Is digital transformation boosting green innovation in logistics enterprises? Evidence from listed firms in China’s logistics industry

In the era of green logistics, digital transformation has become an effective means for the logistics industry’s high-quality development. Using listed companies in China’s logistics industry from 2010 to 2021 as research samples, this study empirically tests the impact of the digital transformation of logistics enterprises on their green innovation by constructing enterprise digital transformation indicators using the text analysis method and applying the fixed effects model. The results indicate that the digital transformation of logistics enterprises has a significant promoting effect on their green innovation; the promoting effect of the digital transformation of logistics enterprises on green innovation is primarily achieved by easing corporate financing constraints and reducing corporate environmental uncertainty; and the impact of digital transformation on green innovation is geographically heterogeneous.