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Thoughts and research findings aimed at corporate professional to support the integration of sustainable business practices. As dollars and cents will remain a key measurement of good business, I strive in these posts to quantify the connection between sustainability and economic reality.

image:  Daytime in Tiananmen Square by   michael davis-burchat  via Flick. Air Quality Index: 500+   

image: Daytime in Tiananmen Square by michael davis-burchat via Flick. Air Quality Index: 500+

 

The Power of Measuring Performance - China's Air Pollution

July 1, 2016

For one country, China, the impacts are a bit startling. Asthma ratings up 40 percent over the last 20 years, prevalence up to 11% in some cities and 1.6 million related deaths annually (1 in every 1000 people). What is even more startling is no one even knew how bad the pollution was until 2008 when the US Embassy in Beijing installed a rooftop air-quality monitor that would tweet out data every hour.

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In Sustainability Concepts Tags Air Pollution, Beijing, China, Measuring, Environmental Sustainability, Tableau
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