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Article

13 May 2009

Author:
Madeleine M. Kunin, former Governor of Vermont, in Huffington Post [USA]

Creating an Environmental Miracle in China

Guangdong Environmental Partnership… launched…[a] four-pronged project, which includes an environmental health and safety (EHS) academy, environmental education, and energy efficiency projects in three communities…[The] initiative…has…corporate sponsors including GE, Citi, Honeywell...Adidas…[T]he most powerful forces for change were American companies who buy products from Chinese suppliers and the potential of American consumers to apply pressure on these companies. The companies have the leverage to demand that these thousands of suppliers who manufacture goods meet environmental, health, and safety standards. [also refers to Wal-Mart, Pearl River Beer Group]