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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
卷 49, 期 1, 页码 42-52出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892921000436
关键词
Belt and Road Initiative; biodiversity conservation; Chinese overseas investment; corporate accountability; corporate environmental responsibility; sustainable development
资金
- National Science Foundation [1826839]
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1826839] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
China's Belt and Road Initiative is considered the most significant development initiative in modern history, aimed at building infrastructure and promoting economic growth. However, research has found adverse effects of this initiative on protected land and species. An investigation of 260 participating companies revealed a significant gap in corporate responsibility reporting for biodiversity impacts and environmental restoration.
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), designed to build critical infrastructure and coordinate economic growth, is the most significant development initiative in modern history. The BRI has a documented vision for sustainability, including environmental impact assessments and responsibility tenets. Despite this, a growing body of literature has found adverse effects of BRI projects on protected land and species. To understand corporate responsibility and regulations for companies participating in the BRI, we gathered information on 260 BRI companies using the Refinitiv Eikon BRI Connect database and the China Global Investment Tracker. The results revealed a significant gap in corporate responsibility reporting for biodiversity impacts, environmental restoration, environmental project financing and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 14 'Life below Water' and 15 'Life on Land'. The modest fraction of companies that we found to report biodiversity accountability highlights the need to restructure and incentivize the reporting of environmental and biodiversity risks. The current evidence of limited adherence to responsibility measures highlights a clear opportunity to align BRI development with the BRI's vision for sustainability, and to strengthen links for policy engagement within Chinese regulatory frameworks and international obligations at the United Nations within its SDG framework.
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