Abstract: To explore the key factors influencing enterprises’ low-carbon development and the recognition of controlling factors is the key to explore the path of low-carbon development. Through correlation and stepwise regression analysis, it is found that the situational factors, such as government and public external pressures, have become the driving factors affecting the enterprises to have environment-friendly low-carbon input behaviors; the low-carbon input of the enterprises is mainly driven by outside forces. While the low-carbon operation is significantly affected by the individual factors of the enterprises, such as low-carbon behavior capacity; the low-carbon operation is mainly driven by the inside forces. The environmental values are significantly correlated with the two kinds of low carbon behaviors. Therefore, we should enhance the enterprises’ environment awareness so as to construct an environmental value that is harmonious with nature, strengthen the cultivation of enterprises’ environment ability and enhance their environmental protection intention, and continue to give active play to the policies and regulations in the enterprises’ low-carbon development.

Key words: low-carbon development; influencing factors; low-carbon input; low-carbon operation