Navigating dual pressures: The impact of environmental policies and market demand risks on the sustainable development of green building materials - A case study of the green cement industry

This paper addresses the issue of sustainable development in the green building material industry under the dual pressures of environmental policies and market demand risks. A multi-stage game model is developed to explore the strategic interactions between green material producers and intermediate...

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Main Author: Wenxuan Guo
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025003226
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description This paper addresses the issue of sustainable development in the green building material industry under the dual pressures of environmental policies and market demand risks. A multi-stage game model is developed to explore the strategic interactions between green material producers and intermediate suppliers in decision-making related to green research and product pricing. Utilizing backward induction methods, genetic algorithm simulations, and production data from the cement industry, we analyze the sensitivity of product greenness, pricing, sales volume, and profits to changes in market demand risks under both strict and lenient environmental policies. The findings indicate that strict environmental policies are more effective than lenient ones in promoting the sustainable development of the green building materials sector. Strict policies encourage companies to engage in green research and production while helping to maintain sales and prices, thereby ensuring profitability—especially when competing products have lower levels of greenness. This paper adds a new perspective by considering the dual pressures of environmental policies and market demand risks and their interactions, aiming to provide insights for related policymaking.
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spelling doaj-art-7c5a1a0076ec43249a3a3daaa78ce32b2025-02-02T05:28:36ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-01-01112e41942Navigating dual pressures: The impact of environmental policies and market demand risks on the sustainable development of green building materials - A case study of the green cement industryWenxuan Guo0Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030000, ChinaThis paper addresses the issue of sustainable development in the green building material industry under the dual pressures of environmental policies and market demand risks. A multi-stage game model is developed to explore the strategic interactions between green material producers and intermediate suppliers in decision-making related to green research and product pricing. Utilizing backward induction methods, genetic algorithm simulations, and production data from the cement industry, we analyze the sensitivity of product greenness, pricing, sales volume, and profits to changes in market demand risks under both strict and lenient environmental policies. The findings indicate that strict environmental policies are more effective than lenient ones in promoting the sustainable development of the green building materials sector. Strict policies encourage companies to engage in green research and production while helping to maintain sales and prices, thereby ensuring profitability—especially when competing products have lower levels of greenness. This paper adds a new perspective by considering the dual pressures of environmental policies and market demand risks and their interactions, aiming to provide insights for related policymaking.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025003226Sustainable developmentGreen building materialsEnvironmental policiesMarket demand risksMulti-stage gameGenetic algorithm
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Navigating dual pressures: The impact of environmental policies and market demand risks on the sustainable development of green building materials - A case study of the green cement industry
Heliyon
Sustainable development
Green building materials
Environmental policies
Market demand risks
Multi-stage game
Genetic algorithm
title Navigating dual pressures: The impact of environmental policies and market demand risks on the sustainable development of green building materials - A case study of the green cement industry
title_full Navigating dual pressures: The impact of environmental policies and market demand risks on the sustainable development of green building materials - A case study of the green cement industry
title_fullStr Navigating dual pressures: The impact of environmental policies and market demand risks on the sustainable development of green building materials - A case study of the green cement industry
title_full_unstemmed Navigating dual pressures: The impact of environmental policies and market demand risks on the sustainable development of green building materials - A case study of the green cement industry
title_short Navigating dual pressures: The impact of environmental policies and market demand risks on the sustainable development of green building materials - A case study of the green cement industry
title_sort navigating dual pressures the impact of environmental policies and market demand risks on the sustainable development of green building materials a case study of the green cement industry
topic Sustainable development
Green building materials
Environmental policies
Market demand risks
Multi-stage game
Genetic algorithm
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025003226
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