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CSR China to monitor Asian investments for Norwegian Government Pension Fund CSR China is working with SourceAsia to provide ethical monitoring of Asian companies in the Norwegian Government Global Pension Fund. We use intelligent web search software to identify news reports from hundreds of key web sites and blogs in English, Chinese and Japanese. These reports are assessed for significance by topic experts and verified by our local research networks. Read more
Since December 2008 CSR China has been working with GTZ to help eight factories in Hebei province to develop and implement a CSR strategy.
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Green Markets The China Greentech Initiative launched its first analysis on the green technology market in China, The China Greentech Report 2009, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009 in Dalian, China.
The Report is the first deliverable from the China Greentech Initiative, an open source commercial collaboration of over 80 of the world's leading technology companies, services firms, entrepreneurs, investors, NGOs and policy advisors, united to contribute to a sustainable China and world. Narrowing down from several hundred, the Report examines 125 greentech solutions, both existing and emerging, across seven sectors to provide a view of each solution's potential environmental impact as well as commercialization opportunity. The Report is the culmination of a research process led by a 30-person team that inspired significant contributions from hundreds of industry experts. Read more
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Energy and Clean Technology The world's largest carbon capture project launched by a coal-fired power plant broke ground in July in Shanghai. Carbon capture technology is a response to worsening global warming that results mostly from fossil fuel emissions. The goal is to capture carbon dioxide from large-point sources such as fossil fuel power plants or biomass energy facilities, industries with major carbon dioxide emissions, and from natural gas processing, synthetic fuel plants and fossil fuel-based hydrogen production plants.
After completion, which is scheduled before the end of this year, the project will capture as many as 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually. Read more
The Hong Kong SAR Government allocated a funding of HK$93 million to launch a five year Cleaner Production Partnership Programme which will be implemented by Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC.)
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Environment Since the official launch in July 2007, the Green Credit Policy has gradually become an important economic instrument to govern corporate environmental compliance, promote energy saving and emission reduction, mitigate financial risks and restructure industrial structure. However, to achieve more effective outputs, further collaboration and communication between environmental authorities and banking regulators is needed as well as practical guidelines on “green lending” and evaluation standards of environmental risks. In the process of implementing the Green Credit Policy nationwide, how to balance the interests of short-term and that of long-run and how to facilitate efficient collaboration between local environmental authorities and banking regulators are the key success factors. Read more
The annual growth rate of China's environmental protection industry has reached 12-15 %, and its output value is expected to exceed 1 trillion yuan by the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan period. By the end of 2008, China's environmental protection industry has covered large areas including pollution control and ecological protection, and includes over 3,000 types of products, with an annual output of 790 billion yuan, more than 35,000 enterprises and 3 million employees. Both policy and investment are driving the industry's transformation from a potential market to a real market. At the end of 2008, China had invested over 100 billion yuan to build 363 million kW desulphurization units in coal-fired power plants. China has set up more than 1,500 sewage treatment plants, effectively advancing the development of the environmental protection industry. Read more
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CSR self-assessment and e-Learning CSRchina is launching an innovative self-assessment and e-learning programme. Benchmark your operations online, confidentially, against international standards. Access tools and good practice from international sources. Build and monitor an improvement programme online.
Contact us directly to find out more about e-learning opportunities.
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