RESEARCH & REPORTS > Water Pollution

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Communiqué on Land and Resources of China 2011

Source: , 2012

In this report, 46 Chinese and multinational clothing brands and retailers, including Zara, Nike, Armani and Wal-Mart, are accused of purchasing from suppliers who illegally discharge polluted water in China.

Read the full report here (Chinese only).

See the press release in English here.

Source: Friends of Nature, the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), Green Beagle, Envirofriends and Nanjing Greenstone, 2012

Peak Water: Risks embedded in Japanese Supply Chains

Source: KPMG, 2012

State Council, Water Management Decree (Chinese only)

Source: The China State Council, 2012

Second National Assessment Report on Climate Change

Source: Ministry of Science and Technology, China Meteorological Administration and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2012

Environmental Information Disclosure Three Year Review (Draft)
Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI):
2011 Annual Assessment of Environmental Transparency in 113 Chinese Cities

Source: IPE, NRDC, 2012

NRDC’s Ten Best Practices for Textile Mills to Save Money and Reduce Pollution

Source: Natural Resources Defense Council, 2011

Scarcity and degradation of land and water: growing threat to food security

Source: FAO, 2011

China state TV reports on Apple suppliers’ pollution. The Other Side of Apple (Chinese only). Original air date 15th Oct 2011.

Source: CCTV, 2011

National Groundwater Pollution Prevention Plan (Chinese Only)

Source: The China State Council, 2011

Risk Experts Environmental

Source: BNP Paribas Equity Research, 2011

China’s Rising Climate Risk

Source: HSBC Global Research, 2011

Cleaner Coal in Asia

Source: Responsible Research, 2011

Dirty Laundry 2: Hung Out to Dry

Source: Greenpeace International, 2011

Dirty Laundry: Unravelling the Corporate Connections to Toxic Water Pollution in China

Source: Greenpeace International, 2011

2010 Supermarket Ranking Guide

Source: Greenpeace East Asia, 2011

Millions of Hectares of Farmland and 12m Tonnes of Grains Contaminated

Source: SHI, Jiangtao, South China Morning Post, 2011

World Resources Report Case Study. Controlling Yangtze River Floods: A New Approach

Source: PITTOCK, Jamie and XU, Ming, 2011

BSR’s report on Electronics and Water Pollution in China.

Electronics Supply Networks and Water Pollution in China. November 2010.

Source: BSR, 2010

French Nuclear Waste Deal Fuels Debate in China

Source: Stephen CHEN, South China Morning Post, 2010

Pollution in the Textile Industry (in Chinese only)

Source: Greenpeace, 2010

Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission “China’s Green Energy and Environmental Policies”

Source: TURNER, Jennifer L., 2010

The IT Industry Has a Critical Duty to Prevent Heavy Metal Pollution

Source: Friends of Nature, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Green Beagle, 2010

Made in China: Cancer Villages

Source: LIU, Lee, Environment Magazine, 2010

Clearing the Waters: A Focus on Water Quality Solutions

Source: Pacific Institute and UNEP, 2010

Liquid Assets: Water Security and Management in the Pearl River Basin

Source: Civic Exchange, 2009

Poisoning the Pearl: An Investigation Into the Industrial Water Pollution in the Pearl River Delta

Source: Greenpeace, 2009

China: Where Poisoning People is Almost Free

Source: KWOK, Vivian, 2009

Water Quality and Environmental Health in Southern China

Source: Business for Social Responsibility, 2009

The True Cost of Coal

Source: Greenpeace, 2008

Water Management in Chinese Apparel and Textile Companies

Source: Business for Social Responsibility, 2008

The Great Leap Backwards? The Costs of China’s Environmental Crisis

Source: ECONOMY, Elizabeth C., 2007

Environmental Performance Review of China

Source: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2007

Cost of Pollution in China: Economic Estimates of Physical Damage

Source: The State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and World Bank, 2007

Water Pollution Emergencies in China

Source: World Bank, 2007