2015年CRI Multinational Companies Offer Clean Air in the Office to Attract Employees

 

Multinational¹ firms, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, J.D. Power and WPP, have spent thousands of dollars installing air filtration systems and real-time monitoring devices.

These are booming times for the clean air industry.

Louie Cheng, Chief Executive of an indoor environmental consultancy, PureLiving China, said his company's manpower has increased a lot, with many more projects under their belt.

"We've pretty much been doubling our staff continuously for the past four years, starting from a one man show to now fifty staff or so across four offices. In terms of our clients, we've done now about 4,000 projects related to almost exclusively air quality in China and we probably do about 600 to 800 projects per year."

Some property developers such as Kerry Properties and Jiaming Investment have also implemented² air system upgrades in the hope that better indoor air quality will attract more new tenants³.

Geoff Broderick, an executive at J.D. Power, says more and more people are attaching great importance to the environment of their workplace.

"Our people have so much to worry about on a day-to-day basis running the business, whether or not they're breathing quality air shouldn't be one of those, so we wanted to make sure that our people had that good quality air."

Liu Jia, an employee at J.D Power, appreciates the effort.

"Air pollution, a big topic, is a social problem. So, many colleagues including me have air purifiers at home, and we have attached great importance to health. If we can enjoy a same safe and healthy environment in the office, we will feel really relieved. At least our health is protected during our 8-hour working time and at eight hours at night."

Serious air pollution and smoggy weather have been a big issue in China recently.

This winter, Beijing issued red alerts for air pollution twice, meaning the pollution was at the most hazardous⁴ level.

A red alert is triggered when the government believes air quality will surpass a level of 200 on an index that measures various pollutants⁵ for at least three days.

Earlier this morning, an orange alert for smog, which often blankets major cities, was also issued in the capital, which is also under a yellow alert for air pollution.

Levels of PM2.5, the smallest and deadliest airborne particles, rose above 500 in some parts of Beijing today.

Weather forecast says heavy smog in Beijing will last until the weekend.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

2 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

3 tenants   

n.房客( tenant的名词复数 )；佃户；占用者；占有者

参考例句：

• A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。

4 hazardous   

adj.(有)危险的，冒险的；碰运气的

参考例句：

• These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
• Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

5 pollutants   

污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
• The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法