Transnational environmental governance: Chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative
Globalization has complicated the relationship between economic activity and environmental governance. This article seeks to foreground this relationship by examining the actions taken by a Chinese environmental engineering firm in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative. Based on in-depth...
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| description | Globalization has complicated the relationship between economic activity and environmental governance. This article seeks to foreground this relationship by examining the actions taken by a Chinese environmental engineering firm in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative. Based on in-depth stakeholder interviews, we found that the firm adopted many policy entrepreneurship strategies—improving the government's environmental monitoring capacity, fostering partnerships and networks with local and international businesses, and disseminating credible information about environmental regulations. These policy entrepreneurship strategies are embedded in the logic of (for-profit) eco-entrepreneurship—to allow the company to achieve market penetration and overcome policy barriers. This study also draws attention to the contributions of private actors in realizing the vision of the Green Belt and Road Initiative. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4ab0ee18a3b8467ab0cc2dd25b4b99022025-08-20T03:20:16ZengElsevierSustainable Futures2666-18882025-06-01910058710.1016/j.sftr.2025.100587Transnational environmental governance: Chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road InitiativeQingge Geng0Kevin Lo1Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongDepartment of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; Corresponding author at: Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.Globalization has complicated the relationship between economic activity and environmental governance. This article seeks to foreground this relationship by examining the actions taken by a Chinese environmental engineering firm in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative. Based on in-depth stakeholder interviews, we found that the firm adopted many policy entrepreneurship strategies—improving the government's environmental monitoring capacity, fostering partnerships and networks with local and international businesses, and disseminating credible information about environmental regulations. These policy entrepreneurship strategies are embedded in the logic of (for-profit) eco-entrepreneurship—to allow the company to achieve market penetration and overcome policy barriers. This study also draws attention to the contributions of private actors in realizing the vision of the Green Belt and Road Initiative.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825001571Chinese transnational corporationsPolicy entrepreneurshipTransnational environmental governanceCambodiaGreen Belt and Road Initiative |
| spellingShingle | Qingge Geng Kevin Lo Transnational environmental governance: Chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative Sustainable Futures Chinese transnational corporations Policy entrepreneurship Transnational environmental governance Cambodia Green Belt and Road Initiative |
| title | Transnational environmental governance: Chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative |
| title_full | Transnational environmental governance: Chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative |
| title_fullStr | Transnational environmental governance: Chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transnational environmental governance: Chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative |
| title_short | Transnational environmental governance: Chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in Cambodia under the Green Belt and Road Initiative |
| title_sort | transnational environmental governance chinese businesses as policy entrepreneurs in cambodia under the green belt and road initiative |
| topic | Chinese transnational corporations Policy entrepreneurship Transnational environmental governance Cambodia Green Belt and Road Initiative |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825001571 |
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