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Bottled Water in China: Boom or Bust? (EN)

Authors: Hongqiao Liu (China Water Risk)
Publication Date: September 2015
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It has only taken China two decades to become the world’s largest bottled water consumer and a major producer. Concern over drinking water safety is one of the key drivers of the rapid growth. In this report we seek to go behind the bottle to explore the rise of the bottled water industry and its exposure to physical water risks.

  • BOTTLED WATER
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  • GLOBALIZATION
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Bottled Water in China: Boom or Bust? (CN)

Authors: Hongqiao Liu (China Water Risk)
Publication Date: September 2015
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It has only taken China two decades to become the world’s largest bottled water consumer and a major producer. Concern over drinking water safety is one of the key drivers of the rapid growth. In this report we seek to go behind the bottle to explore the rise of the bottled water industry and its exposure to physical water risks.

  • CHINA WATER RISK
  • DRINKING WATER
  • WATER CONFLICTS
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China's Environment: Big issues, accelerating effort, ample opportunities

Authors: Julian Zhu, Yan Yan, Christina He, Claire Wang
Publication Date: July 2015
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Unprecedented growth has led to record levels of pollution in China’s air, water and soil, accelerating China's environmental initiatives and resulting in unprecedented government spending and ample investment opportunities.

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  • INVESTMENT
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The New Era of Green Buildings in China

Authors: CBRE Research
Publication Date: June 2015
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The development of green buildings in China began relatively late compared to developed countries such as the United States and United Kingdom. However, the sheer size of the Chinese construction industry means that green building development has significant room for growth in coming years. According to the latest information provided by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), China has become one of the biggest overseas markets for LEED certification in terms of LEED-certified GFA.

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Chinese Attitudes on Food Waste

Authors: Hingman Leung
Publication Date: June 2015
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As an emerging economy, food waste has become a hot topic in China within the last two years because of increasing appetites and shrinking landfills. This study is an ethnographic exploration of Chinese attitudes towards food and food waste, with the objective of uncovering some of the key values and beliefs that create food waste.This study is also a first step in addressing the literature gap on the topic.

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Scaling Social Entrepreneurship in China

Authors: Richard Brubaker, Fan Li
Publication Date: June 2015
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This report presents research into the social enterprise landscape in China to understand the needs and opportunities for organizational support in scaling up Chinese enterprises. It also captures the present scope for developing social franchising in China in order to successfully promote social enterprise and non-profit projects in response to need.

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Indoor Environment

Authors: Bjarne W. Olesen
Publication Date: May 2015
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People spend in industrialized countries more than 90 % of there lives in an artificial indoor environment. This makes the indoor environment much more important for people health and comfort than the outdoor environment.The paper present an update on to days requirement for a healthy and comfortable environment. The paper will mainly be dealing with the indoor thermal environment and air quality.

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The State of Sustainability 2015

Authors: Ethical Corporation
Publication Date: April 2015
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The sustainability discipline has largely escaped from its silo and is now a vital aspect of strategic planning. This report is Ethical Corporations's first annual survey to gauge the current state of corporate responsibility and sustainability around the world.

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