The National Development and Reform Commission on Friday announced a plan promoting growth in Bijie, Guizhou province, following approval from the State Council late last month.
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in sustainable development not only for their significant contribution to China’s economy but also for their large share of total discharged pollutants. Despite the widely acknowledged importance and benefits of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA), the level of adoption and implementation of EMA practice is still weak within SMEs in many countries, especially in China. The current systematic review aims to identify the barriers affecting the Chinese SMEs for adopting environmental management accounting practices along with the critical success factors required for adopting EMA practices by SMEs and their top management for ensuring sustainable corporate environmental performance in China. The study is carried out following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Seventy-three articles were found to be eligible to be included in the systematic review, which was pu