ABSTRACT
There are no national environmental laws or multilateral environmental agreements (MEA) which specifically regulate the flow of resources in global value chains in their entire length and complexity. The greening of China's value chains has started through implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production Systems (SCP) policies and multi-stakeholder initiatives on different levels. This chapter focuses on the Chinese context, adopts the definition given by the China Council on International Cooperation and Development (CCICED) in their report on green supply chain management. It discusses and analysesd the interplay between green value chain management practices of large multinationals and local Chinese supplier companies. As these policies are also tied to environmental and social issues which have not yet been tackled by industrialized countries, the chapter argues that there will be increasing cooperation and exchanges on these common challenges in the future. It discusses the influence of European green industrial policies on the environmental performance of China's industry.
