Greening the globalised manufacturing and sourcing will be the single biggest help multinationals could make to the tough pollution control in China and other developing countries. Ma Jun Read Quote
I know the government needs to ensure economic growth… we just hope it takes care of the environment, too. Ma Jun Read Quote
While cheap products are exported to western countries, the waste is dumped mostly in China’s back yard, contaminating its air, water, soil and seas. Ma Jun Read Quote
China should cut heavy industries’ share in gross domestic output by 9 percentage points between 2013 and 2030 to meet its pollution cuts target. Ma Jun Read Quote
With its imagination and large sales, Apple has become the world’s most valuable IT company. However people are starting to have doubts regarding Apple’s silence on heavy metal pollution problems. Ma Jun Read Quote
The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there’s an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation. Ma Jun Read Quote
People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone. Ma Jun Read Quote
Regulatory failings mean that the cost of breaking the law is far below that of obeying it – businesses are happier to pay fines than to control pollution. Ma Jun Read Quote
