https://jcem.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM <p>The Journal of Business Economics and Management publishes original research papers that provide insights into business and strategic management issues.&nbsp;<a href="https://journals.vilniustech.lt/index.php/JBEM/about">More information ...</a></p> Vilnius Gediminas Technical University en-US Journal of Business Economics and Management 1611-1699 <p>Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.</p> <p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</p> https://jcem.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/23604 <p>This study aims at shedding light on how e-commerce contributes to climate change in European Union countries. To explore this relationship, we introduced a novel index designed to measure the evolution of climate change as the dependent variable, while considering e-commerce activities as the independent variable within 2011 to 2022 period. Our investigation of the correlation between these variables employed a panel quantile regression model. The outcomes revealed a statistically significant increasing trend for higher quantiles. This finding indicates that, as we traverse the climate change index from lower to higher percentiles, the impact of e-commerce becomes more conspicuous and is statistically significant. This underscores that the influence of e-commerce on climate change intensifies as we move towards the upper percentiles of the climate change index. To address how e-commerce affects climate change, it becomes imperative to introduce and enforce the concept of environmental responsibility in the management of e-commerce activities. This could involve adopting sustainable practices, optimizing packaging materials, and encouraging eco-friendly delivery methods. Policymakers and businesses alike should consider these findings in their efforts to strike an equilibrium between the convenience of e-commerce and the need to curb its environmental impact.</p> Nicoleta Mihaela Doran Alina Georgiana Manta Gabriela Badareu Dorel Berceanu Marius Dalian Doran Florin Liviu Manta Copyright (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2025-04-10 2025-04-10 26 2 255–276 255–276 10.3846/jbem.2025.23604