Sustainable development and corporate environmental responsibility: A comparative study of Chinese and multinational corporations

China is currently experiencing rapid growth in terms of economy. The price of this, however, is dirty pollution and energy consumption. Many Chinese corporations are lacking in corporate environmental responsibility (CER). Therefore, this study aims to identify different reasons why corporations engage in CER and different stakeholders who focus on CER by compare Chinese and multinational corporations. The results imply that Chinese corporations face more survival press, though they are willing to take social responsibilities as multinational corporations do. Further study show that the most important reason why Chinese corporations do not engage in CER is the fact that these corporations have limited resources, such as money, employees, information or added value. On the other hand, government and social surroundings can play an important role to arouse CER consciousness of Chinese corporations.