Green credit is effective way to promote energy conservation and emission reduction in enterprises and promote sustainable economic development through credit allocation.Green credit has transformed traditional methods of pollution prevention and control through the establishment of environmental access thresholds and incentive and constraint mechanisms,directing funds towards conservation and environmental protection,thereby inhibiting the blind expansion of polluting enterprises,and providing endogenous impetus for the green transformation and upgrading of the industry.In the environment of green development,how to better use green credit to guide enterprises’ green production and achieve the coordinated development of economy,resources,and environment is an important issue that needs to be solved urgently.In this context,the green production and operation of enterprises is an inevitable trend of economic development.Meat processing enterprises play an important role in promoting sustainable economic development,and green production behavior is of great significance for protecting the environment,saving resources,and ensuring food safety.Therefore,exploring whether green credit can achieve the Potter effect in meat processing enterprises and implement green production behavior is of great significance,which is conducive to fully reflecting the research on the guiding role of green credit in the enterprise environment and promoting green and low-carbon economic development.Starting from current resource and environmental policies,based on research on domestic and foreign green credit policies and corporate green production behavior literature,this paper studies and analyzes the Porter hypothesis,stakeholder theory,signal transmission theory,and sustainable development theory.Using survey data from Henan Province,taking meat processing enterprises as the research object,this paper constructs an evaluation index system for green production behavior of meat processing enterprises,Based on this,the green production behavior index of meat processing enterprises is measured.At the same time,study the impact of green credit on green production behavior of meat processing enterprises.The results show that:first,on the whole,green credit can significantly promote the green production behavior of meat processing enterprises.Secondly,among the five dimensions that constitute the green production behavior of meat processing enterprises,meat processing enterprises have the highest scores for green procurement and supply,followed by green production and green management,while green service and green marketing have lower scores.Thirdly,among the basic characteristics variables of the enterprise,the educational background of the enterprise operator,the nature of the enterprise,the total assets of the enterprise,and the life cycle of the enterprise have a significant impact on the green production behavior of the meat processing enterprise,while variables such as the gender and age of the enterprise operator have no significant impact on the green production behavior of the meat processing enterprise.Finally,based on the results of the study,this paper proposes some countermeasures and suggestions for the government,banks,and enterprises,providing empirical evidence and corresponding inspiration for improving green credit policies. |