China to launch environmental credit rating system

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New initiative could make it harder for the most polluting firms to access finance

Heavy polluting Chinese companies could struggle to secure new loans and subsidies from the government, under new plans designed to help tackle the country's ongoing smog crisis. According to Bloomberg...

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