1. Design: Institutional
Municipal Level:
Vice Mayer responsible for environment is the leader
Implementing agency:
Municipal EPB
Technical group:
EPB officers supported by researchers
No NGOs

2. Implementation: Scope
All major pollution: air, water, solid, noise, radiation, etc.
All major industrial polluters

3. Implementation: Disclosure
Internal disclosure and verification
Formal media disclosure
conferences
newspapers TV
Government intranet

4. Press Conference

5. Newspapers

6. Performance Change in Zhenjiang
B. Formal Disclosure in July 2000
(1999 data)

7. Survey of Plant Managers
Rating change in 2002
Improved
Worsen
Same
22.6%
17.5%
59.9%
Actions to improve perform. since first disclosure
Taken & Improved
Taken but not Improved
No Actions taken
57.1%
36.3%
6.6%
Disclosure on actions
Strong Impact
Some Impact
No Impact
16.3%
65.7%
18.0%

8. Impacts: other Society: a norm widely accepted Government Polluters
Better relation with the public
Better management system
Polluters
Efforts and institution
Public
Awareness and participation

9. Program #2:
Local Government Environmental Performance Rating and Disclosure
Major objective:
Improve the current system in order to provide stronger incentives for local environmental enforcement

10. Existing municipal programs:
Performance evaluation system with 26 indicators
Awarding titles of environmental “model city” to best performers

11. Proposal: Example: A simple five-grades rating system
Public disclosure
Example:
Performance Ratings in Air Pollution Control