growth, and reducing

{CO}_{2}

emissions. The finding indicates that between 1997 and 2014, 31.58% of G20 countries are efficient under the Constant Returns to Scale (CRS) model, while 42.10% are efficient under the Variable Returns to Scale (VRS) model. This study also evaluates technical change and productivity growth across G20 countries between 1997 and 2014 by combining the general directional distance function technique with the Malmquist–Luenberger (ML) and Global Malmquist–Luenberger (GML) methodologies. The comparison of results of the ML and GML productivity index carries major policy implications for decision-makers in industrial sectors across G20 countries.

实施旨在减少二氧化碳排放和最大限度减少能源消耗的战略是提高环境能源效率的重要途径，G20国家采取了广泛的政策，通过促进环境保护、解决社会不平等和确保经济稳定来促进可持续发展。本文采用一般定向DEA模型，从最小化能源消耗、最大化经济增长、减少CO2排放三个方面对G20国家的环境能源效率进行评价。研究结果表明，1997 - 2014年间，在固定规模收益（CRS）模型下，G20国家的效率为31.58%，而在可变规模收益（VRS）模型下，效率为42.10%。本研究还通过将一般定向距离函数技术与Malmquist-Luenberger （ML）和Global Malmquist-Luenberger （GML）方法相结合，评估了1997年至2014年间G20国家的技术变革和生产率增长。ML和GML生产率指数结果的比较对G20国家工业部门的决策者具有重要的政策意义。

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Global ESG sentiment, policy commitments, and sustainability uncertainty: A cross-country analysis 全球ESG情绪、政策承诺和可持续性不确定性：一项跨国分析

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101636

Nargis Sultana

This study examines the temporal patterns, cross-country heterogeneity, and global spillovers of ESG-related uncertainty, with direct implications for achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). Using a monthly panel dataset of 25 countries from 2002 to 2025 and the newly developed Sustainability Uncertainty Index (ESGUI), we apply fixed effects regression, ANOVA, and a Difference-in-Differences framework to analyze how global ESG sentiment and international policy commitments influence national sustainability risk. The results reveal structural breaks during the 2008 global financial crisis and the post-pandemic period, alongside recurring seasonal peaks in August and December. We find that global ESG sentiment significantly drives national ESGUI scores, with spillover effects particularly pronounced in Asia, and that the 2016 Paris Agreement amplified uncertainty more in countries with stronger institutional frameworks. By highlighting how transnational sustainability narratives and institutional capacity shape ESG-related uncertainty, this study provides actionable guidance for policymakers, regulators, and corporate leaders to design context-sensitive strategies that enhance policy coherence, reduce sustainability-related risk, and accelerate progress toward the SDGs in an interconnected global economy.

本研究考察了与esg相关的不确定性的时间模式、跨国异质性和全球溢出效应，对实现多个可持续发展目标（SDG），特别是可持续发展目标13（气候行动）、可持续发展目标12（负责任的消费和生产）和可持续发展目标17（目标伙伴关系）的直接影响。利用2002年至2025年25个国家的月度面板数据集和新开发的可持续性不确定性指数（ESGUI），我们应用固定效应回归、方差分析和差异中的差异框架来分析全球ESG情绪和国际政策承诺如何影响国家可持续性风险。结果显示，2008年全球金融危机期间和大流行后时期出现了结构性断裂，8月和12月也出现了季节性高峰。我们发现，全球ESG情绪显著推动了各国ESGUI得分，其溢出效应在亚洲尤为明显，2016年《巴黎协定》在制度框架较强的国家进一步放大了不确定性。通过强调跨国可持续发展叙事和机构能力如何塑造esg相关的不确定性，本研究为政策制定者、监管机构和企业领导者提供了可操作的指导，以设计情境敏感的战略，增强政策一致性，降低与可持续发展相关的风险，并在相互关联的全球经济中加速实现可持续发展目标的进程。

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The impact of KOLs on consumption intention: The mediating role of perceived brand quality 意见领袖对消费意愿的影响：感知品牌质量的中介作用

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101673

Minh Sang Vo, Thi Thuy An Ngo, Thanh Chung Pham

In Vietnam’s fast-evolving cosmetics industry, the strategic use of Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) is often challenged by a limited understanding of which attributes drive immediate sales and which contribute to long-term brand value. This study examines the influence of five KOL characteristics, including specialty, connection, suitability, attractiveness, and credibility, on Generation Y consumers’ consumption intention while also investigating the mediating role of perceived brand quality. Using data collected from 515 respondents and analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), the findings highlight a dual-pathway model of influence. Four attributes, namely specialty, suitability, credibility, and attractiveness, positively shape brand quality, while specialty, connection, credibility, and attractiveness directly stimulate consumption intention. Suitability emerges as particularly distinctive because it does not exert a direct effect but instead influences consumption intention entirely through its enhancement of brand quality. Building on these insights, the study makes significant theoretical contributions by validating KOL effectiveness as a second-order construct that integrates the five attributes into a unified framework, demonstrating how both heuristic and cognitive routes operate in consumer decision-making. Managerially, the findings provide a strategic blueprint for firms to balance immediate campaign objectives with long-term brand-building goals, emphasizing suitability as the cornerstone of sustainable partnerships that foster authenticity, credibility, and enduring consumer trust.

在越南快速发展的化妆品行业，关键意见领袖（kol）的战略使用经常受到挑战，因为他们对哪些属性可以推动即时销售，哪些属性可以促进长期品牌价值的理解有限。本研究考察了专业、联系、适宜性、吸引力和可信度五个KOL特征对Y世代消费者消费意愿的影响，同时考察了感知品牌质量的中介作用。利用从515名受访者中收集的数据，并通过结构方程模型（SEM）进行分析，研究结果强调了影响的双重途径模型。专业性、适宜性、信誉度、吸引力四个属性对品牌品质有积极的塑造作用，而专业性、连接性、信誉度、吸引力直接刺激消费意愿。适宜性之所以显得特别独特，是因为它不产生直接影响，而是通过提高品牌质量来完全影响消费意愿。在这些见解的基础上，该研究通过验证KOL有效性作为将五个属性集成到统一框架中的二阶结构，展示了启发式和认知途径如何在消费者决策中运作，从而做出了重大的理论贡献。在管理方面，研究结果为企业平衡当前活动目标与长期品牌建设目标提供了战略蓝图，强调适用性是可持续合作伙伴关系的基石，可以促进真实性、可信度和持久的消费者信任。

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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) for sustainability assessment–How reliable are the results? 可持续性评估的多准则决策分析(MCDA) -结果的可靠性如何？

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101657

Mehran Rad, Ulf Sonesson, Evelina Höglund, Karin Östergren

Navigating through widely different strategies for pursuing sustainability in complex systems demands comprehensive approaches to thoroughly assess their performance, accounting for multiple, often conflicting, domains of sustainability. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) proves well-suited for the task. Despite its growing use, the reliability of MCDA-based sustainability assessment outcomes, particularly under uncertainty and in dynamic contexts, remains underexplored. This study evaluates the robustness and sensitivity of such results through five case studies in the Swedish food production and consumption system, analysed across four considered future supply chain solutions. This study conducts a comprehensive sensitivity and uncertainty analysis to assess the impact of variations in indicator weights and performance scores. Findings show that while the sustainability assessment results are generally, but not in all cases, robust, certain sustainability indicators disproportionately influence final rankings across case studies. Small perturbations in these critical indicators can shift the top-performing solution, highlighting the need for rigorous weighting strategies and context-specific indicator selection. Such critical indicators were found to be not the ones recognised with the highest weights. The study demonstrates the value of incorporating sensitivity and uncertainty analysis into MCDA-based sustainability assessment studies to enhance transparency, decision confidence, and practical applicability, particularly in complex, interdisciplinary domains such as food systems sustainability.

通过在复杂系统中追求可持续性的广泛不同的战略，需要全面的方法来彻底评估其绩效，考虑到可持续性的多个经常相互冲突的领域。事实证明，多准则决策分析（MCDA）非常适合这项任务。尽管mcda的使用越来越多，但基于mcda的可持续性评估结果的可靠性，特别是在不确定性和动态背景下，仍未得到充分探讨。本研究通过瑞典食品生产和消费系统的五个案例研究评估了这些结果的稳健性和敏感性，分析了四个考虑的未来供应链解决方案。本研究对指标权重和绩效分数变化的影响进行了综合的敏感性和不确定性分析。调查结果表明，虽然可持续性评估结果一般（但并非所有情况）是可靠的，但某些可持续性指标不成比例地影响了各个案例研究的最终排名。这些关键指标的微小扰动可能会改变表现最佳的解决方案，突出了严格的加权策略和具体情况指标选择的必要性。研究发现，这些关键指标并不是权重最高的指标。该研究展示了将敏感性和不确定性分析纳入基于mcda的可持续性评估研究的价值，以提高透明度、决策信心和实用性，特别是在复杂的跨学科领域，如粮食系统可持续性。

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Dispositional regulatory focus in citizen science: Implications for engagement in environmental and public health monitoring 公民科学中的性情管制焦点：参与环境和公共卫生监测的影响

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101656

Berj Dekramanjian

Citizen science faces persistent challenges in sustaining engagement, and understanding drivers of volunteer participation, particularly in digital initiatives addressing environmental and public health concerns. The study offers a novel application of Regulatory Focus Theory to examine the impact of dispositional goal orientations among participants of Mosquito Alert, a transnational initiative tracking invasive disease-carrying mosquitoes. Using mixed-method analysis of survey data and in-platform behavioral metrics, a significant skew towards prevention-focused participants was found. A further discrepancy emerged between self-reported motivations and actual behavior. Notably, heightened dispositional regulatory focus correlated with shorter participation spans. The findings revealed critical gaps between perceived motivations and behavioral outcomes, underscored importance of further integrating psychological constructs into platform design to enable and maintain long-term volunteer participation. The study advances theoretical understanding of volunteer psychology in sustainability contexts offering actionable strategies for improving the efficacy of initiatives.

公民科学在持续参与和理解志愿者参与的驱动因素方面面临着持续的挑战，特别是在解决环境和公共卫生问题的数字倡议方面。本研究提供了一种新的应用调节焦点理论，以研究蚊子警报（Mosquito Alert）项目参与者的处置目标取向的影响。通过对调查数据和平台内行为指标的混合方法分析，我们发现以预防为重点的参与者明显倾向于预防。自我报告的动机和实际行为之间出现了进一步的差异。值得注意的是，高度的处置性监管焦点与较短的参与时间相关。研究结果揭示了感知动机和行为结果之间的关键差距，强调了进一步将心理结构整合到平台设计中的重要性，以实现和维持长期的志愿者参与。本研究促进了对可持续发展背景下志愿者心理的理论理解，为提高志愿者行动的有效性提供了可行的策略。

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Exploring the impact of climate change anxiety and social media information overload on unusual purchase behavior 探讨气候变化焦虑和社交媒体信息超载对不寻常购买行为的影响

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101571

My-Trinh Bui, T.H. Hanh Nguyen, Huong Le

Climate change has profoundly reshaped consumer behavior, leading to unprecedented shifts in shopping patterns and preferences. This study explores these transformations by analyzing data from 324 participants to uncover key factors influencing consumer decision-making during the crisis. Employing descriptive statistics, PLS-SEM, we examine the interplay between climate change anxiety, information overload, and cyberchondria, and their collective impacts on perceived severity, intention to self-isolate, and unusual purchasing behavior respectively. Our findings provide critical insights into climate change's long-term effects on the retail sector, highlighting trends and motivations that have emerged in response to this global disruption. By understanding these behavioral shifts, businesses can develop strategies to navigate the evolving consumer landscape and remain resilient in the face of future uncertainties.

气候变化深刻地改变了消费者的行为，导致购物模式和偏好发生了前所未有的变化。本研究通过分析324名参与者的数据来探讨这些转变，以揭示危机期间影响消费者决策的关键因素。采用描述性统计，PLS-SEM，我们研究了气候变化焦虑，信息超载和网络疑病之间的相互作用，以及它们分别对感知严重性，自我隔离意图和异常购买行为的集体影响。我们的研究结果为气候变化对零售业的长期影响提供了重要见解，突出了为应对这种全球破坏而出现的趋势和动机。通过了解这些行为转变，企业可以制定策略来驾驭不断变化的消费者环境，并在面对未来的不确定性时保持弹性。

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Sustainable leather processing: A critical review of emerging green technologies and practices 可持续皮革加工：新兴绿色技术和实践的重要回顾

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101562

Rabeya Sultana , Taslim Ur Rashid , Mohammed Mizanur Rahman

The leather processing industry, particularly tanning, generates substantial amounts of solid and liquid waste, which are major contributors to environmental pollution. Tanning effluents and solid wastes contain hazardous chemicals like chromium, acids, alkalis, salts, organic substance, nitrogen, sulfides etc. and result in increasing biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total dissolved solid (TDS), total nitrogen, and heavy metal content in soil and water. Different air pollutants such as H₂S, NH₃, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are also emitted from leather processing steps. Mitigation of these problems is important to protect the environment. In recent years, several technologically developed and green approaches are brought to light to mitigate these issues such as zero discharge approach, salt-free preservation, enzymatic soaking, enzymatic liming and unhairing, carbon dioxide based deliming, phyto-based tanning to replace chromium, high chrome exhaustion methods etc. Following these methods the pollution loads such as chlorides, BOD, COD and TDS can be reduced up to ∼98 %, ∼75 %, ∼80 % and ∼97 %, respectively while chromium uptake can be increase up to ∼99 %. This review focuses on the recent developments of environment friendly approaches of leather processing from preservation to finishing. It also covers the traditional leather manufacturing process and its potential impacts on the environment. The key technical challenges of the current methods are presented and potential directions for future research are also suggested.

皮革加工业，特别是制革，产生大量的固体和液体废物，这是造成环境污染的主要原因。制革废水和固体废物中含有铬、酸、碱、盐、有机物、氮、硫化物等有害化学物质，导致土壤和水中生化需氧量（BOD）、化学需氧量（COD）、总溶解固体（TDS）、总氮和重金属含量增加。皮革加工过程中还会排放不同的空气污染物，如H2S、NH3、挥发性有机化合物（VOCs）。缓解这些问题对保护环境很重要。近年来，一些技术成熟和绿色的方法被提出，如零排放法、无盐保存法、酶浸泡法、酶脱毛法、二氧化碳划界法、植物鞣法代替铬法、高铬耗尽法等。采用这些方法，氯化物、BOD、COD和TDS的污染负荷分别可降低~ 98%、~ 75%、~ 80%和~ 97%，而铬的吸收量可提高~ 99%。本文综述了近年来皮革加工从保存到整理的环保方法的发展。它还涵盖了传统的皮革制造过程及其对环境的潜在影响。指出了现有方法面临的关键技术挑战，并提出了未来研究的潜在方向。

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Sustainability strategies and capital costs: A study of non-financial disclosure in the GCC agri-food industry 可持续发展战略与资本成本：海湾合作委员会农业食品行业非财务信息披露研究

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101590

Nadia Adnan , Noreen Sher Akber

In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, the growing emphasis on sustainability, corporate responsibility, and transparency has significantly increased the relevance of non-financial disclosure. The GCC countries, known for their oil-dependent economies, are undergoing rapid diversification efforts, focusing on sustainable development and environmental stewardship. As companies, especially in sectors like agri-food, invest heavily in sustainability initiatives to align with global standards, non-financial disclosures become essential in communicating these efforts to investors, regulators, and stakeholders. This study investigates the impact of non-financial disclosure on the cost of capital within the GCC's agri-food sector from 2013–2024. The study uses panel data analysis to explore how Bloomberg's disclosure scores influence debt and equity costs for a sample of GCC-based agri-food firms. The results reveal a negative and significant relationship, indicating that higher levels of transparency through robust non-financial disclosures contribute to lowering firms' capital costs by improving their perceived creditworthiness and mitigating financial risks. This research contributes to the literature on non-financial disclosure and cost of capital. It provides crucial insights into how sustainability strategies and disclosures impact financial performance in a region where diversification and sustainable business practices are a key focus. The findings have important implications for policymakers, investors, and corporate managers in the GCC, suggesting that transparent sustainability reporting is vital for attracting investment, optimizing financial outcomes, and supporting the region's long-term economic transformation.

在海湾合作委员会（GCC）地区，对可持续性、企业责任和透明度的日益重视大大提高了非财务披露的相关性。海湾合作委员会国家以其依赖石油的经济而闻名，正在进行迅速的多样化努力，重点是可持续发展和环境管理。随着企业（尤其是农业食品等行业的企业）大力投资可持续发展举措，以与全球标准保持一致，在向投资者、监管机构和利益相关者传达这些努力时，非财务披露变得至关重要。本研究调查了2013-2024年非财务披露对海湾合作委员会农业食品部门资本成本的影响。该研究使用面板数据分析来探讨彭博的披露得分如何影响海湾合作委员会农业食品公司样本的债务和股权成本。结果显示出负向且显著的关系，表明通过健全的非财务披露提高透明度水平有助于降低企业的资本成本，通过改善其感知的信誉和减轻财务风险。本研究对非财务信息披露与资本成本的研究文献有所贡献。它提供了关于可持续发展战略和披露如何影响一个地区的财务绩效的重要见解，在这个地区，多元化和可持续的商业实践是一个关键的焦点。研究结果对海湾合作委员会的政策制定者、投资者和企业管理者具有重要意义，表明透明的可持续发展报告对于吸引投资、优化财务结果和支持该地区的长期经济转型至关重要。

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Development and sustainability challenges in the maquiladora industry: A lean perspective 加工厂的发展和可持续性挑战：精益视角

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101570

José Roberto Díaz Reza , Jorge Luis García Alcaraz , Cuauhtémoc Sánchez Ramírez , Julio Blanco Fernández , Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas , Jose Luis Rodríguez Álvarez

The Mexican maquiladora industry faces high pressure to achieve sustainability while maintaining operational efficiency. This study investigates how key Lean Manufacturing (LM) tools—5S, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and Just-in-Time (JIT)—contribute to economic, environmental, and social sustainability in this context. To analyze these relationships, a structural equation model (SEM) was developed based on 411 validated survey responses collected from mid- and senior-level personnel working in operations, production, quality, and maintenance areas. Additionally, system dynamics (SD) modeling was applied to simulate the long-term effects of LM implementation. The results show that VSM and JIT strongly influence economic sustainability, whereas TPM plays a key role in promoting environmental and social sustainability. The findings also indicate that social sustainability takes longer to consolidate, up to 15 years, while LM tools are implemented more rapidly. By integrating SEM and SD, this study offers a dynamic perspective on sustainability outcomes and provides practical guidance for managers and policymakers to align LM strategies with their long-term sustainability goals.

墨西哥加工厂面临着在保持运营效率的同时实现可持续发展的巨大压力。本研究探讨了关键的精益制造（LM）工具——5s、价值流图（VSM）、全面生产维护（TPM）和准时制（JIT）——如何在这种背景下促进经济、环境和社会的可持续性。为了分析这些关系，基于从操作、生产、质量和维护领域的中高层人员收集的411个经过验证的调查反馈，开发了一个结构方程模型（SEM）。此外，应用系统动力学（SD）建模来模拟LM实施的长期效果。结果表明，VSM和JIT对经济可持续发展具有显著影响，而TPM对环境和社会可持续发展具有重要影响。研究结果还表明，社会可持续性需要更长的时间来巩固，长达15年，而LM工具的实施速度更快。通过整合SEM和SD，本研究提供了可持续发展成果的动态视角，并为管理者和政策制定者提供了实践指导，使LM战略与他们的长期可持续发展目标保持一致。

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