How do perceived organizational green climate and corporate energy-saving behaviors promote each other? An integrated evaluation model

The implementation of sustainable corporate energy-saving behaviors (CESB) is key initiatives to ease the pressure on energy resources and reduce the impacts of climate change. This paper constructed a quantitative research model of how perceived organizational green climate (POGC) and CESB promote each other using eastern and central China as an example, analyzing 859 valid questionnaires. Using a combination of analytical techniques such as multiple linear regression, partial least squares-structural equation model (PLS-SEM) and multi-group comparisons, the following findings were found. (1) Companies are more likely to implement day-today energy efficiency management practices than deeper social energy-saving behaviors (SEBs). (2) POGC effectively promotes the implementation of CESB and its sub-types, with member environmental perceptions having a mediating effect in some of pathways. (3) Behavioral implementation has a feedback effect on POGC and members' environmental cognition (MEC), in which leaders play a moderating role. (4) There is heterogeneity in the degree of industry pollution in their mutual reinforcement relationships. Finally, relevant recommendations are proposed to promote corporate energy-saving.