In what might be called green management with Chinese characteristics, officials in southern China have decided to punish a handful of environmental offenders, not just with fines, but also by forcing them to publish a letter of apology on Thursday in the local party newspaper:
The remorseful enterprises in Zhejiang included two paper mills, two electroplating factories and two printing and dyeing factories. They were ordered to apologize to the public by the municipal bureau of environment protection of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang. They were also fined.
Dai Beijun, chief of the provincial environmental watchdog, said the apology order “is meant to shame pollution enterprises and their executives and ensure that the public know what happens. We want to tell the enterprises that the public detest pollution”. [Full Text]
[Image: The letter as it appeared on the front page of the Hangzhou Daily on 2007.12.27. Click here to see the full image.]
