Providing a Pattern for the development of green financing based on the role of the Iranian banking industry for the transition to a Circular Economy

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Abbas Rahimi 1
narges yazdanian 2
seyed alireza mirarab 3
Kiumars Arya 4
1 PhD student of Financial Engineering, Department of Accounting and Management, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor of Accounting, Department of Accounting and Management, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
3 Assistant Professor of Accounting, Department of Accounting and Management, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran.
4 Assistant Professor of Economical science, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jik.2025.23907
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to provide a green financing development model based on the role of Iran's banking industry for the transition to a circular economy. The current research community was formed by managers and experts of the banking industry as well as university professors. In this research, the opinions of 14 experts were used using the objective judgment method. The process of data analysis was done in two stages. Identifying the factors affecting the development of green financing based on the role of Iran's banking industry for the transition to a circular economy through interviews and using the method of thematic analysis and assigning components to the three sections of unfreezing, changing and refreezing based on Kurt Levin's method. . The research results showed that the main dimensions of the green financing development model based on the role of Iran's banking industry for the transition to a circular economy include financial factors, management, infrastructure, networking and technology.
Keywords
Green financing
Banking Industry
Circular Economy
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