Brief English Introduction
Fangyuan Glass had been penalized for excessive emissions but later invested heavily in desulfurization, denitrification, and dust-removal equipment. The Supreme People’s Court framed those voluntary pollution-control steps as relevant to prevention, risk reduction, and the amount of compensation.
Use It For
Use this as the positive corporate social responsibility case: courts can give legal significance to serious, verifiable compliance investment.
Teaching Notes
Ask students how far mitigation should go. If a company fixes the problem after being sued, should that reduce damages, affect injunctive relief, or merely influence enforcement?