China’s ESG rules approach maturity after 20 years

13/10/2024 CEN_net 0

China’s first policy on environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance reporting – the Announcement on Corporate Environmental Information Disclosure – was issued by China’s State Environmental Protection Administration in 2003. It encouraged and supported enterprises to disclose environment-related information. Twenty years later, in […]

China releases comprehensive policy document on green transformation

12/08/2024 CEN_net 0

On August 11, 2024 the Chinese government released the Opinions on Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development. (《关于加快经济社会发展全面绿色转型的意见》). According to the Xinhua report, this is the first time at the central government level that a systematic […]

China now country with most Natural World Heritage sites

08/08/2024 CEN_net 0

New Chinese inclusions in World Heritage List known for ‘valuable, vulnerable ecosystems’. After around seven years of preparation, China’s Badain Jaran Desert – Towers of Sand and Lakes has finally been included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Another addition to […]

China holds polluters liable to restore environment

08/08/2024 CEN_net 0

Restorative justice approach adopted to enhance ecological governance. China has adopted a restorative justice approach to handling environmental pollution cases as part of efforts to enhance its ecological governance system, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said on Monday August 5, 2024. […]

China’s biodiversity pledge

23/05/2024 CEN_net 0

Cover photo: Oriental white storks fly over the Caofeidian wetland in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province. /Xinhua From species to ecosystem: China’s conservation commitment for biodiversity and human well-being. Jiang Zhigang is professor in Conservation Biology at the University of Chinese […]

China Cuts Persistent Organic Pollutants

20/05/2024 CEN_net 0

China’s efforts to control organic pollutants wins recognition from foreign ecological experts. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that persist in the environment, accumulate through the food chain and have the potential for long-range environmental transport, posing risks to […]