Pollution prevention incentives and responses in chinese firms

Revitalizing Industrial Growth in Pakistan: Trade, Infrastructure, and Environmental Performance

“…The results reported by Ali are consistent with many examples from the literature indicating that firms can save money and improve competitiveness using CP methods; see Bansal and Roth (2000); Hamed and El Mahgary (2004); Paulraj (2009); and Warren and Ortolano (1999). More specifically, a study by Cagno, Trucco, and Tardini (2005) of 134 industrial projects aimed at preventing pollution found that the average internal rate of return on the projects was 77 percent, and the range was from 1 percent to 433 percent.…”

Towards implementation of ISO 14001 environmental management systems in selected industries in China

“…Although the Chinese government does not support tax exemptions [28], it can provide soft loans or short-term subsidies. The Chinese large-sized state-owned and township-andvillage enterprises are the main pollution sources [46]. The former has been experiencing severe difficulties in operation while the latter are facing the challenge of obsolete technology and poor knowhow.…”

“…Those ordinances will provide guidelines for those practitioners to tighten up environmental protection. In response to the significant impacts on the environment, the Chinese government has stepped in by enacting laws and acts on environmental protection, funding state-owned large and medium-sized enterprises in technological overhaul for reducing sources of pollution and hazards [46], and closing down numerous small-sized enterprises with obsolete technology and setup [13].…”

Technology-based industrial environmental management: a case study of electroplating in Shenzhen, China

“…Second, besides policy incentives, economic factor was found to be the other most prominent element affecting the environmental innovation in electroplating SMEs of China (Peng et al, 2005;Warren et al, 1999). This means when promoting enterprises to control pollution, governmental policies should take the cost of enterprises into account.…”