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Climate Change and Fake News

January 19, 2021 By Paulo Dalla Nora Macedo Leave a Comment

To tackle climate change, we first have to flatten the fake news curve. I have spent the past two years studying the phenomenon of fake news to understand it better. During this period, I had the opportunity to do the Igniting Innovation for Impact program, a joint programme from CKGSB and Møller Institute, Churchill College […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: climate change, fake news

Green China

March 12, 2020 By Colin Peebles Christensen

For years, China topped the world’s worst environmental rankings, but it is now leading the way towards a greener and more sustainable future.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Environment, Sustainability Tagged With: China environment, Environmental Sustainability, Green Energy, Greentech

When the Taps Run Dry: How Water Shortages Threaten Northern China

December 11, 2018 By Tom Nunlist

The moment finally came just after Lunar New Year, 2016. That morning, residents in Lintao, a city of 200,000 in the remote northwest, turned on the taps, but no water flowed. The groundwater that provided the town’s supply had simply run out. A year later, Si County, a cluster of settlements 2,000 kilometers to the southeast, also ran dry. After municipal wells began to empty, local schools and hospitals resorted to drilling their own. In the north, which contains nearly half of the population but only 20% of the water resources, there is not enough to meet demand. Groundwater storage on the North China Plain fell at a rate of more than 6 trillion liters a year between 2002 and 2014.

Filed Under: China, Chinese Economy, Environment, Know China Tagged With: Enviornment, Water shortage

Enter the e-bike

November 14, 2018 By Bennett Voyles

Sometimes, a major innovation starts at the top of a market and works down—think of Tesla’s electric sports car. Other times, as innovation theorist Clayton Christensen noted in The Innovator’s Dilemma, innovations bubble up from the bottom, beginning with a product that has limited functionality and seems at first like little more than a toy. That second uphill path has been the trajectory of the electric bicycle, which over the past 20 years has become an important mode of personal transportation in China and is now beginning to make inroads in the rest of the world.

Filed Under: All Articles, Consumers, Environment, Sustainability Tagged With: ebike, electric bikes

The Real Cost of Air Pollution in China

April 13, 2018 By Liu Sha

We all know that air pollution is bad for our health. But what is often overlooked is that high pollution levels also cause significant harm to our economic well being. Brian Viard, Associate Professor of Strategy and Economics at CKGSB, has been researching the economic effects of pollution for much of the past few years. His team has found persuasive evidence that the costs of air pollution are greater and more wide-ranging than most people realize. In this interview with CKGSB Knowledge, he explains how tackling the pollution crisis could actually make the Chinese economy more productive.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Chinese Economy, Environment Tagged With: Air pollution, Air Quality, Brian Viard, Interviews

How Do Chinese Companies Profit from Environmental Protection?

March 15, 2018 By James Lord

Decades of breakneck development in China have taken a terrible toll on the air, water, and soil. The good news is that the government has started a massive anti-pollution campaign, investing at least $477 billion in environmental protection and shutting down thousands of factories. While many are being driven out of business by the campaign, it’s also creating new opportunities for green technology companies and pushing manufacturing companies to upgrade. And although a government-led campaign, further clean-up efforts can be made by private companies as local governments search for clean solutions.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Chinese Economy, Environment, Know China Tagged With: Clean Energy, Environmental Pollution

Xiong’an New Area: China’s Newest Special Economic Zone?

November 8, 2017 By CKGSB Knowledge

On April 1st, 2017, the Chinese government announced the formation of a new special economic and development zone: the Xiong’an New Area. About 60 miles southwest of Beijing, in Hebei province, the area will combine the now relatively rural counties of Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiong. With an expected investment of $583 billion over the next 20 years in infrastructure alone, Xiong’an is set to transform from a largely agricultural and low-tech manufacturing region, into a high-tech, environmentally sustainable modern metropolis. It will also, according to the plan, alleviate some population pressures from Beijing while serving as a destination for some administrative departments, logistics bases and other government offices.

Filed Under: All Articles, Environment, Know China, Policy and Law Tagged With: Government, xiong'an new area

Covestro, China and the Innovation of Future Materials

August 30, 2017 By Tom Nunlist

“China is not known for greenness, but it is moving in that direction,” says Christian Haessler, Head of Innovation for Covestro in the Asia-Pacific region. An offshoot of the German pharmaceuticals and life sciences giant Bayer, Covestro was spun off in 2015 and today produces advanced raw materials for like the environmental friendly coatings and lightweight materials to be used in electric vehicles. In this interview with CKGSB Knowledge, Haessler explains what Covestro’s business is like in China as a behind-the-scenes firm and how it, with material technology, supports China’s sustainable development.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Conversations, Environment, Innovation, Manufacturing, Q&A, Sustainability Tagged With: chemical materials, Covestro;, Environmental Sustainability, Innovation, Sustainable Development, wind blade;

Can China Lead the Way To a Better Environment?

April 10, 2017 By Douglas Bulloch

Just a few years ago, China was a major obstacle to a global agreement on climate change. But the attitude of the government has changed, to the delight of all. But it will take more than good will to clean up and it will be a long time before the smog lifts. In this sense, the idea that China will be a ‘Green Leader’ anytime soon says more about how far they have to go than how far they have come. Yet in recognizing the problems and directing investments towards new technologies, China has stumbled upon a realistic expectation of leadership in the energy technologies of the low-carbon future.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Environment, Know China, Sustainability Tagged With: Clean Energy, Energy Policy, Environment

Water Sustainability, Disaster Relief and Business Ethics: Coca-Cola China’s Sustainability Officer Talks CSR

October 5, 2016 By Neelima Mahajan

Coca-Cola CSR

“Sustainability is one of those issues that I am very passionate in, it is linked to my beliefs,” says Zhang Huaying, Coca-Cola’s VP for Sustainability in the Greater China, Korea region. She has been tasked with integrating the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility plans into day-to-day operations, taking it beyond just PR concerns. But how exactly does this work? And how is Coca-Cola’s CSR program structured differently to most companies? In this interview, Zhang talks to CKGSB Knowledge on how Coca-Cola practically implements sustainability programs in China, whether the issue is water sustainability or financial arrangements for helping out with responses to natural disasters.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, CSR, Environment, Q&A Tagged With: Coca-cola, CSR

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