Preface

“Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.” This is the statement of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of Chinese Communist Party, which has been accepted by increasing audience nationally and internationally. Conforming with the statement, this book aims to show that environment is like water, development is like ship; the water can carry the ship and it can also upset it. This book will discuss the foundation, evolution and beautiful blueprint of Chinese enterprise sustainable development. It will build China’s academic support of the scientific statement.

It is a unique perspective to study corporate environmental responsibility from systematic and dialectical science angle, which is different from the perspectives of economics, sociology and management. This helps the government support environmental protection, enterprises fulfill their responsibilities, and the public raise environmental awareness. I believe that this kind of Chinese philosophical thinking can contribute to academic research in corporate social responsibility.

The empirical research in this book is concrete and practical. The questionnaire investigation and performance of the environmental responsibility of 30 heterogeneous enterprises were analyzed, and the ranking of 30 enterprises was obtained, and an important reference for the evaluation index of the enterprise environmental responsibility was put forward. Therefore, this book will be useful for the enterprise managers and government officials as well.

With the development of climate change, the deterioration of environmental crisis and the establishment of ecological civilization, the environmental responsibility of enterprises becomes an increasingly urgent hot issue. Enterprises will benefit the sustainable development of human society by reducing resource consumption and waste discharge, while maintaining economic growth. There is no doubt that the research on corporate environmental responsibility is of great practical significance.