After 30 years of reform and opening, China has become the world's second largest economy. However, the fast growth has come at the high cost of environmental degradation and resource consumption. The existing resource reserves and environment will not able to sustain the rapid economic...

"Sustainability standards, and in particular voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) have become an integral part of facilitating green consumerism and promoting green economy and green growth. While such standards have undoubtedly led to some desirable change in production structures and...