What is it about?
China is moving from the traditional commend-and-control approach to the combined top-down and bottom-up approaches. This study shows that bottom-up approach of voluntary agreement can generate significant collective impacts than the isolated approach. Successful factors have been identified by this research.
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Why is it important?
The results show that voluntary approach is a proven collective impact approach for China achieving ambitious energy targets. As compared to the energy and environmental targets set by authorities, more than 10%-20% higher targets of energy efficiency and environmental performance can be achieved by adoption of voluntary approaches. The study has concluded six successful factors that are crucial for China adopting collective impact approach of voluntary agreement in the field of sustainable production.
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Chinese ministries are eager to include voluntary agreements as an innovative policy implementation instrument in their national energy and environmental policies. This will result in outreach and replication throughout China.
Professor Mingshun Zhang
Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
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This page is a summary of: Adoption of voluntary approach: Can voluntary approach generate collective impacts for China achieving ambitious energy efficiency targets?, Energy & Environment, December 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0958305x17744491.
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