Abstract:For reducing the high production cost of low-carbon products in supply chain system, a strategy with the retailer holding equity in the manufacturer’s carbon-reducing investment is introduced. The equity holding collaboration of the two-stage low-carbon supply chain is studied. The influence of the strategy on the emission reduction, the retail price, the order quantity and the profits are analyzed. The results indicate that the holding equity strategy is able to not only reduce carbon emissions, but also achieve the Pareto improvement within the supply chain members in a certain range of shareholding ratio. Meanwhile, the manufacturer acquires more surplus profits which eliminates the phenomenon that the retailer gains more profits from manufacturer’s carbon-reducing investment. Besides, the equity holding strategy can coordinate the supply chain under a certain condition. Finally, a numerical example is given to investigate the influence mechanism of supply chain operation decisions with the retailer holding the supplier’s equity.