Cameron Dueck – Updated on Apr 05, 2008 – SCMP Insurance companies have begun selling environmental insurance policies on the mainland, marking what could be the start of a trend towards more responsible corporate behaviour and broader government requirements for industrial companies to buy pollution liability coverage. Environmental insurance forces companies to clean up their [...]
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Coal-to-fuel Projects Risk Green Backlash
Eric Ng in Beijing – Updated on Apr 05, 2008 SCMP Turning coal into liquid fuel and chemicals is a potentially lucrative business on the energy-hungry mainland, but Beijing’s concerns about the environmental impact of such projects means investors risk getting their fingers burned. Tse Bing, chairman of Hong Kong-listed mainland drugmaker Sino Biopharmaceutical, agreed [...]