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This paper gives a glance of carbon emission status, the latest efforts and policy progress in Japan, China and Korea, and provides an integrative summary of previous discussions of carbon tax policy based on a comprehensive literature overview. By using the information collected from these countries, a comparative analysis is conducted to identify...

As a part of a project exploring proactive strategies for improving corporate environmental management (CEM) in developing Asia, this paper introduces the practices and opportunities of green supply chain management (GSCM) in China. Yangtze River Delta, where the economy has been relatively developed, was selected as our study area. We conducted...

This chapter discusses corporate environmental information disclosure (CEID) as a policy option to promote SCP in developing Asia. Corporate environmental reporting and environmental performance rating programmes as CEID initiatives in the region are reviewed and discussed. • CEID schemes in developing Asia hold promise for promoting environmental...

本章では、アジア途上国における持続可能な消費と生産を推進するための政策オプションとして、企業の環境情報開示（CEID）について論じる。アジアで採用されているCEIDイニシアティブ、企業の環境報告書及び環境パフォーマンス評価プログラムを検証・考察する。 ―アジア途上国においてCEIDスキームは環境パフォーマンスの促進に有効であるが、改善が必要な部分もある。企業の環境報告書が的確であることは少なく、環境パフォーマンス評価プログラムは環境パフォーマンスの良くない企業に対しては環境改善に向けより大きなインセンティブとなる。 ―持続可能な生産を大規模に推進するには、CEID政策を一組の政策の一部として捉え、他のＣＣや市場ベースの手段と組み合わせて使うべきである。CEID政策は独立した政策ではなく...

Chinese environmental policies highly relied on the command and control measures in the past, which seems insufficient due to the feasibilities of the policies themselves or relatively weak enforcement capacities. Chinese government has recognized the problem and started to modify its environmental policy framework by adding alternative approaches...

By using the latest China–Japan input–output data sets and the index decomposition analysis (IDA) approach, this article analyzes the driving forces of CO2 emissions embodied in trade between the two countries during 1990–2000. We found that the growth of trade volume had a large influence on the increase of CO2 emissions embodiments in bilateral...

This paper examines CO2 emissions embodied in Japan-China trade. Besides directly quantifying the flow of CO2 emissions between the two countries by using a traditional input-output (IO) model, this study also estimates the effect of bilateral trade to CO2 emissions by scenario analysis. The time series of quantifications indicate that CO2...

This paper analyzes the functions of a government-oriented disclosure program in China, which rates company environmental performance into five colors and discloses the results to the public. The rating results and their annual changes during 2005–2007 are statistically summarized by using the detailed database provided by municipal environmental...

This paper develops an analytical framework based on the reasoned action theory and discusses the environmental activism (EA) of residents living close to the polluting companies. The data was collected by a questionnaire survey conducted in August of 2009 in Suzhou city of Jiangsu Province, China, which successfully obtained a total of 343 valid...

Environmentalism in China is under transformation from the traditional command and control model to emphasize the advantages of economic tools and encourage the participation of the public. Firms are much more aware of the importance of environmental issues, and some of them have practiced environmental activities beyond compliance. In order to...