Implementing stricter environmental regulation to enhance eco-efficiency and sustainability: a case study of Shandong Province’s pulp and paper industry, China

Wang, Yutao; Liu, Jian; Hansson, Lars; Zhang, Kai; Wang, Renqing

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.11.006

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“…More specific with institutional forces influencing environmentalism in China, the regulative regimes have been in the process of strengthening with increasing stringency of environmental regulations (Wang et al, 2011;Wei et al, 2017;Zhang et al, 2014).…”

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Institutional Forces and Environmental Management Strategy: Moderating Effects of Environmental Orientation and Innovation Capability

Kang

2018

Manag. Organ. Rev.

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Section: Institutional Forces and Ems In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

Institutional Forces and Environmental Management Strategy: Moderating Effects of Environmental Orientation and Innovation Capability

Kang

2018

Manag. Organ. Rev.

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“…Among the application of approaches discussed in previously, the DDF approach [21,22] and the SBM model [23,24] are the most popular. The effect of environmental regulation on environmental efficiency has two possible outcomes: Telle and Larsson [25] found that environmental regulations hamper productivity growth; however, some authors argue that environmental regulation can increase environmental efficiency [26][27][28]. Because different industrial sectors emit different types of pollution, different studies tend to focus on different undesirable outputs, such as SO2 in the electrical utility industry [29], NOx in the glass industry [30,31], and CO2 in many industries and water pollution in the pulp and paper industry [25].…”

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Analysis of the Environmental Efficiency of the Chinese Transportation Sector Using an Undesirable Output Slacks-Based Measure Data Envelopment Analysis Model

2015

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Many countries are attempting to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions while increasing the productivity and efficiency of their industries. An undesirable-output-oriented data envelopment analysis (DEA) model with slacks-based measure (SBM) was used to evaluate the changes in the environmental efficiency of the transportation sector in 30 Chinese provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) between 2003 and 2012. The potential for decreasing CO2 emissions and energy saving was also assessed. Transportation was found to be inefficient in most of the provinces and the average environmental efficiency was low (0.45). The overall average efficiency reached a maximum in 2005 and continually decreased until a minimum was reached in 2009; since then, it has increased. In general, transportation is more efficient in eastern than in central or western China. A sensitivity analysis was also carried out on the input and output indicators. Based on these findings, some policies are proposed to improve the environmental efficiency of the transportation sector in China.

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“…To date, the applications of eco-efficiency have included products (Cerutti et al, 2013;Quariguasi-Frota-Neto and Bloemhof-Ruwaard, 2012), enterprises (Fernández-Viñé et al, 2013;Hahn et al, 2010) and industry sections (Oggioni et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2011). It was recently extended to a regional scale (Kielenniva et al, 2012;Yu et al, 2013) in an attempt to develop the potential of individual regions.…”

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Using eco-efficiency as an indicator for sustainable urban development: A case study of Chinese provincial capital cities

Yin

Wang

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a b s t r a c tUrbanisation in China has resulted in an increased consumption of resources, energy and materials and led to negative environmental effects. All of these factors have motivated the widely discussed topic of urban sustainable development in China. The core of this discussion is how to quantitatively measure urban sustainable development. This research uses eco-efficiency as an indicator to measure urban sustainable development. A data envelopment analysis model was applied to eco-efficiency analysis using environmental pollution as an undesirable output, and a super-efficiency model was modified for ranking. Using real datum for 30 Chinese provincial capital cities, an empirical study was employed to describe their eco-efficiency. The results show that: almost half of the cities are fairly eco-efficient. The inefficient cities are mainly located in the southwest and northwest of China, which are the undeveloped economic zones, while some of the eco-efficient cities have more environmental pollution and consume more land, energy and water. When ranking cities using a modified model, it was found that Haikou, Fuzhou and Beijing were the top three most eco-efficient cities, while Yinchuan, Lanzhou, Guiyang were the bottom three. When exploring the driving force of eco-efficiency, this paper proposes changing the GDP-oriented growth model and appraisal system, continuously transforming and upgrading the industrial structure and stopping the migration of heavy industry from east to west, south to north and city to countryside.

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Implementing stricter environmental regulation to enhance eco-efficiency and sustainability: a case study of Shandong Province’s pulp and paper industry, China

Cited by 160 publications

References 29 publications

Institutional Forces and Environmental Management Strategy: Moderating Effects of Environmental Orientation and Innovation Capability

Institutional Forces and Environmental Management Strategy: Moderating Effects of Environmental Orientation and Innovation Capability

Analysis of the Environmental Efficiency of the Chinese Transportation Sector Using an Undesirable Output Slacks-Based Measure Data Envelopment Analysis Model

Using eco-efficiency as an indicator for sustainable urban development: A case study of Chinese provincial capital cities

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