Sustainability of the natural environment
The impacts of globalization on environment sustainability are hotly contested, with major environmental protests held at international economic meetings or prominent multilateral trade forums. A major assumption was that the degradation of the environment in developing countries was due primarily to poverty.
Some advocates of globalization consider free trade to be a solution to alleviate poverty and subsequently, reduce pollution. However, the arguments depend upon corporate social responsibility, managerial knowledge of environmental sustainability, and a level of ignorance in the developing community.
Critics find that often large MNCs have greater financial resources than some developing countries, which can be used to compromise and derail regulatory regimes from protecting the environment. For example, while a MNC may not produce or sell certain environmentally damaging products in a country with tight regulatory controls, they may find their way to markets with fewer environmental regulatory constraints—”pollution havens.” This line of logic leads to the notion of globalization becoming a “race to the bottom” as countries compete with lowering of environmental standards to attract foreign capital for economic development.
自然环境的可持续发展
对环境可持续发展的全球化的影响是激烈的，在国际经济会议或突出的多边贸易论坛举行抗议活动的主要环境。一个主要的假设是，发展中国家的环境恶化的主要原因是贫困。
一些全球化的倡导者认为自由贸易是一个解决方案，以减轻贫困和随后，减少污染。然而，参数依赖于企业社会责任，环境的可持续性管理的知识，以及在发展社区的无知程度。
评论家们发现，经常有一些大型的跨国公司比发展中国家更大的财政资源，可用于妥协和脱轨的监管制度，从保护环境。例如，当一个跨国公司不生产或销售的某些破坏环境的产品在一个国家严格的监管控制，他们可以找到自己的方式进入市场较少的环境监管限制的“污染避难所。”这条逻辑导致了对全球化的概念成为一个“竞次”作为国家环境标准的下降吸引外国资本对经济发展的竞争。
