Economic performance assessment of green innovation: a systematic literature review

IF 5.6 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI:10.1016/j.indic.2025.100804

Sérgio Evangelista Silva , Savio Figueira Correa , Cecília Silva Monnerat

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Abstract

Green innovations comprehend new processes, materials and devices that present a friendlier relation with the environment than existing technologies. Currently, the majority of studies about the performance of green innovations focus on environmental performance. However, their economic performance is an essential issue in their diffusion. Despite the numerous techno-economic assessment studies on green innovations, the literature still lacks a comprehensive perspective on their main economic dimensions. This article presents a systematic literature review on the economic performance of green innovations. A total of 75 articles addressing economic indicators of green innovations were analysed and categorised into four main categories: Cost-benefit indicators, Investment-return indicators, Market indicators, and Institutional-geographic indicators. For the theory, this article presents a comprehensive perspective on the main areas of economic performance of green innovations, as well as a detailed view of their economic indicators. For the practice, it provides valuable guidance for designing comprehensive models to assess the economic benefits of green innovations.

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绿色创新的经济绩效评价：系统文献综述

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