1、 APEC Digital Innovation to Enhance SMEs Competitiveness in Green Supply Chains Research Report APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group December 2025 APEC Digital Innovation to Enhance SMEs Competitiveness in Green Supply Chains Research Report APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group
2、 December 2025 APEC Project:SMEWG 104 2024A Produced by Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration,Ministry of Economic Affairs Email:ischungsme.gov.tw Tel:(886)2 2366 2235 Fax:(886)2 2367 7484 For Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat 35 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore 119616 Te
3、l:(65)68919 600 Fax:(65)68919 690 Email:infoapec.org Website:www.apec.org 2025 APEC Secretariat APEC#225-SM-01.3 Table of Contents I.Executive Summary.1 II.Research Background and Focus.5 III.How Digital Innovation Strengthens Green Competitiveness:APEC SME Case Studies.9 IV.How Digital Innovation S
4、trengthens Green Competitiveness:Policy Tools.23 V.Conclusion.32 SECTION I Executive Summary Section|Executive Summary Executive Summary 1.Digital and Low-Carbon Transition:Imperative to SME Survival Contrastive case analysis found that Malaysias Duramitt Sdn Bhd was able to reduce its carbon emissi
5、ons by switching to biomass fuel;Chinese Taipeis Textile Research Institute effectively shortened fabric sampling cycles and reduced resource expenditure by developing DigiFab,an AI-based digital fabric simulation platform;US firm HARBEC,Inc.improved its operational efficiency by adopting energy man
6、agement systems;and Viet Nams Minh Dang Group enhanced its production capacity and export performance by replacing energy-intensive equipment with energy-efficient ones.These case studies indicate that digital and green transitions in businesses help reduce operating costs and increase operational e