Business Leaders Cite 'Huge Opportunity,' Big Obstacles for Green Investment in China

摘要

China's severe pollution problems offer vast opportunities for innovative cleanup technologies, but business leaders say major roadblocks to financing green investments are hampering progress in the country. "Many investors would like to invest, but the way they calculate risk means these investments are too problematic," said Mark Halle, vice president of the International Institute of Sustainable Development, speaking at the annual Eco Global Forum in Guiyang on July 10. "China is facing huge environmental challenges from water, soil and air pollution, which have become a major national priority, but there is a huge opportunity to innovate that does not exist in other places."