Sustainable Investment in China Archives: 2013
June 18, 2013
Increasing Environmental Protests Are Disrupting Investments
In the past few years, new investments in China have been cancelled, postponed, or significantly disrupted due to concern over their environmental impacts, both potential and actual. Protests by local residents have surged, with recent actions affecting a chemical plant in Kunming and a battery plant in Shanghai. The success of these protests will no doubt inspire increased levels of social action, which will have a significant impact on business. The government is responding by increasing standards, punishments, and pollution-reduction targets, all of which may increase costs for businesses that fail to meet the regulations.
