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Increasing Environmental Performance in a Context of Low Governmental Enforcement: Evidence From China
APL
(Ajiken
Power
Lunch)
is
a
lunchtime
workshop
open
to
public,
including
IDE
staffs,
visiting
research
fellows,
IDEAS
students,
outside
researchers
and
graduate
students.
This
workshop
provides
a
platform
for
presentation
of
any
work
in
progress
where
we
can
discuss
in
either
English
or
Japanese.
Those
who
would
attend
a
seminar
are
asked
to
announce
yourself
to
receptionists
on
your
arrival
at
the
IDE
and
to
obtain
APL
Organizers'
signature
on
your
admission
card
after
the
seminar.
Date&time:
May 19, 2015. (Tuesday) 13:00-14:30
Venue:
Theme:
Increasing Environmental Performance in a Context of Low Governmental Enforcement: Evidence From China
Abstract
How
can
activists
and
policy
makers
encourage
better
environmental
behavior
in
a
context
of
poor
governmental
enforcement?
This
article
examines
the
case
of
the
Institute
of
Public
&
Environmental
Affairs,
a
Chinese
nonprofit
organization,
to
show
how
a
transparency-based
platform
can
encourage
brand-sensitive
multinational
corporations,
their
suppliers,
their
investors,
local
governments,
and
consumers
to
behave
in
more
environmentally
responsible
ways,
even
in
a
context
of
low
governmental
enforcement.
Using
Institute
of
Public
&
Environmental
Affairs
as
its
model,
this
article
argues
that
a
transparency-based
platform
can
serve
an
important
coordinating
function
across
multiple
sectors,
creating
a
mechanism
through
which
market
forces
are
channeled
in
pro-environmental
ways.
Transparency-based
platforms
can
help
develop
new
norms
about
public
disclosure,
corporate
governance,
and
consumer
responsibility,
but
they
only
function
in
places
with
sufficient
state
monitoring
capacity,
adequate
legal
protections,
and
in
markets
where
local
firms
are
vulnerable
to
external
financial
pressure.
Speaker:
Dr. Mary Alice Haddad (Associate professor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA)
Chair:
Languages:
English
Soukknilanh Keola E-mail:Souknilanh_Keola
