<p>This study assesses trade-environment duality by investigating the association of digital, green, and technological trade with multi-dimensional environmental sustainability across G20 nations. By applying panel robust econometric methods, including MMQR, FMOLS, and DOLS estimators, the findings confirm a significant and positive association of digital and green trade with environmental sustainability, whereas technological trade exhibits a negative and significant association. Further, the results reveal that lower-performing countries in environmental sustainability gain more from digital and green trade advances as the marginal effect decreases from the lower quantile to the upper quantile, whereas technological trade shows the same pattern with negative and significant association as decreasing marginal effects from lower quantiles to higher quantiles. Country-specific results reveal a strong heterogeneity as emerging nations experience a negative effect of digital, green, and technological trade on environmental sustainability, whereas advanced economies experience a positive effect on environmental sustainability. These findings underscore the need for targeted policies based on their development stages as a result of sharp divergence between emerging and advanced economies in their ability to translate trade into environmental outcomes.</p>