Bibliometric research on carbon footprint and green organization concepts

Year 2024, Volume: 61 Issue: 1, 113 - 124, 18.04.2024

İbrahim Durmuş , İlknur Gücüyeter

https://doi.org/10.20289/zfdergi.1388506

Abstract

Objective: Carbon footprint and green organization research clarify the concepts emphasized by the authors, the relations between the concepts, the words that have been popular over the years, and the research rates of the authors in terms of countries.
Material and Methods: R program and bibliometric analyses were used to analyze the studies in Scopus and WoS databases.
Results: Carbon footprint and green organization research have intensively been researched in recent years, the concepts of sustainability observed, climate change in the carbon footprint frequently emphasized, and the strong relationship among them observed. In recent years, it has been understood that the words carbon footprint, environmental sustainability, carbon, sustainability, green supply chain management, greening, environment, green informatics, energy, green technology, innovations, climate change, and circular economy are very popular.
Conclusion: Today, the activities of organizations are influenced by many environmental approaches. In a world that is getting more polluted day by day, there is a great need for green organizations. Economic gains, which are among the priorities of countries, cause an increase in carbon emissions and a narrowing of the habitat of all living things.

Keywords

Bibliometric analysis, environment, greenhouse gases, organizations

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Karbon ayak izi ve yeşil organizasyon kavramlarına yönelik bibliyometrik araştırmalar

Abstract

Amaç: Karbon ayak izi ve yeşil organizasyon araştırmaları; yazarların vurguladığı kavramlara, kavramların birbirleri ile ilişkilerine, yıllar itibari ile popüler olan kelimelere, ülkeler açısından yazarlara ilişkin araştırma oranlarına açıklık getirmektir.
Materyal ve Yöntem: Scopus ve WoS veri tabanlarındaki araştırmaların incelenmesinde R programı ve bibliyometrik analizlerden faydalanılmıştır.
Araştırma Bulguları: Karbon ayak izi ve yeşil organizasyon araştırmalarının son yıllarda yoğun araştırıldığı; karbon ayak izinde sürdürülebilirlik ve iklim değişikliği kavramlarının sıklıkla vurgulandığı ve güçlü ilişkilere sahip olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Son yıllarda, karbon ayak izi, çevresel sürdürülebilirlik, karbon, sürdürülebilirlik, yeşil tedarik zinciri yönetimi, yeşillendirme, çevre, çevreci bilişim, enerji, yeşil teknoloji, yenilikler, iklim değişikliği ve döngüsel ekonomi kelimelerinin oldukça popüler olduğu anlaşılmıştır.
Sonuç: Günümüzde organizasyonların faaliyetleri, birçok çevreci yaklaşımdan etkilenmektedir. Günden güne daha fazla kirlenen dünyada, yeşil organizasyonlara oldukça fazla ihtiyaç vardır. Ülkelerin öncelikleri arasında yer alan ekonomik kazanımlar, karbon salınımlarının artırmasına ve bütün canlıların yaşam alanlarının daralmasına sebep olmaktadır.

Keywords

Bibliyometrik analiz, çevre, sera gazları, organizasyonlar

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