Water Pollution In China

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2.0 Introduction
Water pollution is a huge ongoing crisis within the world’s disasters; it is a great concern globally because water is an important source of life for people and nature. The total amount of water on earth is roughly 326 million cubic miles; more than 70% of the earth’s surface is covered in water (Greenpeace, 2014). According to Perkins (2014), the textile industry is one of the largest polluters in China; this is because China is one of the homes for manufacturing for globalised fashion brands (Perkins, Greenpeace, 2014). China is well known for their beautiful Major rivers that stream through the country such as the Yangtze and the Pearl.
This report pursues to identify the hidden behaviour of well reputed global companies and the suppliers within the textile fashion industry and their contribution to the crisis of water pollution. A depth discussion will be presented touching up on benchmarks of concepts and theories that are integrated with extent of environmental sustainability, responsibility for the companies. The CEO water mandate will be touched upon and its initiatives with these several of company cases will be also discussed such as Nike and Puma. The results from the research made will end this report with a satisfying attempt to create recommendations in regards of this terrific global crisis.
70% of Chinese rivers and lakes are heavily polluted/ contaminated from industrial facilities like textile and fashion plants. The spread of ‘Cancer villages’ rapidly streamed out from the waterways to towns and villages across the country. In reality, 300 million Chinese, in rural villages, lack access to clean drinking water. China Geographical survey states that 90 % of Chinese cities have contaminated p...

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...l. Economically the Textile industry has helped China boost its growth over the last decade. Earlier mentioned about the TRF government plan to increase number of people employed to 1million, this is an objective that is seen to help China grow out from poverty. This mentality of Xiniangs textile industry may be a starting point to improve the economic growth. Further down the years China will have confidence in introducing similar initiatives that will help really help the locals to be able to live satisfactory level. Social perspective of China water pollution is that local’s voice is not being heard until the large MNC’s are in the media negatively. This way these MNC’s make a change if organisations like Greenpeace did not step in and investigate deeply into this crisis, Nike, Puma , H&M other similar organisations would have continued this disgusting behaviour.

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