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. 2022 Dec 20;15:3751–3773. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S377682

Table 1.

The Summary of Relevant Green Banking Literature

SL NO. Author (s) and Year Theoretical Basis Sample Size, Type, and Country, Data Collection Tool, Unit of Analysis) Outcome Variable and Context Study Variables Significant Results
01 Chen et al (2022)3 Legitimacy theory 322, banking employees of private commercial banks (PCBs), Bangladesh, cross-sectional sample, IBM SPSS (version 22.0) and AMOS (version 23.0) Bank Environmental Performance (BEP) Banks Employee Related Practices, Banks Operation Related Practices, Banks Customer Related Practices, Banks Policy Related Practices, Green Financing, Bank Environmental Performance (BEP) Direct predictors of Green Financing: Banks Employee Related Practices (+), Banks Operation Related Practices (+), Banks Customer Related Practices (-), Banks Policy Related Practices (+)
Direct predictors of Bank Environmental Performance (BEP): Green Financing (+), Banks Employee Related Practices (-), Banks Operation Related Practices (+), Banks Customer Related Practices (-), Banks Policy Related Practices (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
02 Ding et al (2022)4 Organizational Learning Theory, Theory of Reasonable
Action (TRA), Self-Efficacy
Theory
65 teams that belong to green finance industries, China, field survey and online questionnaires, SPSS22.0 Team Effectiveness Innovative Climate, Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge
Heterogeneity, Team Effectiveness
Direct predictors of Knowledge Sharing: Innovative Climate (+)
Direct predictors of Team Effectiveness: Knowledge Sharing (+), Innovative Climate (+)
Indirect predictors of Team Effectiveness: Innovative Climate through Knowledge Sharing (+)
Moderating role of Knowledge
Heterogeneity: Between Knowledge Sharing and Team Effectiveness (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
03 Desalegn et al (2022)17 Explanatory research design
and a Quantitative research approach, Hungary, voluntary questionnaire survey, purposive sampling techniques, Vector Autoregressive Analysis
Green Finance Broad money supply, lending Investment rate, Outward foreign direct investment, Inward foreign direct investment, Domestic Investment, Green House Gas Direct predictors of Green Finance: lending Investment rate (+), Broad money supply (+), Inward foreign direct investment (+), Outward foreign direct investment (+), Domestic Investment (+), Green House Gas (+)
04 Li & Yang (2022)18 31 provinces of China, Regression Corporate Technological innovation Green finance, Corporate Technological innovation, CSR, Direct predictors of Corporate Technological innovation: Green finance (+), CSR (+)
Indirect predictors of Corporate Technological innovation: Green finance Through CSR (+)
05 Fang & Shao et al (2022)7 re-measurement of the
green finance, China, Durbin model
Green Technology Innovation Command and control environmental regulation, Market incentive environmental regulation, Green finance, Direct predictors of Green Technology Innovation: Command and control environmental regulation (+), Market incentive environmental regulation (+), Green finance (+),
Moderating role of Green finance: Between Command and control environmental regulation and Green Technology Innovation (+); Between Market incentive environmental regulation and Green Technology Innovation (+)
Direct predictors of Neighborhood Green Technology Innovation: “Command and control” environmental regulation and “market incentive”
environmental regulation (+); Green finance (+)
06 Guang-Wen & Siddik (2022)13 Legitimacy Theory 388, Bankers of
private commercial banks (PCBs), Bangladesh, Non-Probabilistic
convenience sampling method, AMOS
Environmental Performance of Bankers Economic, Social, Environmental, CSR Activities, Environmental Performance Direct predictors of Environmental Performance: CSR Activities (+), Economic (+), Social (+), Environmental (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
07 Yan et al (2022)12 351 employees of banking institutions, Bangladesh, convenience sampling method, IBM’s SPSS Sustainability Performance (SP) of employees Fintech Adoption, Green Finance, Green Innovation Direct predictors of Sustainability Performance: Fintech Adoption (+), Green Finance (+), Green Innovation (+)
Direct predictors of Green Finance: Fintech Adoption (+)
Direct predictors of Green Innovation: Fintech Adoption (+)
Indirect predictors of Sustainability Performance: Fintech Adoption through Green Finance (+), Fintech Adoption through Green Innovation (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
08 Ye et al (2022)19 30 provincial administrative regions, China Green Development Green Finance Green Technological Innovation, Special Interaction Effect, Green Development Direct predictors of Green Development: Green Finance (+), Green Technological Innovation (+), Special Interaction Effect (+)
09 Zeng et al (2022)96 639, Enterprises, China, Haze Pollution Green Finance, Haze Pollution, Enterprise Innovation Output, Enterprise Innovation Input, Direct predictors of Haze Pollution: Green Finance (+)
Direct predictors of Enterprise Innovation Output: Green Finance (+)
Direct predictors of Enterprise Innovation Input: Green Finance (+)
Indirect predictors of Haze Pollution: Green Finance through Enterprise Innovation Output (+), Green Finance through Enterprise Innovation Input (-)
Demographics:
Enterprises
10 Zhang et al (2022)6 352, Employee of Private commercial banks, Bangladesh, convenience sampling method, SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 23.0 Bank’s environmental performance of Employee of Private commercial banks Green banking activities, Sources of green financing, Bank’s environmental performance Direct predictors of Bank’s environmental performance: Green banking activities (+)
Direct predictors of Sources of green financing: Green banking activities (+)
Direct predictors of Bank’s environmental performance: Sources of green financing (+)
Indirect predictors of Bank’s environmental performance: Green banking activities through Sources of green financing (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
11 Wang et al (2021)97 30 provincial panel, China, Regression Green development Green finance pilot
Zone, Industrial structural upgrade, Technological
innovation ability
Direct predictors of Green development: Green finance pilot Zone (+), Industrial structural upgrade (+)
Direct predictors of Industrial structural upgrade: Green finance pilot Zone (+)
Direct predictors of Technological innovation ability: Green finance pilot Zone (+), Green development (+)
12 Rehman et al (2021)1 Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) 200 employees of retail banks at managerial level, Pakistan, Survey questionnaire Green banking practices of employees of retail banks at managerial level Policy, Operations, Investments, Green banking practices Direct predictors of Green banking practices adoption: Bank polices for green environment (+)
Direct predictors of bank daily operations: Adoption of green banking practices (+)
Direct predictors of Green banking practices: Banks investment decision (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
13 Zheng et al (2021a)98 296, Bankers of Private commercial banks, Bangladesh, Nonprobability sampling method, SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 23.0. Bankers’
perception of Green Finance
Economic Dimension, Social Dimension, Environmental Dimension, Sources of Group Financing, Bankers’
perception of Green Finance
Direct predictors of Economic Dimension: Bankers’
perception of Green Finance (+)
Direct predictors of Social Dimension: Bankers’
perception of Green Finance (+)
Direct predictors of Environmental Dimension: Bankers’ perception of Green Finance (+)
Direct predictors of Sources of Group Financing: Bankers’
perception of Green Finance (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
14 Zheng et al (2021b)99 302, Bankers, Bangladesh, convenience sampling (non-probabilistic) method, SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 23.0 Sustainability Performance of Bankers Economic Dimensions, Social Dimensions, Environmental Dimensions, Sustainability Performance Direct predictors of Social Dimensions: Economic Dimensions (+)
Direct predictors of Environmental Dimensions: Economic Dimensions (+), Social Dimensions (+) Direct predictors of Sustainability Performance: Economic Dimensions (+), Social Dimensions (+), Environmental Dimensions (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
15 Taneja & Ali (2020)22 Theory of Planned Behavior 440 respondents who use at least one of the various digital banking services, India, cross-sectional sample, self-administered questionnaires Behavioral Intention Trust, attitude, Perceived Environmental Outcomes, Environmental Consciousness, Perceived Behavioral Control, Subjective Norms, Behavioral Intention Direct predictors of Behavioral Intention: Attitude (+), Subjective Norms (+), Perceived Behavioral Control (+), Environmental Consciousness (-), Perceived Environmental Outcomes (+),
Direct predictors of Attitude: Trust (+), Environmental Consciousness (+)
Direct predictors of Perceived Environmental Outcomes: Environmental Consciousness (+)
Direct predictors of Trust: Perceived Environmental Outcomes (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
16 Burhanudin et al (2020)21 Self-regulation Theory & Theory of Planned Behavior 313 respondents in commercial banking customers, Indonesia, Intention to use green Banking Services Guilt, Attitude towards Green Banking, Perceived Consumer Effectiveness, Negative Word-of-Mouth, Intention to use green Banking Services Direct predictors of Attitude towards Green Banking: Guilt (-)
Direct predictors of Perceived Consumer Effectiveness: Guilt (+)
Direct predictors of Perceived Negative Word-of-Mouth: Guilt (+), Perceived Consumer Effectiveness (+)
Direct predictors of Attitude towards Green Banking: Perceived Consumer Effectiveness (+)
Direct predictors of Intention to use green Banking Services: Attitude towards Green Banking (-), Perceived Consumer Effectiveness (-), Negative Word-of-Mouth (+)
Indirect predictors of Intention to use green Banking Services: Perceived Consumer Effectiveness through Attitude towards Green Banking (-); Negative Word-of-Mouth through Perceived Consumer Effectiveness (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
17 Sun et al (2020)11 Theory Of Social Identity 489, 18 years old with a bank account, Pakistan, Multi-stage sampling method, Correlations Green Customer Loyalty Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Banking, Co-creation, Green Consumer Loyalty Direct predictors of Co-creation:
Corporate Social Responsibility (+)
Direct predictors of Consumer Loyalty: Co-creation (+), Corporate Social Responsibility (+)
Indirect predictors of Consumer Loyalty: Corporate Social Responsibility through Co-creation (+)
Moderating Role of Green Banking: The indirect relationship of CSR and green consumer loyalty through co-creation (+)
Demographics:
Female vs males
18 Ibe-enwo et al (2019)20 Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) 850 customers of the retail banking sector, North Cyprus, Turkey, quantitative survey Bank Loyalty of customers of the retail banking sector Green Banking practice, Green Image, Bank Trust, Bank Loyalty Direct predictors of Green Image: Green Banking practice (+)
Direct predictors of Bank Trust: Green Banking practice (+), Green Image (+)
Direct predictors of Bank Loyalty: Green Banking practice (+), Green Image 5(+) Bank Trust (-)
Indirect predictors of Bank Loyalty: Green Banking practice through Green Image (+); Green Banking practice through Green Trust (-)
Demographics:
Female vs males
19 Bose et al (2017)23 Institutional Theory 205 Bank’s Annual Report, Bangladesh, Green banking disclosure index (GBDI) Issuance of the central bank’s
guidelines, Imitation behavior over the years, Routine process over time, Board size, Independence, Institutional ownership
Direct predictors of Green banking disclosure: Issuance of the central bank’s
Guidelines (+), Board size (+), Independence (+), Institutional ownership (+)
Direct predictors of Imitation behavior over the years: Green banking disclosure (+)
Direct predictors of Routine process over time: Green banking disclosure (+)
20 Xu et al (2020)100 Neoclassical Theory 62,051, Comprehensive
Meta-Analysis Software (CMA) 2.0
Enterprise Green Performance Green finance, Green credit, Green investment, Green subsidy, Green bond, Environmental Performance, Innovation Performance, Sustainability Performance Direct predictors of Enterprise Green Performance: Green finance (+), Green credit (+), Green investment (+), Green subsidy (+), Green bond (+)
Direct predictors of Environmental Performance: Green finance (+)
Direct predictors of Performance Performance: Green finance (+)
Direct predictors of Sustainability Performance: Green finance (+)
Moderating role of Profitability of enterprise: Between Green Finance and Green Performance (-)
Moderating role of type of enterprises: Between Green Finance and Green Performance (+)
Moderating role of Region: Between Green Finance and Green Performance (+)