Why small and medium chemical companies continue to pose severe environmental risks in rural China

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	Why small and medium chemical companies continue to pose severe environmental risks in rural China
	He, Guizhen ; Zhang, Lei ; Mol, Arthur P. J. ; Wang, Tieyu ; Lu, Yonglong
刊名	ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
	2014
卷号	185 期号:1 页码:158-167
关键词	Chemical industry Small and medium-sized enterprises Environmental risk management Rural China
ISSN号	0269-7491
中文摘要	In China, rural chemical SMEs are often believed to still largely operate below the sustainability radar. This paper investigates to what extent and how chemical SMEs are already experiencing pressure to improve their environmental performance, using an in-depth case study in jasmine County, Hebei province. The results show that local residents had rather low trust in the environmental improvement promises made by the enterprises and the local government, and disagreed with the proposed improvement plans. Although the power of local residents to influence decision making remained limited, the chemical SMEs started to feel increasing pressures to clean up their business, from governments, local communities and civil society, and international value chain stakeholders. Notwithstanding these mounting pressures chemical SME's environmental behavior and performance has not changed radically for the better. The strong economic ties between local county governments and chemical SMEs continue to be a major barrier for stringent environmental regulation. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
WOS记录号	WOS:000331672500020
公开日期	2015-03-23
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/9254]
专题	生态环境研究中心_城市与区域生态国家重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	He, Guizhen,Zhang, Lei,Mol, Arthur P. J.,et al. Why small and medium chemical companies continue to pose severe environmental risks in rural China[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION,2014,185(1):158-167.
APA	He, Guizhen,Zhang, Lei,Mol, Arthur P. J.,Wang, Tieyu,&Lu, Yonglong.(2014).Why small and medium chemical companies continue to pose severe environmental risks in rural China.ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION,185(1),158-167.
MLA	He, Guizhen,et al."Why small and medium chemical companies continue to pose severe environmental risks in rural China".ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 185.1(2014):158-167.