Are industries in emerging countries becoming greener?

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), industry generates a fifth of the world’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It also produces indirect emissions due in part to electricity generation, the world’s largest source of emissions. The reduction of industrial emissions is thus a major environmental concern, particularly in newly industrialized countries where the economic of industry is particularly high. Analysis of survey data from eight emerging countries sheds light on the changing attitudes of industrial companies to this issue.